Tamil Protestors

A cleaner, Mubarak Badshah, was killed and the driver injured when stones were hurled at a truck from Tamil Nadu near Kanjikode in Palakkad district early today, police said.

The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on May 25, condemning the police action against protestors in Tuticorin, in which 11 people lost their lives in the last two days.

The nearly week-long protest of thousands at Chennai's Marina Beach was remarkable not just because of its monumental scale -very often, the head count touched 15,000, according to the police - but also because of the determination of its young leaders to keep it apolitical and peaceful.

Protestors who have been camping in Chennai's Marina beach against ban on Jallikattu have rejected the Tamil Nadu government's ordinance to facilitate Jallikattu, demanding a permanent solution to the bull-taming sport.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that all efforts are being made to fulfil the cultural aspirations of Tamil people, a day after an executive order or ordinance by the state, which allows the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu, was cleared by the centre. It has been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors, gathe...

Tamil Nadu has gotten much closer to ending a ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu: an executive order or ordinance by the state which allows Jallikattu has been cleared by the centre and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach since Tuesday say they will not disperse till ...

The Supreme Court has agreed that for the next seven days, it will not rule on whether to lift a ban on Jallikattu, as requested by the union government. With more than 10,000 protestors holding unflagging but peaceful demonstrations at Chennai's Marina Beach in support of the bull-taming sport, judges were told that a verdict, due today, could cre...

British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade was stopped today by Tamil protestors in Sri Lanka's Jaffna, a district which bore the main brunt of the country's ethnic conflict in 2009. 40,000 Tamil civilians were allegedly killed in the final days of the ethnic violence. At Jaffna's Kannagi camp for about 500 people yet to be resettled after t...

The Tamil Nadu government has sought one week's time from the Madras High Court to gather details of the cases filed against the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protestors, said an advocate who had filed a PIL on the issue.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Colombo on Saturday after praying at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati.

Environment watchdog Greenpeace on Monday condemned the Tamil Nadu government for its crackdown and use of force on protestors at the upcoming Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the state.

One person has reportedly died in police firing as protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu became more intense on a day that fuel was to be loaded in the first of two 1,000 megawatt reactors to enable it to start producing power. Demonstrators attempted to lay siege to the nuclear power plant, demanding a halt to the loadi...

Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) today announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam.

Advocate and Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement member Prashant Bhushan on Saturday charged the central government of stifling democratic protests by filing cases against protestors against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).

The Tamil Nadu police is expected to soon arrest the man who has led the campaign against Tamil Nadu's new nuclear plant at Kudankulam. Dr SP Udhayakumar is on an indefinite hunger strike at village of at Idinthakarai, which has for seven months been the epicentre of the villagers and fishermen who say the Kudankulam plant is not safe. Scientists ...

A cleaner, Mubarak Badshah, was killed and the driver injured when stones were hurled at a truck from Tamil Nadu near Kanjikode in Palakkad district early today, police said.

The DMK and other opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on May 25, condemning the police action against protestors in Tuticorin, in which 11 people lost their lives in the last two days.

The nearly week-long protest of thousands at Chennai's Marina Beach was remarkable not just because of its monumental scale -very often, the head count touched 15,000, according to the police - but also because of the determination of its young leaders to keep it apolitical and peaceful.

Protestors who have been camping in Chennai's Marina beach against ban on Jallikattu have rejected the Tamil Nadu government's ordinance to facilitate Jallikattu, demanding a permanent solution to the bull-taming sport.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that all efforts are being made to fulfil the cultural aspirations of Tamil people, a day after an executive order or ordinance by the state, which allows the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu, was cleared by the centre. It has been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors, gathe...

Tamil Nadu has gotten much closer to ending a ban on the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu: an executive order or ordinance by the state which allows Jallikattu has been cleared by the centre and sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his assent. Thousands of protestors gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach since Tuesday say they will not disperse till ...

The Supreme Court has agreed that for the next seven days, it will not rule on whether to lift a ban on Jallikattu, as requested by the union government. With more than 10,000 protestors holding unflagging but peaceful demonstrations at Chennai's Marina Beach in support of the bull-taming sport, judges were told that a verdict, due today, could cre...

British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade was stopped today by Tamil protestors in Sri Lanka's Jaffna, a district which bore the main brunt of the country's ethnic conflict in 2009. 40,000 Tamil civilians were allegedly killed in the final days of the ethnic violence. At Jaffna's Kannagi camp for about 500 people yet to be resettled after t...

The Tamil Nadu government has sought one week's time from the Madras High Court to gather details of the cases filed against the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) protestors, said an advocate who had filed a PIL on the issue.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to Colombo on Saturday after praying at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati.

Environment watchdog Greenpeace on Monday condemned the Tamil Nadu government for its crackdown and use of force on protestors at the upcoming Kudankulam nuclear power plant in the state.

One person has reportedly died in police firing as protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu became more intense on a day that fuel was to be loaded in the first of two 1,000 megawatt reactors to enable it to start producing power. Demonstrators attempted to lay siege to the nuclear power plant, demanding a halt to the loadi...

Upset with the Tamil Nadu government for going back on its assurances, the People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) today announced that it would resume an indefinite hunger strike from May 1 against the two 1,000 MW plants at Kudankulam.

Advocate and Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement member Prashant Bhushan on Saturday charged the central government of stifling democratic protests by filing cases against protestors against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).

The Tamil Nadu police is expected to soon arrest the man who has led the campaign against Tamil Nadu's new nuclear plant at Kudankulam. Dr SP Udhayakumar is on an indefinite hunger strike at village of at Idinthakarai, which has for seven months been the epicentre of the villagers and fishermen who say the Kudankulam plant is not safe. Scientists ...