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RAMANATHAPURAM, TAMILNADU, 22/06/2014: Fishermen carrying the catch at Rameswaram fishing jetty, in Rameswaram.
Photo: L. BALACHANDAR

Caught between life and death

The Palk Strait has become a dangerous fishing ground for the fishermen of Tamil Nadu, particularly Rameswaram. They hope that the Central government

R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN in Rameswaram

Britain-based Tamils take part in a protest opposite Downing Street in central London on November 15, 2013 against British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Cameron arrived on November 14 in Sri Lanka ahead of a Commonwealth summit which is set to be overshadowed by his historic visit to the island's former war zone. Cameron has come under fire from campaigners for not joining the leaders of Canada, India and Mauritius in boycotting the three-day meeting in protest at alleged war crimes committed in the final days of Sri Lanka's decades-long ethnic conflict. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT

Victory of sorts

The European Court of Justice strikes down the E.U.’s anti-terrorism sanctions against the LTTE, imposed in 2006, on the technical grounds that they w

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The day after

AIADMK activists stage bizarre acts of protest across Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa’s conviction on September 27 and the rejection of her bail plea on

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SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, 10/09/2014: An aerial view shows buildings submerged in floodwaters in Srinagar on September 10, 2014.
Photo: Nissar Ahmad

Disasters and displacement

The growing global phenomenon of displacement caused by natural disasters is aggravated by urbanisation, unsustainable development and climate change.

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A commercial plane flies across the red sun covered with haze near Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. Each year, forest fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands smother parts of nearby Singapore and Malaysia in haze. The Indonesian government usually blames plantation owners and traditional farmers for illegally setting fires as a cheap way to clear land. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)

Flying into the red

The Indian aviation sector is beset by problems of cut-throat competition, high operational costs, and huge losses.

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CHENNAI, 08/08/2014: A view of Ripon Buildings in Chennai on August 08, 2014, a fine modern attempt at the Indo-Saracenic, is the headquarters of the Chennai Corporation, to which the move from Errabalu Chetty street was made in 1913. A magnificant white building was built by Loganatha Mudaliar.
Photo: V. Ganesan.

The first civic body

Set up in 1688, the Corporation of Madras, the first civic body of its kind in India, has done pioneering work despite many ups and downs.

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Undated family photo taken in Sochi shows Roman Seleznev (C), the son of a Russian lawmaker from the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDPR), posing with his partner Anna Otisko (R) and their daughter. Moscow has accused Washington of 'abducting' Russian national Roman Seleznev after he was arrested in the Maldives on suspicion of being one of the world's most prolific traffickers of stolen credit card details. US Attorney Jenny A. Durkan, has issued a statement saying that 'a Russian man who was indicted in the Western District of Washington for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers throughout the United States was arrested and transported to Guam for an initial appearance'. AFP PHOTO / HO / COURTESY OF VALERY SELEZNEV
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Long arm of the U.S.

U.S. Marshals openly violate Maldivian laws to “arrest” a Russian tourist in Male airport and fly him to Guam, where he is charged with hacking and cr

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Chennai, 01-05-2014 : A bomb squad personnal checking the parcel baggage at the Chennai Central Railway Station on thursday. Passengers were blocked on platform number nine where two explosions ripped through the Gauhati passenger train in Chennai on Thursday, killing a 22 year-old female passenger. The blasts occurred in two coaches just as the train was approaching the city's central station. A total of fourteen people were injured, two of them seriously, in addition to the dead passenger. Photo :G_Sribharath

Taking new routes

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, believed to be operating out of the Pakistan Mission in Colombo, seems to be at the centre of a terror network

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A woman walks past presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed's election campaign poster, who was ousted as president in 2012, in Male, September 5, 2013. The Maldives presidential election will be held on September 7, 2013. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (MALDIVES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

For a few votes more

Mohamed Nasheed leads in the first round in the presidential election but will find it tough to reach the halfway mark in the run-off, given his reluc

R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN in Male

In this handout photograph released by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed (C) prepares to enter the Indian Embassy in Male on February 13, 2013. Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was locked in a stand-off with police on Wednesday as he took refuge inside the Indian embassy after a local magistrate ordered his arrest. AFP PHOTO/MALDIVIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT 'AFP PHOTO/MALDIVIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY' NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

In a mess in Male

India is caught unawares as former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed takes refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male.

R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN in Colombo

Fonseka's freedom

Sri Lanka: Former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka has been released from jail, but at what price?

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High on hope

The Indian delegation makes people sit up and take note of its sincere attempts to gauge the Sri Lankan situation.

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