| 70 killed as militants attack Ahmadi worshippers in Lahore |
Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed two worship places belonging to a minority community in Lahore, bringing carnage to Friday prayers and killing at least 70 people, officials said.
In one of the deadliest attacks in Lahore, squads of militants stormed into prayer halls, firing off guns and grenad... |
| 29.05.2010 - 01:24 |
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By Farzana Shah-Asian Tribune Correspondent in Pakistan |
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| West Bengal: Maoist blast derails Express train, 65 dead |
Jhargram,West Bengal - At least 65 passengers of a Maharashtra-bound express train were killed early Friday and over 200 injured in a blast set off by Maoists which led to derailment of 13 coaches that were hit by a goods train coming from the opposite direction.
The bodies of the passengers were r... |
| 28.05.2010 - 17:01 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| The surrendered LTTE cadres are all uneducated: Training them is another challenge |
Almost ninety per cent of the surrendered cadres of the Liberation Tigers Tamil Eelam are uneducated. “They have not even completed their secondary education,” said Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms D E W Gunasekera speaking to Asian Tribune.
Minister Gunasekera said initially nearly 11... |
| 28.05.2010 - 05:05 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| President Patil, Hu Jintao agree on need to develop partnership |
Chinese and Indian presidents on Thursday agreed that the two Asian countries should further develop partnership and cooperation for mutual benefits as well as regional and global peace and development.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Indian counterpart Pratibha Devisingh Patil held talks in Be... |
| 28.05.2010 - 01:06 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Air India strike called off after court stay |
Over 20, 000 employees of Air India who went on a flash strike on Tuesday, called off their agitation following a Delhi High court order on Wednesday restraining them from continuing with the strike.
Earlier, the government gave a free hand to Air India to crack down on a section of its employee... |
| 27.05.2010 - 01:02 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Indian-origin woman becomes Trinidad & Tobago PM |
Indian-origin Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been elected the first woman Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago after the political coalition led by her won a thumping majority and ended the ruling party’s 43 years in power.
Ms. Persad-Bissessar’s People’s Partnership won 29 out of the 41 parliamentar... |
| 26.05.2010 - 02:26 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Thai court issues arrest warrant against former PM Thaksin |
A Thai court issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges, accusing the former leader of fomenting two months of unrest in Bangkok that left 88 people dead. If found guilty of the charges, he could face the death penalty, media reports said.... |
| 26.05.2010 - 01:34 |
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From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Human problems abounding sans death certificates to end soon: Minister Gunasekera |
The family members and next of kin of those civilians and others died during the three-decade long ethnic conflict are to receive death certificates soon, once the circumstances of the deaths are clearly established.
The deaths thousands of civilians have not been brought under any Coroner’s or Judi... |
| 25.05.2010 - 04:52 |
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By K T Rajasingham |
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| Manmohan Singh: If asked, ready to make way for younger leadership |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asserted he is not going to retire as he has got some unfinished tasks to complete but said he is ready to make way for younger leadership if the Congress party so desires.
“I have been given this task (Prime Ministership). It is still unfinished. Till I finis... |
| 24.05.2010 - 21:19 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Sri Lanka shows first draft of proposals to New Delhi in June |
Sri Lanka will present its first draft of proposed solutions to New Delhi in June, Lanka government sources revealed.
The proposals will be presented by Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to Indian Premier Dr. Manmohan Singh as well as President of India Pratibha Patil in June during President Raja... |
| 24.05.2010 - 04:25 |
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By our Sri Lanka Correspondent |
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| New Delhi pushes Colombo for the full execution 1987 Accord, N&E re-merger looms |
Colombo, 23 May, (Asiantribune.com): India has begun pushing Sri Lanka for the full implementation of the historic 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. Reports in Colombo said that New Delhi will formerly be making the request to this effect from Colombo in the due course.
The reason that New Delhi is insistent... |
| 23.05.2010 - 05:23 |
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By Joseph Thavaraja |
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| Hand behind ICG report on Sri Lanka – Stephen Solarz – aided Pol Pot from US Congress |
If it is disclosed that one of the principal advocates in the International Crisis Group who wants Sri Lanka tried for alleged war crimes and genocide was once the architect of the U.S. policy toward Cambodia which facilitated the ousted ‘butcher’ Pol Pot with expertise, technical support and funds... |
| 24.05.2010 - 04:24 |
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Daya Gamage – US National Correspondent Asian Tribune |
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| Sri Lanka to Sweden, year full of election reporting for Asian Tribune |
The year 2010 dawned with elections. And the whole year is going to be election year reporting for Asian Tribune.
On January 26 there was the Sri Lanka Presidential election, which was followed with the Parliamentary General election on April 08. There were general elections in the Great Britain th... |
| 22.05.2010 - 16:03 |
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By K T Rajasingham |
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| Gorkha leader stabbed to death, Darjeeling tense |
Gorkha leader Madan Tamang, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL), was on Friday stabbed to death allegedly by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters in the West Bengal town of Darjeeling. News of the death led to a spontaneous shutdown in the region.
Tamang, who led the anti-GJM f... |
| 22.05.2010 - 01:28 |
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From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Pakistan blocks YouTube after Facebook for objectionable content |
Pakistani authorities on Thursday blocked video sharing website YouTube for hosting "objectionable content", a day after blocking Facebook over a page featuring blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).
In a statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that YouTube had b... |
| 22.05.2010 - 03:28 |
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Farzana Shah –Asian Tribune Correspondent reporting from Pakistan |
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| Special Police teams appointed to crackdown on Tiger informants |
The Sri Lanka Police Department has appointed three special teams to crackdown on the informants and accomplices who were collaborating with the LTTE captain Sridharan Aynkaran who was arrested this week.
Police sources told Asian Tribune that the detectives are in the process of interrogating capt... |
| 20.05.2010 - 17:26 |
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By our Sri Lanka Correspondent |
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| Thai troops rout protesters in a bloody climax |
Buildings smoldered across central Bangkok early Thursday and troops exchanged sporadic fire with pockets of holdouts a day after the army routed anti-government protesters in a push to end Thailand's deadliest political violence in nearly 20 years.
Although the government quelled most of the violen... |
| 20.05.2010 - 16:55 |
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From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi |
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