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Bomb threat at Tuticorin Airport in Tamil Nadu, security tightened
January 23, 2025 18:37 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
February 28, 2024 14:14 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 | September 09, 2021 14:53 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 | August 01, 2020 15:54 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 | July 02, 2020 8:31 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 | July 01, 2020 16:22 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 | June 28, 2020 19:00 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
June 27, 2020 19:36 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 | June 26, 2020 22:45 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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Rajinikanth summoned by Tuticorin firing incident probe panel
India | February 04, 2020 16:21 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 | September 04, 2018 19:42 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 | August 14, 2018 12:21 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 | July 30, 2018 21:08 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 | June 18, 2018 10:57 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 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 9:26 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 18:23 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 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 17:13 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.
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Sterlite protests: 13 dead, 102 injured; electricity supply to Sterlite Industries cut off | As it happened
India | May 24, 2018 21:07 ISTThe administration has suspended internet service in the city and adjoining districts of Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari for five days to prevent spread of rumours through social media
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