-NDTV Kudankulam: With enriched uranium fuel set to be loaded in the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, protests against the controversial project were intensified again today. An uneasy calm prevailed at the nuclear plant with anti-nuclear protesters bracing for a showdown with authorities. Villagers in and around the site of the plant held a rally today to reiterate their demand of shutting down the controversial nuclear plant. Defying prohibitory orders,...
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Winning the case for promotion quotas -Anup Surendranath
-The Hindu More than a political consensus, it is hard data on the absence of marginalised sections from the higher bureaucracy that will give legitimacy to the measure The decision to amend the Constitution to ensure reservation in promotions for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes has been the subject of much scrutiny without paying sufficient critical attention to the discourse of the Supreme Court on the issue. While the Court...
More »Clearances for KKNPP are not arbitrary: HC -KT Sangameswaran
-The Hindu Says Central, State Governments have taken safety measures The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have applied their mind in all clearances and statutorily passed various orders relating to the Kudankulam nuclear power Project (KKNPP). There is no scope for the Madras High Court to presume that the orders are arbitrary, a Division Bench has held. Passing orders...
More »Court thumbs up for Kudankulam project -KT Sangameswaran
-The Hindu The Madras High Court on Friday cleared the decks for the commissioning of Units I and II of the Kudankulam nuclear power Project (KKNPP), holding that there was no impediment to the nuclear power Corporation of India Ltd to proceed with the project. However, it made it clear that the regulatory authorities should periodically oversee the compliance and maintenance of standards of pollution. “By taking note of the overall situation,...
More »Leaders urge Manmohan Singh to scrap Areva’s contract for Jaitapur project
-The Times of India Politicians involved with the National Committee in Solidarity with Jaitapur Struggle have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking cancellation of the contract with French company Areva for supplying nuclear reactors to the project. The letter, written by CPM general secretary Prakash Karat, senior leader Sitaram Yechury, CPI leaders AB Bardhan and D Raja, Lok Janshakti Party chief Ramvilas Paswan, JD (S) leader Danish Ali and Telugu Desam...
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