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10 Indian fishermen to be charged with Lankan sailor's death

Ten Indian fishermen, arrested for allegedly engaged in illegal fishing in the Sri Lankan waters on Monday, will be charged with the death of a Navy sailor, who was killed in an operation to seize......

The World's First Suicide Bomber

On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly......

Can 'Singham Anna' Deliver For The BJP?

Annamalai has faced criticism for the breakup between the AIADMK and the BJP, but BJP leaders say 'he attracts youth, who needs change'. IMAGE: K Annamalai, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate......

Cong's 'somersault' dig at Jaishankar over Katchatheevu row

Hitting back at the Centre over the Katchatheevu island issue, opposition leaders on Monday cited a 2015 RTI reply, which stated that the agreements in 1974 and 1976 did not involve either......

Is Tamil Nadu Heading For A Jallikattu 2.0 Moment?

The recent 'revelation' by TN fishers freed by Sri Lanka after they had paid up Lankan rupees 50,000 each in fines, that their hair was tonsured in prison and they were forced to remove their......

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......

Marine exports to suffer loss of Rs 200 cr

The damage to thousands of mechanised boats and country craft in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh could affect the fishing industry, especially export of shrimps and other varieties, to the tune of Rs......

Sethusamudram controversy back in the spotlight

There seems to be no end to the 16-year-old war over the controversial Sethusamudram project. The project involves dredging the stretch of water between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka to make it......

800 Review: Watch Out For The Spin

800 gets so lost in celebrating its grand subject that it forgets something pretty elementary: Cricket is a team sport!, notes Sreehari Nair. In 800, Director M S Sripathy creates a world of......

'Team wins whenever I take wickets'

Sri Lanka's record-breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has taken the blame on himself for his team's poor showing in India last year and is keen to set the record straight during the Champions......

Bula ecstatic after Seven Seas swim

Bula Chowdhury, who became the world's first woman swimmer to conquerthe Seven Seas, said she felt on top of the world after achieving the historic feat, which is expected to get into the Guinness......

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10 Indian fishermen to be charged with Lankan sailor's death

The World's First Suicide Bomber

Can 'Singham Anna' Deliver For The BJP?

Cong's 'somersault' dig at Jaishankar over Katchatheevu row

Is Tamil Nadu Heading For A Jallikattu 2.0 Moment?

Sethusamudram Corp lines up foreign loan, IPO

Marine exports to suffer loss of Rs 200 cr

Sethusamudram controversy back in the spotlight

800 Review: Watch Out For The Spin

'Team wins whenever I take wickets'

Bula ecstatic after Seven Seas swim

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