A Malaysian Tamil tourist was killed when a van carrying a group of Malaysians, hurtled down a 45 feet precipice on Palani- Kodaikanal ghat road on Friday. Five others were injured.
President Mohamed Nasheed said his government will not tolerate any threats against the media after two disturbing incidents of media battering were reported on Monday.
New Delhi has said Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley's confession that he planned the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack and his deal with US prosecutors was "not a setback to India".
Tamil Nadu Government's Finance Secretary K Ganadesikan has said that the government would overcome the deficit as the 13th Finance Commission has exempted the target of the deficit for this year. "Fiscal Deficit was not a cause of worry", Ganadesikan added.
Amid regular intelligence warning of the possibility of hijacking of an Indian airliner, the UPA government on Friday made the anti-hijacking law much tougher by including death sentence as a punishment.
SN Silva LLM PC as so described who was as quiet as a mouse while the white flag, Channel 4 and other controversies like the 300,000 IDPs were raging, has now sallied forth, relentlessly pouring chapter and verse of the Army Act (AA) and miscellaneous civil covenants including Human Rights in repeated swoops in the print media and on TV and at the Hotel Galadari.
It was the first biggest Hindu religious ceremony, the Shri Mudh Bhagwat Puran, organised by Hindu dharma foundation of Bhutan. It drew some 1,500 people to the otherwise restful Hindu-Buddhist temple in Damphu on Thursday.
The ceremony is quite different in that it begins with yoga classes in the morning and cultural programmes in the evening.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday, expressed disappointment over the opposition AIADMK members coming to the House wearing black dress when it met for a historic session in the new Assembly hall, the world's first Green Legislature building.
The Nasheed administration is releasing criminals whilst his party is blocking private televisions from reporting, and then, the President pledges to safeguard the press, the Maldives Journalist Association said urging Nasheed to match his words with action.
The joy experienced by people who visit Nagadeepa and Nallur Kovil will be a blessing for us to defeat conspiracies and false allegations against the nation, stated President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Supremo Ms J Jayalalithaa has said that the budget presented by the DMK government for the year 2010-2011 would lead the state to a destructive path.
The ruling DMK Government today presented a huge deficit budget to the tune of Rs 3,396.45 crores. The state finance Minister Prof. K Anbazhagan presented the budget but however, he has refrained from imposing fresh taxes.
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said that the opportunity now exists for the diaspora to play a constructive role in promoting the conditions for sustainable peace in Sri Lanka. He urged the diaspora to look forward and work in positive ways to help communities inside Sri Lanka realize a peaceful future for themselves.
Asian Tribune’s Online Petition to UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki Moon has been signed by many, with comments too. One letter we received deserves to be brought to the notice of our general readers. While he appreciates the open petition is a good move, he seems to feel the signatures should have flooded more, as there is no dearth of Lankan patriots. And he goes ahead to suggests to display prominently. Here’s his letter:
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