Everything you need to know about Tirunelveli: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Tirunelveli: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday said her government would upgrade 12,500 acre of barren land into cultivable farm land with adequate water facilities while announcing several schemes for ushering in a second green revolution in the state.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan Monday termed as unfortunate the sanction accorded by the apex court to operationalise the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, May 6 (IANS) With the apex court giving its nod Monday for the first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), it is now for the regulatory board to give its sanction to operationalise it, an official said.
New Delhi, Mar. 29 (ANI): Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy on Friday assured that the Kudankulam nuclear power plant will be commissioned in April, and said that it would generate 2,000 MW of power in the current year.
Durban, March 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the first phase of the atomic power project in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, that has seen a series of anti-nuclear protests, will be up and running by next month.
Durban, March 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Russian President Vladimir Putin that the first phase of the nuclear power project at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu will be up and running by next month.
Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS) The People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) has called for a national debate on India's ambitious nuclear power programme and making it an issue in the 2014 parliamentary polls.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Children are the worst sufferers in Maoist-hit conflict zones with many landing behind bars for being accomplices in civil strife or armed conflict. Child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is drawing up a set of guidelines for the police and the armed forces on how to deal with such children, says its head, Shanta Sinha.
Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) continues to wait for the sectoral regulator's nod to start the heating up process at the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an official Monday.
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Observing that there could be no compromise on safety, the Supreme Court lashed out at the Tamil Nadu government for being lethargic in putting in place a plan for the evacuation of people in the event of an accident at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
Yangon, Nov 19 (IANS) Newly re?elected US President Barack Obama arrived here Monday to kick off his visit to Myanmar.
Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is hoping to get the regulator's sanction next week to start heating up the first unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said an official Saturday.
Thiruvananthapuram/Tirunelveli, Oct 29 (ANI): Activists numbering in hundreds took to the streets and intensified their stir against the Kudankulam nuclear power project by forming human chains on Monday.
Chennai, Oct 29 (IANS) Police Monday foiled an attempt by cadres of MDMK, VCK and anti-nuclear power plant activists to lay siege to the state secretariat by taking them into custody, police said.
Chennai, Sep 25 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday accused DMK president M. Karunanidhi of adopting double standards on the Cauvery dispute, Kudankulam nuclear project and power shortage.
Alappuzha (Kerala) Sep 23 (IANS) In an accident at an unmanned level crossing near here, the Hapa Express bound for Tirunelveli (in Tamil Nadu) rammed into a car, leaving five dead and one seriously injured.
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) The situation in Tamil Nadu's Idinthakarai village, the epicentre of the movement against the Kudankulam nuclear project, was under control Wednesday after three days of protests, an official said.
Chennai, Sep 11 (IANS) After two days of protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power project, the situation in Idinthakarai village in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli was calm Tuesday even as protests spread to other parts of the state, an official said. Some drama was though reported late night when the stir's leaders went missing after their "abduction" by local fishermen.
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) A private company's employee Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court order giving the green signal to the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, Sep 11 (IANS) After two days of protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power project, the situation in Idinthakarai village in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu was calm Tuesday even as protests spread to other parts of the state, an official said.
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Against the backdrop of activists renewing their opposition to the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, Home Minister Shushilkumar Shinde Monday said the protestors were being supported by foreign NGOs.
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) The over a year-long protests against the Kudankulam nuclear project in Tamil Nadu turned violent Monday, leaving one agitator dead in police firing in Tuticorin district and several injured in a police baton charge on protestors near the plant in Tirunelveli district.
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) About eight villages near Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district are tense following a cane charge by police on hundreds of villagers, including women and children, who were protesting against the upcoming nuclear power plant, police said Monday.
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu police Monday resorted to a cane charge to disburse thousands of villagers, including women and children, staging protests on the beach at Kudankulam, behind the upcoming nuclear power plant.
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu police Monday resorted to a cane charge to disburse thousands of villagers, including women and children, staging protests on the beach at Kudankulam, behind the upcoming nuclear power plant.
Chennai, Sep 9 (IANS) Thousands of villagers, including women and children living near the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Sunday made the Kudankulam beach behind the upcoming power plant their protest venue braving chilly winds, rough sea, shortage of drinking water and food, said a leading activist.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Sept 9 (ANI): Anti-nuclear activists on Sunday tried to siege the contentious Kudankulam nuclear power plant here to block fuel loading, causing tension between protesters and the police.
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) The ruling AIADMK Monday urged the central government to end its "step-motherly attitude" towards Tamil Nadu.
Chennai, Aug 25 (IANS) A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court against the department of atomic energy (DAE) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) for not sharing details related to Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu under the transparency law, a petitioner said Saturday.
Chennai, Aug 15 (IANS) People in some villages in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district Wednesday observed a 'black day' to protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, an activist said.
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) Around 250 children Monday petitioned the district collector in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu to stop work on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in the region.
Chennai, July 28 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) is gearing up for a crucial Aug 3 meeting with the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) in Mumbai to discuss loading of fuel for the first 1,000-MW reactor of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), an official said.
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) Atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corp of India (NPCIL) is hopeful of getting the sectoral regulator's sanction to load fuel in the first 1,000 MW reactor Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) by the end of this month, said a senior official.
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V Narayanasamy said on Wednesday that Kudankulam plant would soon become operational after enriched uranium is loaded into the reactor.
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Saturday moved a step towards the commissioning of its first 1,000 megawatt reactor with the conduct of an off-site emergency exercise at Nakkanery village, around seven km from the plant.
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) The central and Tamil Nadu governments should stop harassing people protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) and withdraw cases registered against them, a report said Monday.
Chennai, May 24 (IANS) A 12-page illegible safety evaluation report (SER) for the Rs.14,000 crore two 1,000 MW nuclear power reactorsis a practical joke on the people of India, protestors against Kudankulam nuclear project in Tamil Nadu said Thursday.
Chennai, May 9 (IANS) Around 23,000 people belonging to nine villages in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu have surrendered their voter identity cards to draw attention to the continued neglect of the peaceful protest against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said a top activist.
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) Even as they have decided to return their voter identity cards, the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) activists under the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) have agreed to withdraw their current struggle if the central government commits a time-frame for fulfilling some of their demands, said top activists.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh), May 3 (IANS) Maoists freed abducted District Collector Alex Paul Menon Thursday evening, ending a 13-day hostage crisis after mediators brokered a deal with the Chhattisgarh government.
Chennai, May 1 (IANS) At least 24 activists of the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Tuesday launched an indefinite fast at four villages in Tirunelveli district, around 650 km from here, in protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).
Chennai, April 28 (IANS) Atomic power reactor operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) hopes to get the regulatory nod to fuel the first unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant in a week's time, a top official said here Saturday.
Chennai, April 25 (IANS) Had he not been a bureaucrat, Chhattisgarh's Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon would have been a journalist, says an old friend, recalling how he switched career tracks to focus on his commitment to uplift the downtrodden.
Chennai, April 24 (IANS) As their daughter puts up a stoic face in Chhattisgarh, the family of Asha Paul Menon - wife of abducted Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon - is spending sleepless nights here.
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and her predecessor and DMK chief M.Karunanidhi Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take urgent steps for the release of Chhattisgarh's Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon, kidnapped by Maoists Saturday.
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) A high alert was sounded at Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam and Kalpakkam nuclear plants after the 8.5 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's Sumatra region.
Chennai, March 31 (IANS) Advocate and Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement member Prashant Bhushan Saturday charged the central government of stifling democratic protests by filing cases against protestors against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
Chennai, March 27 (IANS) The nine-day fast against the Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) was called off Tuesday but protests against the plant will continue, an activist said.
Chennai, March 27 (IANS) India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) is planning to localise 45 percent of the components for the third and fourth units planned at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, said a senior official Tuesday.
Chennai, Mar.26 (ANI): The Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest petition challenging the prohibitory orders clamped in about 50 villages in Radhapuram Taluk in Tirunelveli District as part of measures taken for commissioning the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
Guwahati, Feb.25 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to India Peter Burleigh on Saturday said that Washington has no objection to India's civilian nuclear programmes.
Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu), Feb.24 (ANI): Anti-nuclear activist S.P. Uday Kumar on Friday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the his statement that NGOs based in the United States and in some Scandinavian countries are fuelling the Kudankulam nuclear plant protests.
Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu), Feb.24 (ANI): Anti-nuclear activist S.P. Uday Kumar on Friday criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the his statement that NGOs based in the United States and in some Scandinavian countries are fuelling the Kudankulam nuclear plant protests.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Feb.5 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has recommended an early start to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Feb.5 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has recommended an early start to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.
Chennai, Dec.25 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will bendertaking a two-day visit of Tamil Nadu from Sunday, during which,issues such as the Mullaperiyar Dam row, the stalled Koodankulam project, financial assistance and additional power to the state are likely to be discussed.
Chennai, Dec.25 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be undertaking a two-day visit of Tamil Nadu from Sunday, during which, issues such as the Mullaperiyar Dam row, the stalled Koodankulam project, financial assistance and additional power to the state are likely to be discussed.
Kolkata, Nov. 14 (ANI): Former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on Monday reiterated that the proposed nuclear plant at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli District is safe.
Chennai, Nov 8 (ANI): K M Balu, one of the experts appointed by the Central Government to review safety norms in the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli District, has expressed his disappointment over the protest against to former president and top nuclear scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's safety review of the plant.
Chennai, Nov.7 (ANI): Former president A.P.J.Abdul Kalam has submitted a 39-page report to the Central Government and the Government of Tamil Nadu that recommends ten steps for ensuring the safety and development of the Koodankulam nuclear plant and its surrounding areas.
New Delhi, Sep 21 (ANI): Top government sources have said that there are no plans to evacuate the areas around Koodankulam in the wake of widespread protests over the safety of Russian built nuclear plant.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Sep. 13 (ANI): Residents here were on a day-long hunger strike on Monday, demanding the shutdown of the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
Manama, May 22(ANI): Kuwait has imposed a blanket ban on nationals from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan from entering the country, local media have reported.
London, April 19 (ANI): Prince Carl Philip of Sweden has topped the list of best-looking royal men, while Prince Harry and Prince William have made it to fourth and fifth spots respectively, according to a poll.
Islamabad, April 14(ANI): Over 900 people were killed in US drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said in its annual report.
Melbourne, Mar 3 (ANI): Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie has made a surprise two-day visit to Afghanistan, the UN's refugee agency said
Kuala Lumpur, Sept 19 (ANI): The case of missing Malay Indian multi-millionaire A. Muthuraja has taken an interesting turn with a 36-year-old Indian school teacher claiming that she is his lawfully-wedded wife.
Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu), Apr 24 (ANI): The first unit of the 2,000 Mega Watt Kudankulam atomic power project achieved a milestone as dummy fuel assemblies were uploaded into the first VVER-1000 Russian made Light Water Reactor's core on Friday.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), March 6 (ANI): The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the static test of its L110 liquid core stage of the GSLV Mk III (Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mark III) launch vehicle for 150 seconds here on Saturday.
Madurai, Oct.7 (ANI): Two people were killed and nine were injured in a blast at Cholavandan Railway Stationabout 30 kilometers from Madurai on Tuesday evening, .
Chennai, Oct. 2 (ANI): A suspicions Jeddah-bound ship on Friday raised suspicion after it was spotted near the Koodankulam atomic plant in Tamil Nadu on Friday.
Washington, Oct. 2 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the four-decade-old secret Israel-American accord, allowing Israel to keep a nuclear arsenal without opening it to international inspections, would continue.
Tirunelveli / Coimbatore, Apr 19 (ANI): Regional Tamil Nadu leaders have slammed New Delhi's stand on the raging war in Sri Lanka.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), March 20 (IANS) Eight people, including three women, were arrested for selling off an estate, which belonged to two brothers from Kerala, on fabricated documents, police said Friday.
Tehran, Mar.13 (ANI): Iran beat the United States in a wrestling competition in Tehran on Thursday, the same day President Obama announced that the U.S. is extending sanctions against that nation for one more year.
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), March 7 (ANI): Chairman of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) S K Jain has said that one more site may be identified to set up an additional reactor with Russian cooperation.
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) There are no signs of panic buying of fuel or natural gas here in the wake of the indefinite nationwide strike by over 55,000 employees of 14 public sector oil companies, vendors said Wednesday, hours after the strike started.
Panthapuli (Tamil Nadu), Dec 18 (ANI): About 500 cadres of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were arrested on Wednesday at Panthapuli in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu as they defied prohibitory orders and forcibly tried to enter a temple along with dalits.
Chennai, Nov 20 (IANS) Entertainment major Pyramid Saimira Thursday claimed it has compensated film exhibitors and distributors for the losses due to the Rajnikant-starrer 'Kuselan' to the 'satisfaction of all', but admitted 'delays' in four districts.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11 (IANS) With vegetable prices spiralling in Kerala, the agricultural department Tuesday decided to supply vegetable 'kits' priced at Rs.18 across the state.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the district collector of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and the state's director general of police (DGP) after members of the Dalit community were threatened by upper caste Hindus and were barred from offering prayers at a temple.
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Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), Oct 15 (IANS) Three people, including two women, were killed and eight injured Wednesday when a shop's overhanging eave collapsed in this Tamil Nadu town, police said.
Chennai, Oct 8 (IANS) The city-based Rs.10-billion Empee group, with business interests in liquor, sugar, hotels and real estate, is on an expansion overdrive on an outlay of Rs.15 billion.
Chennai, Sept 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today launched the one rupee a kilo of rice scheme for ration card holders. At present, it costs two rupees a kilo.
Erode (Tamil Nadu), Sept 4 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said nuclear power is crucial for the country's development and for that we need to sign Indo-US nuke deal.
