PMANE protesters led by Udayakumar staged a demonstration in Idinthakarai demanding that the Cauvery delta farmers be adequately compensated for their losses. The protesters also demanded that the State condemn Karnataka's attitude. Despite the Court order, Ka...
While the protests have been raging on in the Tamil Nadu capital, Chennai, against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Idinthakarai also remained in a state of agitation. Many protesters lead by PMANE leader Udayakumar, formed a human chain in the ocean and de...
Close to 2000 protesters from various anti-nuclear power organizations and several fishermen associations joined hands and laid siege to the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The protesters demanded that the plant be shut down immediately. Several political parties like th...
Protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear power project, several PMANE activists and fishermen lay seige at the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The protesters demand that the fuel loading in the plant be stopped immediately and shut down the plant. MDMK and PMK have also...
Achil Vandhavai | Protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear power project, several PMANE activists and fishermen lay seige at the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The protesters demand that the fuel loading in the plant be stopped immediately and shut down the plant. MDMK...
Zero Hour | A scam-ridden Congress is no better than BJP, whose leaders are now slowly getting accused of several graft cases. Do we need more political alternatives? Also, discussed are the political/environment implications of the Sethusamudram project and t...
PMANE leader Udayakumar and his followers will protest against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant and lay siege in front of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The controversial nuclear project has been generating a lot of protests, however the fuel loading at the plant ...
The Supreme Court has moved the hearing of the case filed by Poovulagin Nanbargal, against the Kudankulam nuclear power project, to November 6th. The organization had filed a complaint against the project citing that nuclear energy and nuclear waste had the ca...
While several protesters have been detained for protesting at the site of the nuclear power plant, several others have cases against them. The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has ordered the police to allow bail and release the protesters from jail.
As the Uranium loading at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant has been completed, the Advisory Committee for Project Safety Review, headed by SK Mehta, will soon inspect the plant. This the last and the most crucial lap of power production as several safety and...
Zero Hour | Kudankulam protests have been hogging the news headlines for a while now. With the protests only making things worse as the days pass, and with the State suffering from an acute shortage of power, a solution for the problem is the need of the hour.
PMANE activists and other anti-Kundakulam protesters lay siege to the nuclear plant. The protest headed by Udayakumar has said that the protesters will protest 500 metres from the site and that they will not engage in any vandalism. Some of the demands that th...
PMANE activists and other anti-Kundakulam protesters lay siege to the nuclear plant. The protest headed by Udayakumar has said that the protesters will protest 500 metres from the site and that they will not engage in any vandalism. Some of the demands that th...
Launching another phase of agitation against Nuclear Power Plant, People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) began a day-long siege of the plant by placing fibre boats and floating buoys in the sea. PMANE convenor Udayakumar says that the demands of the ...
To intensify their 420 day long protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), is planning to lay siege to the plant. Villagers and fishermen from the coastal districts of Tutirocin, Kanyakumari and Tirune...
Against the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board giving its final clearance for loading of fuel in the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the aniti-nuclear activists have launched their second phase of protests. About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclea...
Leader of Opposition in Kerala, VS Achuthanandan, attempts to join the Kudankulam protests, before being sent back into Kerala. He had already announced his solidarity with the protesters and wanted to take part in the protests. However, considering the volati...
SP Udayakumar, the convenor of Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) says the Kudankulam protest has no links with the Pakistan spy caught at Trichy today. Talking to Headlines Today, from an undisclosed location, he says, in a meeting held earlier t...
The police in Kudankulam are taking their orders too seriously. The cops have stopped a funeral procession and have asked the people to take the earmarked route instead. The objection comes from the tense law and order situation that has been prevailing in the...
Protesters in Kudankulam shift their protest from the sea to sand, and bury themselves neck-deep in the beach. The protesters have categorically stated that the protests will continue until their demands are met. According to sources, the protests might be cal...
Achil Vandhavai | Protesters in Kudankulam shift their protest from the sea to sand, and bury themselves neck-deep in the beach. The protesters have categorically stated that the protests will continue until their demands are met. According to sources, the pro...
Anti-nuclear activists continues with their 'Jal sathyagraha' off the Idinthakarai coast for the fourth consecutive day at Thirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. The convener of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), SP Udayakumar, continues to be elusive. In ...
Around 1500 demonstrators continue the anti-nuke protest in the sea at the Idinthakaral village in Tamil Nadu. The Supreme Court has refused to stay the initial nulear fuel loading at the Koodankulam Nuclear Plant. The police issued notice to Udayakumar, who i...
The anti-nuke protest saw yet another twist today when protesters in Idinthakarai formed a human chain in waist and neck-deep water after Supreme Court's refusal to put a stop on fuel loading in the Kudankulam nuclear plant. People who were injured in the poli...
PMANE founder SP Udayakumar has been served an arrest warrant by the Tamil Nadu police. The police served the arrest warrant to Udayakumar's father. Arvind Kejriwal however enraged with the serving of warrant says that this is just a complete crackdown on the ...
In a huge blow to the protesters, the Supreme Court says that it will not stay fuel loading in the Kudankulam nuclear plant. The order was a reply to a plea that challenged the non-compliance of safety procedures in the nuclear plant. The protesters have now d...
After the Supreme Court refused to stay fuel loading in the Kudankulam nuclear plant, the protesters form a human chain and take part in Jal Satyagraha. The order was a reply to a plea that challenged the non-compliance of safety procedures in the nuclear plan...
Achil Vandhavai | Women and children form a human chain in the middle of the sea and take part in the Jal Satyagraha protest against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. While the Supreme Court has said no to staying of fuel loading in the plant, the protesters...
Even though the Tamil Nadu police have been alleging that extreme restraint has been shown in the case of Kudankulam protesters, the villagers of Idinthakarai have another story to tell. Many houses look ransacked and several villagers accuse the cops of bruta...
Missing PMANE leader Udayakumar, who was whisked away by the Idinthakarai villagers, is no where to be found. While a secret meeting between Arvind Kejriwal and Udayakumar is expected to happen, the police have no clue about the latter's whereabouts. Arvind Ke...
Achil Vandhavai | Protesters throng Kudankulam and demand that the power plant be shut down. The unrelenting government however has been constantly thwarting all attempts by the protesters to stop the generation of power in the plant. With the protesters, head...
Achil Vandhavai | The firing at the Kudankulam site, results in the death of a fisherman. While the Tamil Nadu police have been praised for showing extraordinary restrain in handling the protesters, this sudden turn of events have changed that opinion. Could t...
People who were protesting against the loading of Uranium fuel in the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant have clashed with the police who has managed to crack down the protests. The unruly crowd had defied the prohibitory orders which were imposed by the police. ...
Kudankulam supporter Sathyaseelan demands the protesters to put down in black and white the source from which they are receiving the funds to hold the protests.
Anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant protesters have now issued a fresh set of demands, threating to launch a agitation if work at the plant site is not stopped immediately.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has sought entire nuclear power generated at the Kudankulam plant for Tamil Nadu as the state is reeling under severe power crisis.
After the expert committee submitted its review on the Kudankulam power plant, the Tamil Nadu cabinet on Monday is expected to make some crucial decisions concerning the project.
Udayakumar, the man leading the protests against the Kudankulam project, said that the German who has been deported was just a tourist and was unfairly targeted.
Anti-Kudankulam nuclear power project convener SP Udayakumar challenges Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to prove the allegations of foreign funding for anti-nuke protests.
People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy leader Udayakumar threatens to initiate legal action over the Prime Minister's remarks about foreign NGOs funding the protests against Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
Watch this segment of Newshour Debate on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that foreign NGOs are funding and fueling the Kudankulam nuclear plant protests.