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Thoothukudi District Collector Sandeep Nanduri on Monday informed the media that all the necessary security protocols are being followed to ensure safety of the locals. (Photo: ANI)

Process of removing chemical leakage at Sterlite plant begins

Last month, people of Thoothukudi protested against Sterlite industries, demanding ban on plant alleging that it was...

18 Jun 2018 1:06 PM IST

Thoothukudi Mechanised Fishing Boat Owners Association and Annai Theresa Mechanised Boat Owners Association have agreed to give up their nine-month long strike and resume fishing activities from June 18.

Thoothukudi: 9-month-long strike by mechanised boats ends

Around 250 mechanised fishing boats of Thoothukudi fishing harbor are on an indefinite strike since September 20 last...

16 Jun 2018 3:02 AM IST

Mohd. Jaweed, 38, a habitual offender had been arrested ten times in the past by different police stations for theft, said P.V. Padmaja, DCP Shamshabad. (Representational images)

Thoothukudi: Midnight arrests' shock people

243 cases have been registered in connection with the May 22 riots.

16 Jun 2018 2:54 AM IST

He escaped by jumping off a running train with his handcuffs on near Itarsi railway station, police said today. (Photo:

May 22 riots: Six Makkal Adhikaram men held under NSA

As these six men were later found to have instigated violence.

12 Jun 2018 5:42 AM IST

Madras high court

Autopsy completed on six bodies of Thoothukudi victims

Four judicial magistrate too were present when the post mortem was performed and the entire process was video graphed.

7 Jun 2018 6:23 AM IST

Earlier, the Madras High Court had ordered re-postmortem of bodies of seven people who died during the protest. (Photo: File/PTI)

Madras HC allows autopsy of remaining 6 bodies of anti-Sterlite...

The court said that along with the doctors from Tamil Nadu, a doctor from AIIMS, JIPMER and KIMS hospital will also be...

5 Jun 2018 8:39 PM IST

Aruna Jagadeesan

Probe into Thoothukudi violence begins

Aruna Jagadeesan also visited some of the families of the persons killed in the police action.

5 Jun 2018 6:11 AM IST

Such a programme will give greater confidence to victims and witnesses to come forward and help take the cases to their logical end, participants at the consultation, Safe City is a Smart City, organised by the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission and Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany, on April 17 and 18, in the city.

SHRC begins probe into Thoothukudi police firing

The team too met the family members of the persons killed in the riot and received complaint petitions from the public...

3 Jun 2018 3:17 AM IST

Thoothukudi violence: Sequence of May 22 events throws light on...

His observations draw attention to the need for vigilance, if one sees the sequence of the events here on that fateful...

3 Jun 2018 2:24 AM IST

An injured person at Thoothukudi government medical college hospital holds Rajinikanths hands when he visited the hospital on Wednesday. (Photo:DC)

Thoothukudi: Smiles for Rajinikanth turn to spite within hours

Insulting integrity of protesters by blaming anti-socials for violence: Opposition leaders.

31 May 2018 3:47 AM IST

Rajinikanth with an injured person at Thoothukudi government medical college hospital on Wednesday.

Sterlite protest: Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth loses cool

Actor-turned-politician blames antisocials for violence during anti-Sterlite rally.

31 May 2018 1:49 AM IST

Governor Banwarilal Purohit, on Tuesday visited the families of those killed in police firing and met the injured at the government hospital at Thoothukudi. (Photo: DC)

Blame game not good, remarks police officer

This kind of blame game for petty political reasons would never help the administration find out the real culprits...

30 May 2018 5:51 AM IST