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The 18th Amendment: Has the Opposition missed the woods for the trees?

Mon, 2010-09-06 04:32 — editor
By Raj Gonsalkorale

The blanket opposition expressed by the UNP and some other opposition parties to the 18th amendment is really an endorsement of the Executive Presidency and all the powers that it holds as per the current constitution. To the credit of the JVP, it is the only party that has consistently opposed the Executive Presidency itself.

India to appoint a Special Envoy on Sri Lanka?

Mon, 2010-09-06 04:20 — editor
By Santhush Fernando

In the wake an official visit to Sri Lanka by Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, scheduled for October, speculation is rife that India is to appoint a special envoy to Sri Lanka entrusted with the permanent task of assessing issues faced by Tamils and the progress of development in the island’s war-ravaged North and East.

DMK and AIADMK forge alliances with other parties only to indulge in corruption - Actor Vijayakanth accuses

Mon, 2010-09-06 04:01 — editor
Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai

Actor turned politician and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam(DMDK) founder leader Vijayakanth has said, the ruling DMK and the main opposition AIADMK parties in the state were forging alliance with other parties in the elections to win the polls and indulge in corruption.

Sri Lanka: Renowned hotelier warns tourism industry not to sit back and wait

Mon, 2010-09-06 03:30 — editor
By Santhush Fernando

Renowned Sri Lankan hotelier, R. B. Thambiayah, Chairman of Renuka City Hotels PLC, says that country’s hotel and tourism industry cannot ‘sit back’ waiting for ‘things to happen’ and cited four crucial criteria that need to be satisfied.

IFMA National Muaythai Championship at Jammu

Mon, 2010-09-06 03:15 — editor

Under the theme “Muaythai Against Drugs,” IFMA India National Muaythai Championship 2010 will be organized from October 15 – 17, 2010 at Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu.

Under the DMK rule, no protection to the lives and assets of the people - Jayalalithaa accuses

Mon, 2010-09-06 03:08 — editor
Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK) general secretary and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa has said that there was no protection to lives and assets of the people in Tamil Nadu.

Shameless

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:26 — editor
Tisaranee Gunasekara

Shamelessness is Sri Lanka’s Zeitgeist. The Rajapakses are promoting Dynastic Rule shamelessly; the SLFP and the UPFA are consenting to their own perpetual subjugation to the Ruling Family, shamelessly; the SLMC and several UNPers have abandoned whatever principles they possessed and defected to the Rajapakses, shamelessly.

All working Kuwaitis should get KD 50’

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:21 — editor
S.H.Moulana Riyadh Saudi Arabia

The Islamist MPs will submit a proposal to amend a decision on granting KD 50( US $ 160) increment to Kuwaiti employees with a salary of less than KD 1,000 to give the increment to all national workers regardless of their current salary at the beginning of the next legislative round, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily quoting reliable sources.

Indian swimmers fail dope test

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:18 — editor
From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi

After six wrestlers for CWG failed the dope test, there was more embarrassment ahead of next month's Commonwealth Games with three swimmers, two of them part of the country's team for the mega-event, flunking dope tests in New Delhi on Sunday.

Use sports to remove the barriers and fear in the minds of Tamil Youths

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:15 — editor
Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai

Former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain and Member of Parliament Arjuna Ranatunga has said using of sports will remove the barriers and allay the fear in the minds of Tamil Youth living with wrong ideas and concerns.

Maoists claim hostages freed, but no trace of them

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:09 — editor
From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi

Maoists on Sunday claimed to have released the three Bihar policemen taken hostage a week back but the State government said it had no information as the agonizing wait for their families continued.

India Successfully launcehes BrahMos Missile:Missile reached the flat trajectory

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:06 — editor
Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai

India’s BrahMos supersonic cruise missile launched on Sunday from the Integrated Test Range at the Chandibur, Orissa. The missile performed a steep dive at a supersonic speed.

Rain threat to Commonwealth Games in October

Mon, 2010-09-06 01:02 — editor
From R. Vasudevan---Reporting from New Delhi

With less than a month left for the Commonwealth Games 2010, the Meteorological Department on Sunday predicted rainfall in October, in the city and nearby regions.

Sri Lanka's opportune moment to develop the country has dawned, says renowned fund manager

Sun, 2010-09-05 09:48 — editor
By Santhush Fernando in Colombo

"It is an opportune moment in Sri Lanka to put together capital and expertise to develop the country and to reap the economic benefits."

Design – yes; Designer – no: Prof Stephen Hawking takes a swipe at God in Creationism

Sun, 2010-09-05 09:35 — editor
Hemantha Abeywardena writes from London…

Professor Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound Cambridge theoretical physicist, placed himself at the centre of a spiritual storm on Thursday by ruling out the role played by God in the creation of universe.

India: Bihar CM offers talks to Maoists who abducted cops

Sun, 2010-09-05 09:29 — editor
From R. Vasudevan - Reporting from New Delhi

There is no news about the fate of three cops abducted in Bihar after one of them was found killed on Friday even as a desperate Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that he was ready to talk with the Maoists. 'We will give free passage to those Maoists who come for talks', Nitish Kumar said in Patna.

Call to boy-cot World Tamil Writers conference in Sri Lanka: Proposes to convening in 2011

Sun, 2010-09-05 09:21 — editor
Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan reporting from Chennai

Tamil Writers and Journalists in Tamil Nadu urged to world Tamils to boycott the World Tamil Writers Conference planned in Colombo in January 2011. A collective of Tamil writers, artistes and journalists warned Tamil writers not to attend the conference, threatening to boycott any writer who does so.

Letter from America: Sarah Palin – a Modern-day Medusa?

Sun, 2010-09-05 09:03 — editor
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui

At the very outset I must admit that I did not vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin in the last U.S. presidential election. Forget her kowtowing to the neo-conservative, Likudnik, Christian Zionist cause, and harmful divisive views on everything that mattered from internal politics to international affairs, she appeared so vague and so damn stupid in her interview with Katie Couric that I could only take pity on those brain-dead supporters that voted for her and McCain. Well, I am not alone in that evaluation of Palin’s performance.



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