The US Navy shooting at Tamil Nadu fishermen, who went to the Gulf to escape the Sri Lankan Navy, should wake up New Delhi to the future of six million Indians in West Asia, says Sam Rajappa

At a workshop on ‘Trends in Green buildings’, budding architects vowed to advocate green architecture. Giving them insight and tips were experts, who endorsed The Weekend Leader’s mission to take the movement to the masses, says Radhika Giri

The soft, shiny red tomatoes or the green leafy veggies might be tempting to the eyes, but there lies something sinister beneath - a toxic concoction of hazardous chemicals, says Sahana Ghosh

Jayalalithaa champions Tamil cause and accuses centre of showing "disrespect" to the sentiments of the Tamils by training Sri Lankan defence personnel and allowing them to visit Tamil Nadu

Director Zoya Akhtar has made a breast cancer awareness advertisement film featuring topnotch Bollywood stars Arjun Rampal, Farhan Akhtar, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor and Abhay Deol

Sri Lanka’s defence secretary and brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya, allegedly threatened Frederica Jansz, Editor of The Sunday Leader, while giving her an interview

The continuing human rights violations in Sri Lanka, particularly the muzzling of the media through intimidation, has been flayed by Human Rights Watch, which lists incidents of harassment
 

Tamil Nadu based May 17 Movement has urged singer Hariharan of the popular band ‘Colonial Cousins’ to boycott a music concert organized by the Sri Lankan government on July 7 at Colombo

Revealing little known details of Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee, including his role during the Emergency, Sam Rajappa examines the chances of his Raisina Hill dream crashing

Sri Lanka continues its repressive policies against the media despite growing world attention to its human rights violations. It has blocked 5 Tamil news portals and arrested journalists

One of India's biggest curses - the practice of open defecation - will be abolished in 10 years, and Sikkim will be the first state do so, says Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh

Mayank Singh brings us the harrowing tales of the plight of ex-servicemen in our country, some of whom are engaged in a battle against a system that even denies them their rightful pension

Not only does manual scavenging goes on, sewer workers get no safety gear. At least 45 of them die every year in Delhi as others suffer ailments doing the dehumanizing job, says Prathiba Raju
 

There is a silent emergency prevailing in India today. The State that accuses us of waging war against it is indeed waging a war against its own people, writes S P Udayakumar from Kudankulam

Bio toilets that use bacteria for safe disposal of human excreta, which was developed by the DRDO for soldiers posted in high altitudes, will now be introduced in Indian villages