| Chief Editor Pays Homage to Jayalalithaa |
The Chief Editor of Asian Tribune visited the MGR Memorial, off Marina Beach, Chennai, to pay homage to the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, laid to rest next to her mentor Dr. M.G.Ramachandran.
The Asian Tribune Chief Editor K.T.Rajasingham was one of the first Sri Lankan celebrities... |
| 18.12.2016 - 02:14 |
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| US’ attempt to Save Prabhakaran: India’s Menon & U.S. Book Confirm |
In a strange coincidence, the United States’ ‘grand design’ to save Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran with its top leadership was disclosed simultaneously by former Indian National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon and a book published in the U.S. – Tamil Tigers’ Debt to America... |
| 14.12.2016 - 05:40 |
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| Budget 2017 passed with two third majority votes |
The Third Reading of the 2017 Budget introduced earlier by the Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, was passed in Parliament with a majority of 110 votes, while four members, including former president Mahinda Rajapaksa abstaining from voting and staying away. The committee stage debate of the budge... |
| 10.12.2016 - 22:20 |
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| Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passed away - Her death confirmed |
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa passed away late on Monday evening at Apollo Hospitals, after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday. Her death at last is now confirmed.
Seventy-four days after being admitted to hospital here, the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhag... |
| 06.12.2016 - 09:09 |
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| Apollo denies Jayalalithaa's death: Hospital says she is under life support |
A section media announced that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has died, following which violence broke out at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. However, there's has been no official confirmation.
But minutes later Apollo Hospitals released a fresh medical bulletin dispelling the reports of her de... |
| 05.12.2016 - 20:27 |
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| Jayalalithaa just passed away |
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa just passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest, Tamil TV channels reported on Monday evening.
Violence broke out at Apollo hospital as soon as the news started tricking out, even though the hospital has not put out an official statement.
The government has... |
| 05.12.2016 - 19:33 |
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| Vibrant Gujarat connects Gujarat to the world: Bharat Lal |
“Vibrant Gujarat is connecting India to the world," Resident Commissioner of Gujarat in New Delhi Bharat Lal said. "Our objective is to interact with government officials and the business community during this road show in Canada and USA, to attract investors, scientist, and entrepreneurs from all o... |
| 04.12.2016 - 13:29 |
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| Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn - Thailand's New King |
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand's new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October.
Prince Vajiralongkorn, who will be known as King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, according to... |
| 02.12.2016 - 06:49 |
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| Colombia plane crash: 75 dead, Brazil’s Chapecoense Soccer Team Devastated |
Over the mountains near Medellín, Colombia, the plane carrying 81 passengers on board, among them members of a famous Brazilian football team, Chapecoense, from a scrappy industrial city in Brazi, the finalist of the Copa Sudamerican crashed around 10:15 pm local time yesterday in Cerro Gordo in... |
| 30.11.2016 - 07:39 |
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| Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader is no more |
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who maintained an iron grip on Cuban politics for almost 50 years, died Friday at the age of 90.
A towering figure of the second half of the 20th Century, Castro stuck to his ideology beyond the collapse of Soviet communism and remained widely respected... |
| 26.11.2016 - 23:14 |
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| 116 Dead as Train Derails in Kanpur, North India; Some Still Trapped |
At least 116 people were killed early Sunday when a Patna-Indore Express train derailed today near Pukhrayan area, near India's northern city of Kanpur, according to a police official in Kanpur.
The train derailed at around 3:10 a.m., jolting awake passengers who had settled in for the long trip.... |
| 20.11.2016 - 22:14 |
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| A Tell-All story: An Autobiography of Nalini Sriharan ,she narrates her story |
Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was sentenced to a life term for assassinating former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has penned a tell-all 500-page autobiography in Tamil, she narrates her story and that will be released on November 24.
Nalini marrie... |
| 20.11.2016 - 21:48 |
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| Sri Lanka’s dealings with Donald Trump’s alt-right White House |
President-elect Donald J. Trump moved fast filling national security posts at the top echelons of his administration, selecting a group of hawks and alt-conservatives who reflect the hard-line views that defined his run for president.
Signaling one appointment – Stephen Bannon as Chief Strategist of... |
| 19.11.2016 - 23:45 |
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| Second reading of Budget 2017 passed in parliament with a majority of 107 votes |
The second reading of the Budget proposals for 2017 was passed yesterday, with a majority of 107 votes in Parliament.
A total of 162 Members of parliament voted in favor of the budget while 55 voted against it. Seven Parliamentarians were absent in the parliament yesterday during the voting time of... |
| 19.11.2016 - 06:08 |
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| Trump – Tamil Diaspora Eelam Activists & Sri Lanka Trajectory |
When asked about the implications of the ongoing purge – immediately following the abortive military coup in Turkey – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump echoed: What right do we in the United States have to criticize the condition of human rights elsewhere?
Here's Trump: “I think right... |
| 11.11.2016 - 22:53 |
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By Daya Gamage – Asian Tribune Political Note |
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