| Police intervene in to the funeral service of Dilrukshan |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 04:39 PM] |
 Executive member of the human rights organization Udhul Premaratne stated police have received special court order to stop the arrival of large amount of crowd schedule to arrive to the funeral service of Dilrukshan. [More] |
| TESO aims to establish separate state in North and East: JHU |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 04:25 PM] |
 Jathika Hela Urumaya blamed TESO conference only aims to establish separate state in north and east provinces of the country. [More] |
| Subramaiyam Swamy proposes 8 proposals for Lankan political solution |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 04:20 PM] |
 Leader of the Indian Janatha Party Subramaiyam Swamy stated 13+ amendment should include common method on granting powers towards chief ministers of the provinces. [More] |
| Vaikundan has passed 900km on journey for freedom |
[Friday, 10 August 2012, 03:48 PM] [ ] |
 Vaikundan has passed 900km cycling campaign today. Tamil at Zurich congratulates him for successful journey. [More] |
| Five schedule to visit Australia arrested |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 03:46 PM] |
 Office of the police media spokesman announced police has arrest 5 individuals schedule to visit Australia at Kottage area in Chilaw today. [More] |
| Viduthalai Siruthaikal party condemn the ban on word of Eelam |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 03:46 PM] |
 Central government of Indian has written a letter towards TESO on banning the word of “Eelam “in the TESO conference, sources said. This activity has violated the rights to comment. Viduthalai Siruthaikal party thoroughly condemns this activity. [More] |
| Stones threw towards vehicle of TNA candidate |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 03:43 PM] |
 Stones are been thrown towards vehicle of TNA eastern provincial council candidate at Kovilporatheevu area in Batticaloa today. [More] |
| Chinese woman dies in train tragedy in Bambalapitiya |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 03:42 PM] [] |
 A 45-year-old Chinese woman was knocked down by a train travelling from Polghawela to Ratmalana. Police said the tragedy occurred this morning at a spot between Kollupitiya and Bambalapitiya Railway Stations. [More] |
| No changes in TESO conference: DMK announced |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 01:05 PM] |
 DMK announced they would confidently hold TESO conference on 12th of August. [More] |
| Karunanithi urges Sivanthan to called off hunger strike |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 12:59 PM] |
 DMK leader Karunanithi urges Sivantha Gopinath to sop his hunger strike currently underway at Olympic village in London. Sivanthan engage in hunger strike to inform world about the present situation of Tamil people in SriLanka. [More] |
| Subramaniyam Swamy works against Tamil people: Praba Ganesan |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 12:45 PM] |
 Parliamentarian Praba Ganesan announced Subramaniyam Swamy always work against Tamil people of this country. He always speaks about the future security situation of SriLanka and never speaks about solution of ethnic issue of this country. [More] |
| South African minister promised TNA to helping for the peace process |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 12:33 PM] |
 South Africa agreed to support for the reconciliation and peace process of SriLanka which was affected from the war past three decades. [More] |
| Minister Hakeem urge apologies from Maha Sangha and JHU |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 11:58 AM] |
 SLMC leader and Minister of Justice, Rauff Hakeem has tendered an apology to the Maha Sangha and the JHU over the controversial statement he made during his PC election campaign in the Eastern Province. [More] |
| Tamil Nadu government refuses to grant permission hold TESO conference at Chennai city |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 09:24 AM] |
 Suspense over the DMK-sponsored Tamil Eelam Supporters Conference (TESO) in Chennai continued, with the Tamil Nadu government indicating that it would reject permission to hold the meet at YMCA grounds in Royapettah. [More] |
| 211 asylum seekers boat rescued in Australia |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 08:57 AM] |
 Australia rescued more than 200 asylum-seekers including Sri Lankans from a boat off Indonesia, officials said Friday, amid reports navy ships are literally cracking under the strain of responding to a flood of boatpeople. [More] |
| 70- years old Lankan woman deported from Canada |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 08:54 AM] [] |
 A 70-year-old Toronto grandmother was deported on Thursday, despite having no family members remaining in her native Sri Lanka. [More] |
| Body of Dilrukshan kept at his residence in Jaffna |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 08:51 AM] [] |
 Body of the Tamil political prisoner Dilrukshan murdered during the riots at the Vavuniya prison taken to his village I Jaffna today. [More] |
| India faults SL’s stand on TESO meet |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 08:42 AM] |
 Indian Minister of State in PMO V Narayanasamy today said it was “not proper” for Sri Lanka to take exception to the pro-Eelam TESO conference scheduled on August 12 in Chennai under the leadership of DMK chief M Karunanidhi but said Congress will not participate in it. [More] |
| Ceylon Petroleum Corporation chairman resigns |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 08:34 AM] |
 The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Board of Directors including the acting Chairman has resigned with immediate effect,Petroleum Corporation said. [More] |
| Dayasiri Jayasekara to join the government |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:20 AM] |
 It was expected leading member of the United National Party Dayasiri Jayasekara would join the government today. [More] |
| Investigations against SriLanka Muslim Congress: Government |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:18 AM] |
 An inquiry is to be conducted into allegations that the SLMC has taken a stand contrary to the UPFA government’s policy on national issues, during the ongoing campaign for the Eastern Provincial Council Election. [More] |
| Legal action against Karunanithi on speaking about separate state: Subramaniyam Swamy |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:15 AM] |
 Leader of the Janatha Party Subramaiyam Swamy state he and his group ready to take legal action against Karunanithi when he makes comments on separate state at the TESO conference. [More] |
| TNA to ignore TESO conference? |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:10 AM] |
 Four political parties representation the Tamil National Alliance has decided to ignore the TESO conference, sources said. [More] |
| Government responsible for deaths of prisoners: JVP |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:08 AM] |
 Government responsible for deaths occurred in the prison compound said JVP. [More] |
| Body of Dilrukshan would taken to Jaffna today |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:06 AM] |
 Body of Tamil political prisoner Mariyadas Dolrukshan ((36)reported dead while in the coma condition at the Ragama teaching hospital would be taken towards his village Pashaiur in Jaffna Friday (10th August). [More] |
| Sri Lanka rejects UN intervention |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:03 AM] |
 Sri Lanka’s government has confirmed that a United Nations (UN) team will visit the country next month to evaluate post-war reconciliation but insisted that their feedback would not be considered, an official said here on Thursday. [More] |
| Lankan president solve problems of India: Subramaniyam Swamy |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 05:01 AM] |
 Leader of the Janatha party Subramaniyam Swamy stated by awarding high award Indian government should felicitate Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa for solving the problems face by the India. [More] |
| No overall loss in the hedging deal: Government |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 04:54 AM] |
 There was no overall loss in the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) hedging deal which was done due to the situation at the time, Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella stated. [More] |
| DPF will not participate in TESO: Mano Ganesan |
| [Friday, 10 August 2012, 04:50 AM] |
 Mano Ganeshan’s Democratic People’s Front, has confirmed that their members will not participate at the Tamil Eelam Support Organization (TESO) conference, to be held in Viluppuram, Chennai in mid-August, DPF statement said. [More] |
Bodu Bala Sena announced president should not build up airport at Mattale should build up tank where he could be remembering in the history of SriLanka. [
A complaint has been lodged against Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, V Narayanasamy, for his recent statement on LTTE chief Prabhakaran and Naam Tamizhar Katchi. [
Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera has been admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital after being assaulted by an unidentified group. [
Jammu & Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik’s expression of support to the extremist Sri Lankan Tamil cause should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching his recent anti-India campaign. [
Four suspects and students of Chenkaladi Central collage connection with Chenkaladi double murder further remanded till May 29. [
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Was former PM Rajiv Gandhi targeted while he was touring Mysore days before his assassination at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991? According to CM Siddaramaiah, there was an attempt to kill Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to Mysore. [
Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Karuna stated “I always respect R.Sambanthan and Mawai Senadhiraja”. [
The army will shift most of the camps in the Jaffna peninsula to Palaly, Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said today. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [