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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicTuticorin

Topic: Tuticorin

Only concern is environment, Madras HC says & rejects Vedanta plea to reopen Sterlite plant

Vedanta's Tuticorin plant stopped operations for maintenance in March 2018 & later extended shutdown due to mounting opposition from villagers against it.

Cop arrested in Tuticorin custodial torture & death case succumbs to Covid-19

SSI Pauldurai was one of the 10 policemen arrested in connection with the alleged custodial torture of P Jeyaraj and his son Bennicks which had caused nationwide outrage.

CBI takes over Jayaraj and Bennix custodial deaths probe, registers 2 FIRs

The CBI has dispatched a special team to conduct the probe in which several Tamil Nadu Police personnel are under the scanner, while 5 personnel have already been arrested.

Madras High Court transfers probe into custodial deaths of Jayaraj, Bennix to CB-CID

The HC expressed fear that evidence could disappear by the time CBI took over Jayaraj-Bennix case, the father-son duo who died allegedly due to police torture.

Indian Coast Guard increases maritime surveillance following Sri Lanka blasts

More ships and aircraft have been deployed to ensure India faces no security threat after a series of blasts killed 290 in Colombo, a Coast Guard official said.

After NGT order, Sterlite Copper plans to approach Tamil Nadu govt to resume Tuticorin operations

The Tamil Nadu govt had earlier ordered closure of the company's Tuticorin unit over pollution concerns. 

Tamil Nadu to challenge NGT order to reopen Sterlite Copper plant in Supreme Court

NGT ordered reopening of Sterlite plant in Tuticorin saying TNPCB had adopted hyper technical approach to shut it.

NGT committee says closure of Sterlite plant in Tuticorin against natural justice

The committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal said no notice or opportunity of hearing was given to Vedanta before the closure.

Tamil Nadu govt confident that governor will take a ‘good decision’ in Rajiv Gandhi case

Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar said that the prison dept's suggestions and jail records of the convicts have also been sent to the governor. 

SC declines urgent hearing on Tamil Nadu govt plea challenging NGT order in Sterlite case

Tamil Nadu govt's plea challenged NGT's order allowing Vedanta group access to unit inside its closed Sterlite copper plant.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.