R.K. Radhakrishnan

R.K. Radhakrishnan

R.K. Radhakrishnan, Senior Associate Editor, Frontline, began his journalistic career in The Hindu in 1992 where, over the next two decades, he rose to leadership positions. He was Foreign Correspondent for the newspaper in Colombo between 2010 and 2013. He joined Frontline in 2014. He is a recipient of Mumbai Press Club’s RedInk Media Award in 2017. As a PANOS Media Fellow, he studied migrant labour issues with focus on Indian blue collar migration to West Asia in 2017-18.

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At Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting in Tiruppur to mark the end of Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai’s yatra, on February 27.

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Prime Minister Modi’s relentless visits to the States signal BJP’s strategic move to secure elusive seats in regions resistant to its influence.

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‘BJP can teach lessons to the entire world in corruption’: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

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‘BJP can teach corruption to the whole world’: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, MP

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Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at a UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1, 2021.

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa claims ‘foreign conspiracy’ ousted him in 2022

Gotabaya launches explosive memoir, painting himself as victim and stoking comeback rumours ahead of national elections.

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Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu explains the difference between Ram Rajya and Dravida Rajya

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Minister Thennarasu stated that there has been no compromise on Tamil Nadu’s capital expenditures in the State’s latest Budget.

We are concerned only about the welfare of the State: Thangam Thennarasu

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister says unlike the BJP or any other party, the DMK is not interested in hatred politics.

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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake in New Delhi on February 5.

Is India attempting to restore its political equations in Sri Lanka?

The country’s recent overtures to the left-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and the Ceylon Workers Congress suggests so.

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Chief Minister N. Rangasamy and his Cabinet colleagues watching the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya on January 22,
streamed live at Vedapureeswarar temple.

Puducherry: BJP’s port of entry to the South

Only the popularity of the devout Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has kept the saffron party and its Hindutva plank at bay in the Union Territory.

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Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai during a rally in Vaniyambadi in Tirupathur district on February 2.

How fake news, propaganda, and big money power BJP’s Tamil Nadu strategy

The saffron party’s immediate objective is to unseat the AIADMK and emerge as the main rival to the ruling DMK in the State.

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Tamil Nadu journalist chased down and brutally attacked even after calling police for help

Despite Chief Minister M.K. Stalin transferring the concerned officer, questions linger about police inaction and press freedom.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu at a welcome ceremony in Beijing on January 10. After the visit, Muizzu said he would operationalise the 2017 Chinese free trade agreement.

India-Maldives ties suffer unprecedented damage due to social media fracas

The result of the Male mayoral election, however, proves that anti-India rhetoric is not pre-eminent for Maldivian voters.

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