Sterlite protests

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

SC Dismisses Vedanta’s Interim Plea to Inspect, Conduct Trial Run at Sterlite Plant

Vedanta had sought handing over of the plant for...

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Missing Tamil Nadu Activist Mugilan Taken Into Police Custody

Kavitha Muralidharan 07/07/2019

Hours after releasing an incriminating documentary, Mugilan, who was...

Police Claim to Have Found ‘Vital Clues’ on Activist Mugilan’s Disappearance

The Wire Staff 07/06/2019

Hours before he went missing, the environmentalist had released...

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We Must Seriously Question Legal Impunities Enjoyed by the Likes of Vedanta

Sakshi Aravind 08/06/2018

The Thoothukudi episode is proof that our legal regime...

Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

How Modi Government Helped Vedanta’s Sterlite Plant Bypass Environmental Norms

Nitin Sethi 24/05/2018

The NDA government made an interpretation to green regulations...