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Delhi High Court today will likely hear a Tamil Nadu-based advocate's petition pleading NHRC to visit Thoothukudi district and conduct an inquiry into the anti-Sterlite protest on its own Current Affairs News : At least 13 people had died and 102 others were reported injured by Thursday in the anti-Sterlite protests   in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi as the death toll kept increasing. Further, vehicles worth Rs 10.27 million were damaged and burnt down during the protests. "A total of 13 people have died, including 11 men and 2 women. 102 people have been injured out of which 19 are severe cases. Vehicles worth Rs 1 crore 27 lakh have been burnt down," said Shailesh Kumar, IG (South Range), while talking to news agencies. At least 67 people have been arrested until now for indulging in violence and damage to public property. Meanwhile, Vedanta Resources' chairman on Thursday expressed sorrow over the deaths during the protests and said that the co...

Several hundreds of people are admitted in hospitals with injury; tensions continue in Thoothukudi, affecting normal life in the city and nearby villages   Current Affairs News : The death toll in Thoothukudi, where public protest against a   Sterlite Copper   facility has led to police action in the past two days increased to 13 on Thursday, with one more people being declared dead. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board   (TNPCB) has directed to closure disconnected the power supply to the   Sterlite copper   refining plant. According to reports from Thoothukudi, Selvasekar, who was injured during a clash with the police succumbed on Thursday morning in the district government hospital. The police-public clash resulted in 11 deaths on Tuesday and another firing incident on Wednesday resulted in one death. Several hundreds of people are admitted in hospitals with injury. The tension in the city continues on Thursday, affecting the n...

The protests had been going on for 100 days since Sterlite Copper announced its plans to invest Rs 25 billion in doubling the capacity of its existing facility to 800,000 tonnes per year Current Affairs News : As many as 9 people were killed on Tuesday and 20 others injured in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, as a protest against Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit, going on for 100 days since the company announced its plans to invest Rs 25 billion in doubling the capacity of its existing facility to 800,000 tonnes per annum, turned violent. The protesters claim that the plant is causing harm to its employees and increasing the capacity of the plant would aggravate the problems. Following a gas leak in March 2013, the then chief minister late J Jayalalithaa had ordered its closure, following which the company moved the   National Green Tribunal. With the tribunal overturning the government order, the state moved the Supreme Court against it, and the petition has been pending s...