J Jayalalithaa

2015 Chennai floods, flood, drought, water issues, Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa, DMK, AIADMK, Chennai water crisis, caste, Arunthathiyar, manual scavenging, manual scavengers, waste pickers, bonded labour,

After the 2015 Floods, Chennai Only Exploited the People Who Were Cleaning it

Krupa Ge 27/06/2019

"Hundreds of workers complained that they were transported to...

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In Setback for TN Govt, NGT-Appointed Panel Says Closure of Sterlite Plant ‘Not Justified’

The Wire Staff 28/11/2018

The three-member committee found that the state's order was against...

Barricades down after a violent protest demanding closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit entered its 100th day in Thoothukudi on May 22, 2018. Credit: PTI

Sterlite Plant: SC Asks NGT to Decide Merit, Maintainability After Committee Report

The top court said the NGT should consider these...

Police stand gurad outside a copper smelter controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources in Thoothukudi

Sterlite: NGT Allows Vedanta to Access Administrative Unit at Tuticorin

The Tamil Nadu government had, on May 28, ordered...

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‘In Thoothukudi, the Choice Before People Was to Die of Cancer or Bullets’

Rejimon K. 08/06/2018

Exclusive interview with Krishanmoorthi Kittu, one among the 40...

FILE PHOTO: A private security guard stands in front of the main gate of Sterlite Industries Ltd's copper plant, a unit of London-based Vedanta Resources, in Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu March 24, 2013. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Vedanta Plant at Thoothukudi to Be Shut Permanently After Deadly Protests

Thirteen people were killed while protesting the pollution and...

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How India’s Largest Beach Sand Mineral Exporter Got to Where He Is

Sandhya Ravishankar 30/01/2017

S. Vaikundarajan has been accused of large-scale illegal mining,...