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Timeline.Kudankulam (TN), Sept 22: The anti-nuclear protest against the Kudankulam plant will see another day of high drama when activists will lay siege to the VO Chidambaranar Port (formerly called as Tuticorin Port) at Tuticorin in country boats and mechanised vessels. The renewed agitation is because fuel loading in the first reactor of the Kudankulam plant has already begun.The protest is spearheaded...
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TUTICORIN (TAMIL NADU): In a new show of resistance, anti-nuclear protesters onboard around 500 boats today laid siege to the port here against loading of uranium in Kudankulam atomic power plant. Around 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists from Tuticorin, about 100 km from Kudankulam in neighbouring Tirunelveli District, and elsewhere came in mechanised and country boats and blocked the entry...
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Cyprus approved next year's budget Saturday without releasing any figures because of the country's ongoing bailout talks with potential creditors.The "tight" budget incorporates additional spending cuts, slashes an additional 1,000 positions from the bloated public sector by hiring to fill only a quarter of jobs vacated by retiring workers, while channeling funds for growth-boosting infrastructure...
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Stepping up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday tried to lay siege to the port in Tuticorin.About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists in 500 mechanised and country boats tried to block the approach channel where ships enter the port, but were prevented by Coast Guard and CISF personnel.The protesters remained...
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Stepping up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday tried to lay siege to the port in Tuticorin....
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Ties between Pakistan and the US are improving after hitting a low point, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar insisted Friday, even as violent anti-US protests rocked her country.Meeting at the State Department, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Pakistani counterpart vowed to work to put their uneasy alliance back on track after a series of crises between the uneasy allies."We...
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Despite a deployment of a special investigation team of 90-odd policemen in Khunti district a fortnight ago to curb the spate of killings, rebels continue to strike at will. Not a single accused person has been arrested.Four persons have been killed in the past three days in the district, 35km from here. The perpetrators of violence carry the heads of the victims and roam around scot-free after beheading...
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DELHI: The anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) protesters may attempt to hold demonstrations and lay siege to Tuticorin port and government offices on Saturday. They had on Friday threatened to stop all activities at the port. The protest will be led by activist SP Udayakumar, according to media reports.Shipping minister GK Vasan had on Friday urged the anti-nuclear plant activists at Kudankulam...
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Scaling up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday tried to lay siege to the port in Tuticorin but work was not disrupted, officials said.About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists in 500 mechanised and country boats tried to block the approach channel where ships enter the port but were prevented by Coast Guard...
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Scaling up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday laid siege to the port in Tuticorin but work was not disrupted, officials said.About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists in 500 mechanised and country boats tried to block the approach channel where ships enter the port but were prevented by Coast Guard and...
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Scaling up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday tried to lay siege to the port here but work was not disrupted, officials said.About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists in 500 mechanised and country boats tried to block the approach channel where ships enter the port but were prevented by Coast Guard and...
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A file photo of the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu. (Petr Pavlicek/IAEA)Scaling up their protest against loading of fuel at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, anti-nuclear activists and fishermen on Saturday tried to lay siegeto the port in Tuticorin (TN) but work was not disrupted, officials said.About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclear activists in 500mechanised and country boats tried to...
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Kudankulam row: Protesters to lay siege to Tuticorin Port today, fuel loading underwayA file photo of the Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu. (Petr Pavlicek/IAEA)The anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) protesters may attempt to hold demonstrations and lay siege to Tuticorin port and government offices on Saturday.They had on Friday threatened to stop all activities at the port. The protest...
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all set to become operational soon, but the welfare measures promised to the protesting villagers, that could take the sting out of the agitation, remain on paper.In a bid to end the protests, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa made a peace offering to villagers, mostly fishermen, more than six months ago: a Rs 500 crore special package to improve their socio-economic conditions. However, none...
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Conservative party chairman faces calls to come clean on his past after photos show his double life as 'Michael Green'Grant Shapps was a 'web marketer' named Michael Green who ran a company charging callers £183 an hour for internet advice.Grant Shapps, the Conservative party chairman, posed as a "multimillion-dollar web marketer" named Michael Green who spoke to reveal the secrets of his trade at...
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