'Errant Policemen Must Be Punished'

'This government is not in the hands of M K Stalin but in the hands of the bureaucracy -- the IAS and IPS.' IMAGE: Thoothukudi, May 22, 2018: Police personnel lathi charge protestors demanding the......

Tuticorin cops fired at protesters at the behest of industrialist: HC

The Madras high court has expressed displeasure over the manner in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted the probe into the 2018 Tuticorin police firing against anti-Sterlite......

Anti-Sterlite protests were fuelled by foreign funds, says TN governor

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi stoked a fresh controversy on Thursday, remarking that the anti-Sterlite protests in the state in 2018 had been fuelled by foreign funds and was aimed at hindering......

TN suspends 4 cops behind Thoothukudi Sterlite firing incident

A deputy superintendent of police and three constables charged by an inquiry commission with unprovoked firing against the anti-Sterlite protesters in 2018 in Thoothukudi, were placed under......

India Inc's top line struggled but profit rose 25% in FY24

The post-Covid pandemic boom in corporate revenues appeared to have faded away in 2023-24. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Yet, companies have reported a sharp recovery in their profits in......

India's Big Guns Firing On Capex Front

'Interim Budget has ignited the entrepreneurial spirit.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Is private capex picking up? In the Interim Budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala......

Sterlite gets access to Thoothukudi plant for upkeep after 5 years

The maintenance work will include operations such as removal of remaining gypsum and leachate handling operations among others. Based on this, the district administration has now allowed the firm......

Vedanta's Sterlite Copper invites EoIs to 'restart' the Thoothukudi unit

Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta's Sterlite Copper on Monday came out with an advertisement inviting expression of interest (EoI) for carrying out plant "restart activities" at its Thoothukudi unit in......

Review: Why is Sarkar running houseful? :(

'Vijay acts as himself, so you cannot expect variety from him.''He dances the same way, bashes up villains the same way, woos the heroine the same way and says his dialogues the same way,' notes A......