All set to battle for Parliament seats

Barker donates a cattle pen in Yala

  English celebrity reality TV show personality, noted fashion photographer, author, filmmaker and former model Nigel Barker donates a cattle?pen in Yala in an effort to protect the cattle of farmers in the area from?leopards in the wild. The project was organised by Cinnamon Hotels and Resorts. Pictures by Easwaran Rutnam Click images to enlarge

22 Jul, 2015

Israel fights largest forest fire this year

An aircraft drops fire retardant to quench the hotspots caused by a conflagration in the forest near the Beit Shemesh area, about 30 km east of Jerusalem, on July 24, 2015. More than 150 firefighters and 13 aircraft have been mobilized to fight an extensive forest fire which broke out Friday afternoon in a mountainous area in central Israel. The blaze, the largest in Israel this year, started in a forest near the Beit Shemesh area, about 30 km east of Jerusalem, according to firefighting authori

25 Jul, 2015

All in a day’s work

Fishermen scatter fish to dry along the beach in Mullaitivu, a town which was affected by the war and the 2004 tsunami. Picture by Easwaran Rutnam

26 Jul, 2015