Tamil Nadu

Coastal Energen plant fin closure in 2 months

Coastal Energen's 1,200-mw power plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu will see financial closure in two months, co-promoter Coal & Oil Group said.

Ahmed A R Buhari, founder president and chief executive officer of Coal & Oil Group, said a consortium of 19 banks, led by State Bank of India, has agreed to lend to the project. The first phase of the coal-fired thermal merchant power project, with a capacity of 1,200 mw, will need investments of Rs 4,500 crore, of which the debt component is Rs 3,450 crore. "The equity component of Rs 1,050 crore will come from accruals and investment from parent companies," Buhari said.

Chennai lawyers demand action against policemen

 Chennai lawyers demand action against policemenChennai, Feb. 24 : Protesting Chennai lawyers have demanded immediate action against police officials who carried out Thursday‘s baton charging on lawyers in the Madras High Court premises.

Members of the Madras High Court Bar Association have decided to go on a two-day hunger protest besides submitting a petition to the State Human Rights Commission to demand appropriate action against the police for the incident.

Chennai lawyers demand immediate action against policemen

Karunanidhi promises to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations on I-DayChennai, Feb. 24 : Protesting Chennai lawyers have demanded immediate action against police officials who took part in Thursday`s lathi charge on the Madras High Court premises.

Members of the Madras High Court Bar Association have decided to go on a two-day hunger protest besides submitting a petition to the State Human Rights Commission to demand appropriate action against the police for the mayhem.

Hungry for 'justice', TN lawyers go without food

February 27 will be observed as Black Day across the country

Lawyers in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry went on an indefinite hunger strike outside the Madras high court on NSC Bose Road on Monday. They also decided to indefinitely boycott work in protest against the "assault on the judiciary" by Chennai Police on February 19. 

"We are staging the fast outside the high court premises after being requested to do so by some judges. A CBI team is expected to assess the situation, including damages caused by the police action. A panel of judges also proposes to evaluate the situation. Hence, the judges did not want any unpleasantness on the court premises," Madras High Court Advocates' Association president Paul Kanakaraj said. 

People in Tamil Nadu protest over Lankan conflict

People in Tamil Nadu protest over Lankan conflictCoimbatore, Feb 22 : Around three thousand volunteers, both men and women, of all ages took part in a rally held here in support of Tamils being killed in Sri Lanka.

They formed a human chain and marched through the streets of the city on Saturday voicing their protest against genocide by Sri Lankan authorities.

150 Chennai lawyers arrested for protesting against Madras HC violence

Tamil Nadu MapChennai, Feb 20 : Over 150 lawyers were arrested on Friday for participating in a protest march outside the Tamil Nadu secretariat. They were agitating against the violence in the Madras High Court complex on Thursday.

Madras Bar Association President S. Prabhakaran was also arrested.

Earlier, the lawyers' agitation issue dominated proceedings in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

As soon as the session started, opposition members demanded that the Question Hour be postponed to discuss Thursday's violence in which more than 100 lawyers were injured.

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