Daily Archives: 19 June 2013

‘UFO’ sends South Indian papers into a tizzy

PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: Two south Indian newspapers, the Malayala Manorama (in picture, above) and the New Indian Express, have reported the sighting of an unidentified flying object (UFO) in Kannur district in Kerala. According to Manorama, the picture was taken by Major Sebastian Zachariah, an Indian army officer serving on the UN…

An open letter to media from Koodankulam

The People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), based in Idinthakarai in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, has shot off an open letter to the Indian media on its collective silence on the imminent commissioning of the Koodankulam nuclear plant. Below is the text of the press release. *** Dear friends Greetings! Please allow us to bring…