Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
TIRUNELVELI: A day after leaders of the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) called off their indefinite fast, anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant Project (KKNPP) protestors started a relay fast at Idinthakarai on Wednesday. After the government gave its nod to commence work at the Plant on March 19, 13 persons, …
Days after her Government’s green signal to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, today said that the plant is expected to commence production in two months. “The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project is expected to commence production in two months,” she said in the State …
Acknowledging the negative impact the Fukushima disaster has had on the acceptability of atomic power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told a gathering of world leaders here on Tuesday that the synergy between the “highest standards of safety and security…is essential to restore public faith in nuclear energy.” In a statement …
The condition of five persons, including Mr S. P. Udhayakumar, who have been fasting for the last eight days as part of the Kudankulam agitation, worsened today with doctors advising shifting them to a hospital, officials said today. The anti-nuclear power plant activists led by the People’s Movement Against Nuclear …
Eight days after they began an indefinite fast against the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam, the protesting leaders called it off after talks with district authorities this morning. S P Udayakumar and M Pushparayan were among the 15 people who withdrew the fast, but said their struggle would continue until …
The Government of India is bent on maligning the struggle against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu because it cannot comprehend that ordinary citizens can understand issues and wage a spirited struggle to protect their lives and livelihoods. One of the leaders of the movement writes about their …
A US-based organisation has placed India at as low as 28th among 32 countries in the world with respect to security of nuclear materials. How accurate is the ranking and how justifi ed is the defensive Indian anger at this low ranking?
Reports by the experts’ panel, came in handy for the Tamil Nadu government to give its approval for the Kudankulam nuclear power project downstate, it is learnt. The expert groups of both the central and state governments observed the proposed 2,000-Mw endeavour met current safety standards. Besides, officials say, rising …
TIRUNELVELI, TN: Leaders of various parties and outfits, including MDMK leader Vaiko, were on Friday arrested here when they attempted to proceed to Idinthakarai, the epicentre of protests against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, to express their solidarity with the locals demanding the scrapping of the Indo-Russian project. Leaders and volunteers …
As the world grapples with the increasing threat of sensitive nuclear technologies and materials falling into the hands of terror outfits like the Al Qaeda or the manufacture of “dirty bombs”, world leaders will gather in Seoul, South Korea, early next week to discuss the various issues surrounding nuclear security. …
KOODANKULAM: Police and paramilitary personnel maintained strict vigil as tension prevailed at Idinthakarai, the epicentre of the stir against Koodankulam nuclear power plant, with anti-nuclear agitators continuing their indefinite fast today protesting the state Cabinet's decision to go ahead with the project. Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed in strength …
Civil society members, including former judges, writers, scientists, academicians, filmmakers and lawyers, have condemned the Tamil Nadu government's decision “to give the green signal to commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) and the massive deployment of police force to crush the peaceful agitation.” Releasing an appeal to Chief …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) seems set to counter NGOs campaigning against atomic energy with another group of NGOs it will fund and support, so as to build a positive image of the public sector nuclear monopoly. Close on the heels of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh blaming foreign …
Read this report on the Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill, 2011 presented by Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests to the Rajya Sabha on 21/03/2012. Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Twenty First Report on The …
Chennai After months of dilly-dallying and continuous protests by the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), the power-starved Tamil Nadu on Monday took a final call on the much-debated Koodankulam nuclear power project issue by announcing it as safe and ordered for speedy measures to commission the plant at the …
If India's gross domestic product growth could reach 7.5 per cent from 3.5 per cent over the years without further addition of nuclear energy, the country can achieve similar growth in 100 years without nuclear power, said former Naval chief Vice-Admiral (Retired) L. Ramdas on Saturday. Vice-Admiral Ramdas, who was …
Poll Says 80% Favour Gradual Phasing Out As Govt Mulls Whether To Restart 2 N-Reactors Tokyo: A vast majority of Japanese favour the gradual phasing out of nuclear plants but accept that some reactors need to be restarted to secure enough power in the short term, a newspaper poll showed …
The Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant. The Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, announced this after chairing the meeting with her Cabinet colleagues. Work on the 2,000-MW atomic power plant, which started in 2001, has been stalled because of public …
We are dismayed and pained at the government’s campaign of vilification of the sustained popular movement against the Koodankulam nuclear plant, which has raised vital issues of atomic safety. (Letters)
The overconfidence shown by Indian officials on nuclear safety is unfounded and alarming MV Ramana, Physicist, Program On Science and Global Security, Princeton University PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh’s seemingly unfounded allegations about the funding of the people’s movement against the Koodankulam nuclear plant has shifted attention away from the real …
