Five people were killed in a road accident near the East Coast Road at Vaippar-1 village in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, on Sunday evening. The victims were travelling on a two-wheeler towards Pallakulam when their vehicle collided head-on with a tourist van coming from Sayalkudi in Ramanathapuram district

The India-UK free trade agreement was signed between the two countries in July last year and has to be now approved by the UK Parliament for it to come into effect