Thoothukudi

The father-son duo were taken into custody on 19 June and were lodged in Kovilpatti sub-jail for keeping their mobile shop open during a curfew imposed during Covid-19 lockdown

Agarwal added that the stoppage of production at the Tuticorin plant of the firm's unit Sterlite led to the country having to import copperThe Tamil Nadu government had in May last year ordered permanent shutdown of the copper smelter after bloody protests at the plant in Thoothukudi

Political outfits have been using the Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi to drum up support for their respective candidature, but most of them avoid making a campaign stop here13 people were killed in the police firing during protests against the operation of Sterlite’s copper smelter factory in Thoothukudi

The Tamil Nadu government ordered the smelter shut permanently on 28 May last yearDespite the troubles over its Tamil Nadu smelter, Vedanta plans to invest $8.4 billion in the country over the next three years

The Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, was shut in May, and its reopening will boost Vedanta's earnings

The National Green Tribunal has asked Sterlite Copper and the Tamil Nadu government to file submissions on the shutdown by next week

What the colonial regime began, secular India inherited, and this peculiar mix-up of government with temples continues to this day

Holders of 26% of shares in Vedanta Resources have agreed to sell to Anil Agarwal's family trust Volcan Investments

The committee, to be headed by a retired judge, will have to deliver its verdict within four weeks of formation

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had on 9 August allowed Vedanta to enter its administrative unit inside its Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi