Vedanta to set up new copper smelter plant; to exit Tuticorin?
The 400,000 ton Sterlite Copper smelter plant has been operating in Tuticorin for over 25 years with a cumulative investment of about Rs 3,000 crore.
The 400,000 ton Sterlite Copper smelter plant has been operating in Tuticorin for over 25 years with a cumulative investment of about Rs 3,000 crore.
This ferry service, being operated by the Shipping Corporation of India, will run twice a month and will provide a cost-effective, direct and alternate means of transportation of goods between India and Maldives.
Jayaraj and his son Beniks who used to run a mobile phone shop were arrested by police on June 19 for keeping their mobile phone shop in Tuticorin open beyond permitted hours amid the coronavirus lockdown.
DMK president MK Stalin said in a statement, 'The alleged brutal assault on the two men days ago by police was a result of the AIADMK government allowing them to take law into their own hands at a time when they have to ensure the safety of the public during the lockdown.'
With this evacuation, the Indian Navy has now repatriated 2874 Indian nationals from the Maldives and Sri Lanka during the ongoing pandemic.
Superstar Rajinikanth took a different tangent when he spoke on the police action on anti-Sterlite protesters which left 13 dead and scores injured on 22 May.
Internet will remain suspended in Tuticorin and the adjoining districts of Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari till 27 May to prevent spread of rumours through social media.
Amnesty demanded that those responsible for the deaths and injuries caused to protesters must be brought to justice.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi triggered a major political row when he accused the RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the violence that engulfed Tuticorin on Tuesday which left 12 people dead and scores injured.
A day after 11 people lost their lives, another man was killed in fresh police firing on the protesters demonstrating…
