Politicos go anti-Neutrino; Stalin flags off Vaiko's protest rally

Stating consequences such as excessive radiation and drinking water scarcity, leaders blame the Centre for coming up with hazardous projects State-wide.

Inadequate government response exacerbated Cyclone Ockhi's impact in Tamil Nadu.

On November 29, 2017, more than 100 boats left for sea from Tamil Nadu’s Vallavilai fishing village before the state started issuing warnings to the fishermen community. Cyclone Ockhi hit coastal Tamil Nadu the next day, after having gestated for eight days at sea.

In 2015, as many as 20 woodcutters from the State were gunned down in Seshachalam forest

Tribal men of Jawadhu Hills continue to leave their homes to fell red sanders in Andhra Pradesh. Despite knowing the dangers involved, the men, particularly youngsters, tread the risky road. While police say they choose to go for the huge money it paid, activists are of the view that this was the outcome of a deep-rooted problem and call upon the State government to address the core issue.

Forum seeks inclusion of the Act in Ninth Schedule of the Constitution

Taking strong exception to a recent judgement of the Supreme Court that imposed several restrictions on filing of cases and arrest of persons under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the National Coalition for Strengthening of SC / ST (PoA) Act has urged the Union government to take swift measures to overturn this “dilution of the Act.”

தமிழ்நாடு காவல்துறை தலைவர், தலைமைச் செயலர், உள்துறைச் செயலர் ஆகியோர் இணைந்து மே 17 இயக்கத்தின் ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர்
திருமுருகன் மீது போடப்பட்டுள்ள குண்டர் தடுப்புச் சட்ட வழக்கினை ரத்து செய்து, மனித உரிமை மீறலில் இருந்து அவரை மீட்க வேண்டும் என்று மக்கள் கண்காணிப்பகம் வேண்டுகோள் விடுக்கிறது.

People’s Watch, the All India Network of Individuals and NGOs working with National and State Human Rights Institutions [AiNNI], Human Rights Defenders Alert –India [HRDA] and the Institution of Human Rights Education [IHRE] welcomes the appointment of Ms. M.P. Nirmala as the Chairperson of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) in Tamil Nadu, after the position was kept vacant for more than a year.