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Madurai Airport Gets International Status, Tuticorin Now Thoothukudi Airport
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu formally renamed Tuticorin Airport as Thoothukudi Airport in Tamil Nadu, saying that the renaming corrects a colonial legacy and re-establishes the true strength of our culture, heritage, and languages.
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Court Sentences Cop, 8 Others To Life In 1999 Custodial Death Case
A local court sentenced nine persons, including a DSP level officer, to life imprisonment in a custodial death dating back to 1999.
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NDTV Ground Report: In Flood-Hit Thoothukudi, Entire Village Washed Away
NDTV visits the devastated Sri Parangusanallur in the Srivaikuntam taluk of Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district to assess the impact of the floods.
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Video: Highway In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi Flooded, More Rain Predicted
Heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu unleashed floods in several districts of Tamil Nadu including Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari districts.
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Supreme Court Cancels Plea Chalenging DMK MP Kanimozhi's 2019 Election Win
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition challenging the election of DMK MP Kanimozhi from Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi constituency in 2019.
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Sample The Best Of Thoothukudi Cuisine At Dakshin, Welcomhotel Sheraton
Dakshin at Welcomhotel Sheraton New Delhi is hosting a Thoothukudi food festival from December 9th to December 18th, and it promises to tantalise your taste buds.
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Watch: Knee-Deep Water On Roads, In Homes As Rain Batters Tamil Nadu City
The coastal city of Thoothukudi in southern Tamil Nadu has been flooded after it received 26 cm of rainfall in eight hours. The district has received 60% more showers this season - 51cm against the usual 32cm.
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Tamil Nadu: 4 Die While Cleaning Sewage Tank In Thoothukudi
Four people lost their lives after entering a sewage tank to clean it in a house located in Secarakudy area of the Thoothukudi district on Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu Top Cop Gets Rights Body Notice Over Father-Son Custody Deaths
The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the DGP of Tamil Nadu and SP of Thoothukudi district in the southern state over the death of a father-son duo allegedly due to torture by police.
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Couple Hacked To Death Allegedly Over Inter-Caste Marriage In Tamil Nadu
A husband and his pregnant wife were hacked to death by a group of men on Thursday, allegedly over their inter-caste marriage in Tamil Nadu.
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A Year On, Anti-Vedanta Protesters Still Await Justice
A year after police killed 13 people protesting against pollution from a copper smelter in the hardscrabble southern port city, tensions within the community and between residents and the police are still running high.
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In A First, Marriage Between Man And Transwoman Registered In Thoothukudi
The first of its kind marriage between a man and a transgender woman was registered at the district registrar office in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi.
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Just 43 Non-Lethal Bullets Used Before Sterlite Crackdown Killed 13: RTI
Tamil Nadu police used just 43 non-lethal bullets - 18 rubber and 25 plastic - before firing 69 rounds of live ammunition, a National Human Rights Commission inquiry into the deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May last year has found. At least 13 people were killed in the operation in Thoo...
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"At Least 1 Should Die": Cop On Video Of Sterlite Protests That Killed 10
Tuesday's protests in the port city of Tuticorin, now called Thoothukudi, were to mark 100 days of their protests against the Sterlite plant, one of India's biggest copper plants, because they felt it was polluting their environment, The residents had been accusing the plant of polluting ground water for years
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How Bhopal Gas Tragedy Sparked Clean-Tech In Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, famous for its salt farms, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers produces soda ash by recovering more than 90 per cent of the carbon di-oxide it generates from its coal-fired boilers - used for heating. A first in the world, according to them. Soda ash, is used as a raw material for glass, detergents and b...
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Madurai Airport Gets International Status, Tuticorin Now Thoothukudi Airport
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu formally renamed Tuticorin Airport as Thoothukudi Airport in Tamil Nadu, saying that the renaming corrects a colonial legacy and re-establishes the true strength of our culture, heritage, and languages.
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Court Sentences Cop, 8 Others To Life In 1999 Custodial Death Case
A local court sentenced nine persons, including a DSP level officer, to life imprisonment in a custodial death dating back to 1999.
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NDTV Ground Report: In Flood-Hit Thoothukudi, Entire Village Washed Away
NDTV visits the devastated Sri Parangusanallur in the Srivaikuntam taluk of Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district to assess the impact of the floods.
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Video: Highway In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi Flooded, More Rain Predicted
Heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu unleashed floods in several districts of Tamil Nadu including Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari districts.
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Supreme Court Cancels Plea Chalenging DMK MP Kanimozhi's 2019 Election Win
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition challenging the election of DMK MP Kanimozhi from Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi constituency in 2019.
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Sample The Best Of Thoothukudi Cuisine At Dakshin, Welcomhotel Sheraton
Dakshin at Welcomhotel Sheraton New Delhi is hosting a Thoothukudi food festival from December 9th to December 18th, and it promises to tantalise your taste buds.
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Watch: Knee-Deep Water On Roads, In Homes As Rain Batters Tamil Nadu City
The coastal city of Thoothukudi in southern Tamil Nadu has been flooded after it received 26 cm of rainfall in eight hours. The district has received 60% more showers this season - 51cm against the usual 32cm.
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Tamil Nadu: 4 Die While Cleaning Sewage Tank In Thoothukudi
Four people lost their lives after entering a sewage tank to clean it in a house located in Secarakudy area of the Thoothukudi district on Thursday.
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Tamil Nadu Top Cop Gets Rights Body Notice Over Father-Son Custody Deaths
The NHRC on Wednesday said it has issued notices to the DGP of Tamil Nadu and SP of Thoothukudi district in the southern state over the death of a father-son duo allegedly due to torture by police.
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Couple Hacked To Death Allegedly Over Inter-Caste Marriage In Tamil Nadu
A husband and his pregnant wife were hacked to death by a group of men on Thursday, allegedly over their inter-caste marriage in Tamil Nadu.
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A Year On, Anti-Vedanta Protesters Still Await Justice
A year after police killed 13 people protesting against pollution from a copper smelter in the hardscrabble southern port city, tensions within the community and between residents and the police are still running high.
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In A First, Marriage Between Man And Transwoman Registered In Thoothukudi
The first of its kind marriage between a man and a transgender woman was registered at the district registrar office in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi.
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Just 43 Non-Lethal Bullets Used Before Sterlite Crackdown Killed 13: RTI
Tamil Nadu police used just 43 non-lethal bullets - 18 rubber and 25 plastic - before firing 69 rounds of live ammunition, a National Human Rights Commission inquiry into the deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May last year has found. At least 13 people were killed in the operation in Thoo...
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"At Least 1 Should Die": Cop On Video Of Sterlite Protests That Killed 10
Tuesday's protests in the port city of Tuticorin, now called Thoothukudi, were to mark 100 days of their protests against the Sterlite plant, one of India's biggest copper plants, because they felt it was polluting their environment, The residents had been accusing the plant of polluting ground water for years
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How Bhopal Gas Tragedy Sparked Clean-Tech In Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi district, famous for its salt farms, Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers produces soda ash by recovering more than 90 per cent of the carbon di-oxide it generates from its coal-fired boilers - used for heating. A first in the world, according to them. Soda ash, is used as a raw material for glass, detergents and b...
