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Maldivian president Yameen Abdul Gayoom, center, surrounded by his body guards arrives to address his supporters in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. President Yameen said Saturday that he was willing to hold an early presidential election to allow voters to decide who they want to lead the Indian Ocean archipelago, as political unrest continued to grow after a court ordered the release and retrial of political prisoners.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)

Gathering storm

A state of emergency has been declared in the Maldives, which is now the focus of new superpower rivalry in the Indian Ocean region.

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Homeward bound

It is estimated that over the next few years a large number of Indian labourers will head back home because of economic downturn and political upheava

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This photograph released by Maldives President office shows Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom addressing the nation in Male, Maldives, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. The Maldives' president appealed for calm throughout the island nation Sunday, after his deputy was arrested on suspicion of treason for allegedly plotting to assassinate him with an explosion on his boat.(Maldives Presidents Office via AP)

One-horse race

With most leaders of the opposition parties either in jail or in exile, President Abdulla Yameen appears set to win the approaching presidential elect

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CHENNAI, 31/12/2017: Super Star Rakinikanth announces his entry in politics at Ragavendra Kalayana Mandapam on Sunday. Photo: R. Ragu

Waiting for the script

In a political climate marked by popular disillusionment and contempt for mainstream parties’ opportunism and corruption, Rajinikanth attempts to sell

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TTV Dinakaran pays his respects to the founder of AIADMK and former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran on the occassion of MGR's 30th death anniversary. Dinakaran is comfortably positioned to bag the RK Nagar by poll assembly seat. Photo : Bijoy Ghosh To go with Bureau report

Byelection shocks

The R.K. Nagar byelection result exposes the chinks in the DMK and the people’s lack of confidence in the ruling AIADMK, and serves as a rude shock to

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Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 27-08-2017: Stranded workers from the Gulf, who have not been paid salaries for the past several months, on their return at the Visakhapatnam International Airport on Tuesday evening.  --Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

Journey to despair

The number of people circumventing the legal route to go abroad for domestic work and unskilled jobs has increased. Without the help from the host cou

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TIRUNELVELI : TAMIL NADU : 05/12/2017 : Fisher women of Neerodi in Kanyakumari District airing their anguish to Tamil Nadu president Su. Thirunavukkarasar on Wednesday as there is no word from their breadwinners after cyclone Ockhi. Photo: A_Shaikmohideen

Waves of grief and anger

Cyclone Ockhi devastates the coast of south India and lays bare the administration’s indifference to the plight of fishing communities.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 4, 2015 shows foreign laborers working on the construction site of the al-Wakrah football stadium, one of the Qatar's 2022 World Cup stadiums, walking back to their accomodation at the Ezdan 40 compound after finishing work in Doha's Al-Wakrah southern suburbs.
As many as 1,000 Qatar World Cup construction workers are receiving health checks as part of a pilot programme agreed between the 2022 tournament organisers and Weill Cornell Medicine. / AFP PHOTO / MARWAN NAAMANI

Uncertain future

Migrant labourers in Qatar are hit hard by the ongoing blockade of the country by an alliance led by Saudi Arabia.

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KERALA, KOCHI,28 /06/2013:( for K P M Basheers story ) Non-resident Keralites from Gulf arriving at the Kochi airport recently. Photo:K_K_Mustafah

Migrant woes

Despite MoUs with GCC nations in place, abuse and exploitation of Indian workers continue in that region.

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Three men and a party

The political drama in Tamil Nadu goes on with the two main factions of the AIADMK merging and the third, headed by T.T.V. Dinakaran, trying to sabota

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Maldives President Abdulla Yameen is pictured upon his arrival to take part in the 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu November 25, 2014. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: POLITICS)

Resisting autocracy

The opposition makes yet another serious attempt to break the shackles put on it by the government.

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Puducherry:08:07:2017: Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi along with police force, cycling on Beach Road on the bandh day, which was called by various political parties to condemn her style of functioning in Puducherry on Saturday.Photo:M_samraj.

Running amok

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi nominates and swears in three BJP leaders as MLAs in utmost secrecy and in blatant disregard of all established norms a

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