CM s kin arrested in Andhra limestone quarry explosion case
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Kadapa, May 11 : The Andhra Pradesh police have made one more arrest in connection with their ongoing probe into the limestone quarry explosion in Kadapa district on Saturday that left 10 persons dead.
Y.S. Pratap Reddy, kin of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, was arrested and produced in court on Tuesday.
District Superintendent of Police, Anburajan, said that Pratap Reddy was arrested on charges of contravention of the laws on transportation of explosive substances, as no safety protocols were observed during transportation.
TN to allow Vedanta s Sterlite plant to produce oxygen (Ld)
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Chennai, April 26 : The meeting of all recognised political parties chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday decided to allow operation of Vedanta Ltd s Sterlite plant in Tuticorin to produce oxygen for four months with the power supplied by the state utility.
The all party meeting was called in the wake of Supreme Court asking the Tamil Nadu government on its views to permit operation of the oxygen plant at the shutdown Vedanta s copper smelter unit in Tuticorin after a petition was filed by the company in this regard.
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The meeting of all recognised political parties chaired by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Monday decided to allow operation of Vedanta Ltd s Sterlite plant in Tuticorin to produce oxygen for four months with the power supplied by the state utility.
The all-party meeting was called in the wake of Supreme Court asking the Tamil Nadu government on its views to permit operation of the oxygen plant at the shutdown Vedanta s copper smelter unit in Tuticorin after a petition was filed by the company in this regard.
The meeting unanimously decided to allow operation of the oxygen plant at Vedanta s copper smelter plant or Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin temporarily for four months.
TN Govt okays re-opening of copper smelter plant for 4 months to produce oxygen
Chennai, Apr 26 (UNI) The All Party meeting convened by
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K.Palaniswami on Monday
unanimously resolved to allow Vedanta group to re-open its
Copper smelter plant at Tuticorin for manufacturing oxygen
for a period four months.
The government s decision to allow Vedanta to re-open the
plant which was shut after 13 anti-sterlite protestors were
killed in a police firing in May 2018 comes in the wake of
increasing demand for oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients.
Representatives of eight recognised parties, including the
ruling AIADMK, Opposition DMK, BJP, PMK, Congress, DMDK
SRINAGAR: The authorities on Tuesday said that the shops, business establishments will remain open on a rotation basis while public transport will ply with 50 per cent of seating capacity in Srinagar district in view of Covid-19 containment measures.