Koodankulam

• Activist sends legal notice to PM for remarks on foreign funding of Kudankulam protests

  Anti-nuclear activist S P Udhayakumar has sent a legal notice to the Prime Minister accusing him of defamation. The activist has contested Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks about foreign funding facilitating the protests against the new nuclear plant in Kudankulam in coastal Tamil Nadu.

• Jayalalithaa revives 8000 crore thermal power project

  With Tamil Nadu reeling under acute power shortage, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today said the state would take up the Rs 8,000 crore Super Critical Thermal Power Project at Udangudi (Tuticorin district) on its own in the face of continued delay.

• Thanjavur industry bodies hold demonstration against power cut

  Thanjavur District Small and Tiny Industries Association and the Federaton of industries and traders associations held a demonstration demanding reduction in the existing power cut and steps to commission the Koodankulam nuclear power plant.

• Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant gets clean chit over safety aspect

  The four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Government virtually gave a clean chit to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), saying it was well-equipped to withstand natural calamities, be it earthquake or tsunami.

• Narayanasamy welcomes Tamil Nadu panel on Koodankulam issue

  The Centre today welcomed constitution of an expert committee by Tamil Nadu Government to look into the safety aspects of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant and allay the fears of locals which would help its commissioning.

• Anti-KNPP activist to file defamation case against MoS in PMO

  Amid the logjam over Koodankulam nuclear power project, a senior anti-KNPP functionary today threatened to file a criminal defamation case against MoS in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy for allegedly charging him with receiving money from foreign sources.

• Chidambaram mum on court order

  On a day when he got a clean chit from a Delhi court in 2G spectrum case, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram yesterday night chose to keep mum on the issue.

• Kudankulam row: Funds to NGOs being probed, says Chidambaram

  Strongly batting for early commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power project, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Centre was probing the flow of funds allegedly received by the anti-project activists and would take strong action if the money came in a "wrong way".

• KNPP staff call on Collector; seek steps to break impasse

  As the work at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant remains stalled, a delegation of KNPP employees today met the Tirunelveli district authorities requesting them to take expeditious steps to break the prolonged logjam.

• Kalam seeks Prime Minister's intervention to end Koodankulam impasse

  Amid the stand-off on the Koodankulam nuclear project, former President A P J Abdul Kalam has warned that delay in resolving the crisis would lead to "more anti-nuclear energy sentiments" and urged the Prime Minister to resolve the issue "politically and strategically at the earliest".

• Kalam seeks PM's intervention to end Koodankulam impasse

  Amid the stand-off on the Koodankulam nuclear project, former President A P J Abdul Kalam has warned that delay in resolving the crisis would lead to "more anti-nuclear energy sentiments" and urged the Prime Minister to resolve the issue "politically and strategically at the earliest".

• Black flags, not stars adorn Idinthakarai

  Black flags have given way to shining stars in Idinthakarai village this Christmas season.

• Koodankulam: Expert panel says nuclear plant safe, state not convinced

  A central government-appointed expert committee on nuclear plants held its third round of talks with the Tamil Nadu government and people's representatives today in a bid to allay public fear over the Koodankulam plant.

• Fully satisfied with Kudankulam nuclear plant safety aspects: Kalam

  Former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who visited the upcoming nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam today, has said he is fully satisfied with the safety aspects of the plant.

• Tamil Nadu's N-plant anger: Koodankulam protesters resume fast

  Villagers in Tamil Nadu's Koodankulam district have resumed their hunger strike. They are protesting against setting up of a nuclear power plant in the area.