| Lashkar using Lanka as base for attack on India: US terror alert |
The Sri Lanka government has been claiming that it has successfully rooted out terrorism from the island, but a fresh US terror alert has indicated the possibility of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) already having some 200 cadres present in the nation who plan to use the country as a “staging ground” to ente... |
| 20.09.2010 - 06:06 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| On My Beat: A close look at Fonseka’s sentencing |
Sarath Fonseka, the cashiered former Army Chief, who was earlier dishonorably discharged, vowed that he will eradicate all those involved in filing cases against him and was responsible for his present plight of shame and disgrace.
The final hearing of the 2nd Court Martial was held on the 17th Sept... |
| 20.09.2010 - 06:00 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Sri Lankan film maker Sumithra Peries injured at Goa: Falls in Dona Paula Beach |
Sri Lanka's legendary filmmaker Sumithra Peries was injured after she had a fall on the Dona Paula beach near Panaji in Goa.
According to a agency report, the island country's first woman filmmaker is on Goa visit to participate in the South Asian Film Festival (SAFF).
Peries told the agency that s... |
| 20.09.2010 - 01:38 |
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Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai |
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| Bikers fire at tourists outside Delhi’s Jama Masjid |
There was panic outside Delhi’s famed Jama Masjid on Sunday when two gunmen riding a mobike fired at a bus carrying tourists injuring at least two persons.
The incident happened outside Gate Number 3 around noon when the area is crowded with people. The injured tourists were rushed to hospital. Ther... |
| 19.09.2010 - 15:21 |
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From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Nirupama Rao takes up visa fee hike with US officials |
India has conveyed its concerns to the US over the H1B visa fee hike and exchanged views on issues like UNSC expansion and nuclear liability bill during Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao's talks with top American officials focusing on President Barack Obama's November visit to the country.
Ms Rao's mee... |
| 19.09.2010 - 05:05 |
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From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Sri Lanka’ opposition leader continues to dilly-dally with reforms |
Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe- party leader of the country’s main opposition- United National Party (UNP), continued to dawdle, ignoring the party membership’s overwhelming voice calling for much-needed re-organizing.
When the party’s highest decision-making body- the Working C... |
| 19.09.2010 - 03:18 |
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By Santhush Fernando in Colombo |
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| Submission to LLRC Part IV - Muslim riots & Tamils’ historic blunder of 1972 |
The beginning of the ethnic holocaust is chronicled in this installment. It all began with the Sinhalese – Muslim riots during the colonial days in 1915. Subsequently Muslims, however, took the Singhalese attacks hard, and since then, they have remained a subdued ethnic group, subservient to the m... |
| 18.09.2010 - 15:05 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Swedes Goes to Polls Tomorrow: Centre Right Government Hopes to Win |
Sweden will go to polls tomorrow as elections in Sweden are held every four years to determine the makeup of the legislative bodies on the three levels of administrative division in the country.
At the highest level, election determine the allocation of seats in the Riksdag, Parliament, the nation... |
| 18.09.2010 - 05:50 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Two Chinese workers died in a mysterious explosion in the east Sri Lanka |
Two Chinese construction workers, who handled explosives in Karadiyanaru, located in the East of Sri Lanka is suspected to be blown off due to a mysterious explosion of the three containers full of explosives. Their blown up body parts are being recovered.
Latest reports revealed that three... |
| 17.09.2010 - 17:04 |
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| 60 dead in Eastern Sri Lanka due to massive accident explosion, two are Chinese |
At least 60 people –among them two Chinese nationals- are killed in Karadiyanaru of Eastern Sri Lanka.
An ammunition dump in Karadiyanaru, close to eastern city of Batticaloa, went off accidentally killing mostly policemen, according to initial reports.
The explosive dump was located close to the Po... |
| 17.09.2010 - 16:14 |
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| Ayodhya verdict: Govt appeal to maintain peace |
Worried of extreme reactions to the Allahabad High Court judgment on Ayodhya dispute expected on September 24, the government on Thursday appealed for peace, saying the judicial recourse will not end till all sections are satisfied and further legal remedies would be available.
The issue was discuss... |
| 17.09.2010 - 03:04 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Submission to LLRC Part II - “Gentlemen, dangerous times are ahead of us!” |
When postponing the session on 06 September, I was told that the Commission would hear my submission on 08 September 2010 at 4 PM. Unfortunately I was not called at the time allocated for my submission. Instead the armed forces chiefs were summoned during the time allocated for me. At 6 PM, I was s... |
| 16.09.2010 - 14:34 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Sri Lanka to hold Local Government Elections in April 2011 |
United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government is to present Local Government Elections (Amendment) Bill to Parliament by next month and anticipates holding the first election under the new hybrid system around April 2011.
So far almost all parties have agreed in principal to the Bill, which is t... |
| 16.09.2010 - 04:43 |
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By Santhush Fernando in Colombo |
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| All-Party meet on Kashmir: No consensus on diluting Army’s powers |
The all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday decided to send a delegation of political leaders to the state to assess the ground situation but failed to arrive at a consensus on the issue of withdrawal or dilution of the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
The five-and-a-half ho... |
| 16.09.2010 - 03:10 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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