Political battle rages on Sethusamudram project

BJP, AIADMK oppose the project while DMK and CPI-M support the Sethusamudram shipping project across the Palk Strait. T E Narasimhan reportsWith the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the......

'Opponents of Sethusamudram are anti-nationals'

Those opposing the Sethusamudram literature and history are anti-nationals, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said. Speaking at a public meeting organised by the Sethusamudram Protection......

PM inaugurates Sethusamudram project

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday inaugurated work on the Rs 2,427 crore Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project that would cut the sailing distance between the east and west coasts,......

The Sethusamudram canal project

O Fernandes, co-convenor of the Coastal Action Network (CAN) had filed an unsuccessful petition in the Madras high court seeking issue of a writ to quash the March 31, 2005 order of the Central......

Sethusamudram Corp lines up foreign loan, IPO

Sethusamudram Corporation, the special purpose vehicle for the Rs 2,427.40 crore (Rs 24.27 billion) Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project, will raise a foreign currency loan of over $100 million. It......

Govt clears Sethusamudram project

The government on Thursday cleared the long-delayed Sethusumudram Ship Canal Project off Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu that would vastly reduce distance between east and west coasts of India.The Rs......

Sethu project faces 20-30% cost surge

The Rs 2,427.40-crore (Rs 24.27 billion) Sethusamudram canal project off the Tamil Nadu coast will face a cost escalation of over 20 to 30 per cent and a delay of over a year if the government......