Tuticorin
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Bomb threat at Tuticorin Airport in Tamil Nadu, security tightened
Chennai | Jan 23, 2025, 06:37 PM ISTTuticorin Airport in Tamil Nadu has increased security after receiving a bomb threat via email. Authorities have implemented intensive security checks, including the use of sniffer dogs and bomb squads.
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'Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat': PM unveils infrastructure projects worth over Rs 17,000 cr in Tuticorin
Chennai | Feb 28, 2024, 02:14 PM ISTPM Modi will also unveil India's first hydrogen fuel vessel developed indigenously at Cochin Shipyard Limited, marking a significant step towards self-reliance in hydrogen fuel vessel manufacturing.
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4 killed, 15 injured in road accident in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin
India | Sep 09, 2021, 02:53 PM ISTThey said the lorry went out of control and crashed into the van, killing 2 of the victims on the spot while as many women died in a hospital.
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Tamil Nadu: Video confirms brutal assault on father, son in police custody
India | Aug 01, 2020, 03:54 PM ISTA video hosted by Tamil magazine Nakkheeran shows the brutal injuries on the buttocks of P. Jeyaraj and his son J.Bennicks as if they were skinned alive confirming police torture.
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Tuticorin custodial death case: CBI arrests sub-inspector Ragu Ganesh; 2 senior inspectors suspended
India | Jul 02, 2020, 08:31 AM ISTTuticorin custodial death case: Jayaraj (59) and his son J Benicks (31), were arrested on June 19 and lodged in Kovilpatti sub-jail for keeping their mobile phone shop in the Sathankulam main bazaar area open during a curfew imposed during coronavirus lockdown.
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Tuticorin custodial deaths: CB-CID begins probe into death of father-son duo
India | Jul 01, 2020, 04:22 PM ISTThe CB-CID, tasked with probing the death of a father-son duo who were allegedly thrashed by the police in Tuticorin, launched an investigation into the case on Wednesday.
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Tuticorin custodial deaths: Case to be transferred to CBI, assures TN CM Palaniswami
India | Jun 28, 2020, 07:00 PM ISTTamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday assured that the case will be transferred to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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Anushka Sharma, Priyanka Chopra and other Bollywood celebs condemn father-son's custodial death
Entertainment | Jun 27, 2020, 07:36 PM ISTThe father-son duo of Jayaraj and Benicks were booked for not closing their mobile shop in time on June 19. They were lodged in the Kovilpatti jail on June 21.
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Tuticorin custodial death: AIADMK announces Rs 25 lakh ex-gratia; DMK MP Kanimozhi meets kin
India | Jun 26, 2020, 10:45 PM ISTAs the alleged custodial death of a father-son duo in Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) triggered an uproar not only in Tamil Nadu but across the nation, the ruling-All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party on Friday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakhs to the family.
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Op Samudra Setu: Indian Navy's ship leaves Port of Male with Indian citizens
News | Jun 21, 2020, 10:53 PM ISTIndian Navy Ship (INS) Airavat left Port of Male in Maldives for Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu) after embarkation of 198 Indian citizens.
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Rajinikanth summoned by Tuticorin firing incident probe panel
India | Feb 04, 2020, 04:21 PM ISTSuperstar Rajinikanth has been summoned by Tuticorin probe panel. 11 people were killed in alleged police firing on people protesting against a polluting copper smelter of Sterlite Industries in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi (Tuticorin).
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SC rejects plea for urgent hearing on Tuticorin
India | Sep 04, 2018, 07:42 PM ISTTamil Nadu had ordered the closure of the Tuticorin plant, around 650 km from Chennai, following protests and the death of 13 persons in police firing on May 22.
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Tamil Nadu moves SC against NGT order allowing Vedanta access to Tuticorin plant, hearing on August 17
India | Aug 14, 2018, 12:21 PM ISTThe tribunal had observed that environmental damage will not be caused by allowing Vedanta the access to the administrative unit inside its Sterlite copper plant.
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Tuticorin plant row: NGT declines interim relief to Vedanta
India | Jul 30, 2018, 09:08 PM ISTThe Supreme Court had then ordered the company to pay Rs 100 crore as compensation for polluting environment. Following the latest protests and police firing, the plant was closed on March 27.
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Tamil Nadu: Acid leak reported from Sterlite Plant in Tuticorin, experts rushed to spot
India | Jun 18, 2018, 10:57 AM ISTDistrict Administration have formed a team of experts who are investigation the reported chemical leakage right now inside the plant, the sources said.
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Sterlite Copper smelter plant will be closed, says TN Deputy CM Panneerselvam
India | May 28, 2018, 11:13 AM ISTPannerselvam visited the hospital here and enquired about the health of those injured in the police firing on anti-Sterlite Copper protestors on May 22, in which 13 persons died.
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Anti-Sterlite protests: Section 144 lifted from Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi
India | May 27, 2018, 09:26 AM ISTViolent protests erupted in Tuticorin on May 22 as locals took to the streets demanding the closure of a copper factory of the Vedanta group over pollution concerns, leading to police firing.
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Tuticorin violence: Situation under control, normalcy restored, says District Collector
India | May 26, 2018, 06:23 PM ISTAddressing the media, District Collector Sandeep Nanduri said that the government buses are being operated "100 per cent" and all essential commodities, including milk and vegetables, were available.
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DMK, Congress and other opposition parties call for state-wide bandh today against Tuticorin violence
India | May 25, 2018, 12:54 PM ISTDemonstrations were staged by the DMK, its allies Congress, IUML and friendly parties like MDMK, VCK, CPI, CPI(M) and MMK in several parts of the state and neighbouring Puducherry.
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Anti-Sterlite protest LIVE: Internet suspension lifted in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari
India | May 25, 2018, 05:13 PM ISTDMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on Friday, in protest against the police action in Tuticorin earlier this week in which more than 13 people were killed and several others injured.