#Express5: Pakistan boat trail leads to Karachi drug smuggling; Rehab of ex-Maoists

Investigators in Karachi have identified the fishing boat destroyed on New Year’s Eve during an Indian Coast Guard operation as a vessel allegedly linked to a drug mafia based in Pakistan, highly-placed police sources said.

Read: Pakistan boat trail leads to drug smuggling ring in Karachi written by Ali Kamran Chishti & Praveen Swami

2. Rehab of surrendered Maoists

The killing of a former Maoist, Korsa Joga alias Shivaji, who worked as a police informer, by rebels in Bijapur last week highlights the failure of the Chhattisgarh government to provide rehabilitation and security to Maoists who surrender.

Read: The Hunted as reported by Ashutosh Bhardwaj

3. Blade runner

“You can walk, but you will never be able to run.” What Kiran Kanojia once felt was a curse went on to become an inspiration, and made her the first woman blade runner in India during the 6-km Dream Run at the Mumbai Marathon last year.

Read: Blade runner is back for a ‘stronger challenge’ as reported by Shahid Judge

4. Opinion

If for nothing else, 2014 will be remembered for the decisive electoral verdict in May, a stock market that refused to be fazed, the acceptance of inflation targeting as the primary objective of monetary policy and the unexpected crash in commodity prices.

Read: UPA by another name? by Jahangir Aziz

5. Sports

“TTOKK….ttokk…..ttokk….ttookk…” You would have thought he was a schoolboy practising his shots in the apartment compound waiting for his friends to show up.

Read: Tracking transition by Bharat Sundaresan