-The Hindu   Union Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office V. Narayanasamy has expressed firm optimism of finding a solution to the stalemate in the Kudankulam nuclear power plant by the end of next month. Addressing a press conference here, the Minister said the first round of talks between the expert committee appointed by the Centre and protesters' campaigning against the project on November 8 was “purposeful.” The local community and the protesting...

Suggests Rs. 200-crore plan to win villagers over to Kudankulam Even as a committee constituted by the Centre to address fears about the safety of the Kudankulam nuclear power project was set to meet an experts panel of the Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday, the former President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has recommended a massive Rs. 200-crore special development plan for villages around the project site. The 15-member central panel, consisting of experts...

-PTI Making some headway towards resolution of the Kudankulam issue, anti-plant protesters on Tuesday decided to nominate two of their members in the expert committee to be set up by the Tamil Nadu government. The protesters, however, made it clear that they would not hold talks with the 15-member committee set up by the Centre till the work at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) was stopped. S.P. Udhayakumar, the movement’s leader, told...

-The Hindu   Allays apprehensions about Kudankulam nuclear plant If the great Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola I had believed for a moment that his monumental structure will be brought down in an earthquake, would we have got the magnificent Brihadeeswara Temple? Or, if Homi Bhabha had decided that radiation is too harmful for citizens, will the country be running a safe and successful atomic power programme for the last 40 years, producing 4,700...

-DNA   A day after rocket scientist APJ Abdul Kalam backed the Kudankulam N-power plant, another top scientist has come out in its support. “Tell them bluntly that there is nothing to be worried of and their interests would be protected by the government. Also explain to them in no uncertain terms that the displaced persons and their families would be looked after by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd,” PK Iyengar,...