In dry fields and flooded villages, women are the worst off, forced to walk farther for water, giving up their food to feed kids

The new draft Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Act 2009, which claims it will regulate fishing activities in India

THE PMK and VCK on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill.

`Its introduction without consulting the fishermen and other stakeholders would have adverse implications'
CHIEF Minister M Karunanidhi requested Union Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar to initiate a wider dialogue with the fishermen and other stakeholders for bringing in the Marine Fisheries (Regulation and Management) Bill, 2009, which was inclusive and progressive.

SEVENTY-YEAR-OLD MURLIDHAR Sadashiv of Nandivade in Jaigad taluk of Maharashtra

Kolhapur: As many as 26 fishermen from the coastal district of Sindhudurg, along with eight boats, are missing in the Arabian Sea after Wednesday's Cyclone Phyan.

Battered and shamed in the recent Lok Sabha polls and gaping at the cracks in its own front, Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is going against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that India has signed with ASEAN. It formed a 550 km 'human chain' across the state to demonstrate its protest.