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At Mullivaikkal lies corpse of several thousand Tamils: A Sri Lanka Tamil MP urges Indian delegation to investigate

Fri, 2012-04-13 05:25 — editor

Several thousand Tamils who were killed are buried throughout Mullivaikkal . The Indian MPs’ delegation arriving in Sri Lanka has to visit this place and do a thorough investigation, said S. Sritharan, a Tamil MP from Sri Lanka.

You are now representing Paradise on Earth : Tea Businessman Olav C. Ellerbrock is Hamburg’s longest-serving Honorary Consul

Fri, 2012-04-13 00:09 — editor

When Peter Schulz issued the exequatur - the approval for the office of representative of a foreign country in Hamburg, to the tea businessman Olav C. Ellerbrock, the then Mayor said: “I would like to be in your position. You are now representing Paradise on Earth.”

2G Spectrum case: Govt moves SC with Presidential Reference

Fri, 2012-04-13 00:24 — editor

The government on Thursday moved the Supreme Court with a Presidential Reference for its opinion on issues arising out of its 2G spectrum judgment including whether auctioning of natural resources across all sectors is mandatory and the verdict be given retrospective effect for radio waves granted since 1994.

Jayalalitha withdraws her lone MP from All Party delegation visiting Sri Lanka

Fri, 2012-04-13 02:37 — editor

Expressing displeasure over the itinerary of the all-party MPs delegation scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week, AIADMK leader Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa yesterday announced pulling out her party's lone representative A William Rabi Bernard from the team.

India, China Foreign Ministers to meet

Fri, 2012-04-13 02:42 — editor

Foreign ministers of India and China will meet on Friday for a bilateral meeting in Moscow during which important international issues and terrorism in the region are likely to figure.

Gujarat massacre: 18 get life sentence

Fri, 2012-04-13 05:40 — editor

A designated Special Investigation Team (SIT) court in Gujarat on Thursday pronounced the quantum of sentence in the Ode massacre case in which 23 people were found guilty of killing 23 Muslims in the Ode town of central Gujarat during the 2002 riots.