| Devotees from India and Sri Lanka started leaving for Karchativu Annual Church feast |
Devotees to the two-day Annual Festival Church festival in Katchativu has started leaving this morning from Kurikadduwan Jetty and Delft jetty in Sri Lanka and from Rameswaran in India.
The annual feast of the Kachchativu Church is dedicated to St. Anthony, the patron-saint of seafarers. The c... |
| 23.02.2013 - 16:42 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Geneva vote: No final decision by India yet |
The claim by Tamil Nadu Congress leaders that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured them that India will vote against Sri Lanka at the Geneva meeting of UN rights body in March is not being given much credence.
For one, Parliament is currently in session. The PM is unlikely to make such an impo... |
| 23.02.2013 - 15:24 |
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From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Assault on Sri Lanka from Three Fronts: Tamil Diaspora - UN - the West |
You could, of course, sit back, slack-jawed, thinking about how mindlessly repetitive Sri Lanka's foreign policy, public diplomacy and strategic communication are these days. Or you could wield all sorts of fancy analytic words to ex
plain it; using professorial language or plain road-side rhetoric... |
| 23.02.2013 - 15:12 |
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Daya Gamage - Asian Tribune Political Analysis |
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| Hyderabad terror: Twin bomb blasts leave 14 dead, 80 injured |
Terror returned to Hyderabad on Thursday evening as two powerful bombs ripped through a busy street junction in the Dilsukhnagar area of the city during the rush hour, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 80.
The bombs were kept in tiffin boxes inside rexine bags that were placed on bic... |
| 22.02.2013 - 15:34 |
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From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Politics in Sports:Withdraw Sri Lanka from Asian Atheletic meet-Jayalalithaa urges |
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged the Asian Athletics Association in Singapore, to shunt-out Sri Lankan Team from participation in the 20th Asian Athletics Championship scheduled to be held in Chennai in July.
In a statement here on Thursday, she said the Asian Athletics Associ... |
| 22.02.2013 - 18:11 |
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By Sathyalaya Ramakrishnan |
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| Government guarantees the security and safety of Muslims |
At a meeting held with the representatives of Muslim Council of Sri Lanka and All Ceylon Jamaithul Ulama, Government has clearly told them that the security and safety will be provided to the lives and properties of Muslims and assured that there is no anti-Muslim campaign unleashed by anyo... |
| 21.02.2013 - 15:23 |
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K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Sri Lanka Wake-Up: Creation of another Kosovo is the objective |
The ever vibrant pro-LTTE Tamil Diaspora in Western Capitals whose prominent activist leaders, now well known to the international community, who provided 'expert advice' to the LTTE leadership that included its leader Velupillai Prabhaharan, who mobilized in the American and European Continents to... |
| 22.02.2013 - 17:29 |
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Daya Gamage - Asian Tribune Political Note |
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| Ten thousand devotees to participate in the church festival in Katchativu |
Ten thousand devotees from India and Sri Lanka to participate in the annual St Anthony’s Church festival in the Katchativu islet.
The two-day annual festival at Katchativu islet will commence this year on 23rd February. The main mass and the car festival will be held on 24th morning.
Katchativ... |
| 22.02.2013 - 17:33 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Authority to Develop Provinces Needed, Not Police And Land Powers |
There is no need for Police Powers to the Provincial Councils. Also there is no need of land powers either. But what is urgently needed is the power and authority to develop the provinces and bring development to the villages.
The 31st Chief Ministers Conference was held at Passara, located in Badu... |
| 21.02.2013 - 14:33 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Venkadasalam Sudeshkar: Sri Lankan on death row in Qatar – Appeal papers filed |
The lawyer appointed by Venkadasalam Sudeshkar’s mother has already filed appeal in the Supreme Court of Qatar against the death sentence imposed by the Appeal Court of Qatar, on 31 December 2012.
Sudeshkar’s mother has retained Dr. Mohamad Bin Ahamed Al- Mohannadi, the Qatari lawyer who appeared... |
| 18.02.2013 - 04:12 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| TNA not prepared to bail out Sri Lanka Government in the international forum |
The Tamil National Alliance has no obligation to bail out Sri Lanka Government in the international forum, when the Government has failed so far to actively engage them.
The Government is bringing this precarious situation upon itself and TNA has asked why they should be the advocate of the Govern... |
| 22.02.2013 - 17:40 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| Nasheed free to leave Indian mission, says Govt |
The former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed can leave the Indian embassy where he has taken refuge because the warrant for his arrest has expired, the government said on Thursday.
Opposition leader Nasheed has said he would remain at the Indian High Commission (embassy) until authorities as... |
| 14.02.2013 - 22:01 |
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From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi |
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| French President on India visit to clinch $12 b jet deal |
French President Francois Hollande embarked on a fresh push on Thursday to clinch a $12-billion sale of Rafael fighter jets as he held talks in India on his first visit to Asia since taking office.
The Socialist president was accompanied by a high-powered delegation of five ministers including forei... |
| 14.02.2013 - 17:11 |
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From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi |
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| Ranil to attend a day long hunger strike campaign in Valikamam |
Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe, is to participate in the Valikamam North Hunger Strike Campaign against the Security Forces’ occupation of civilian houses and lands.
The Leader of the Opposition Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe will participate in a day long hunger strike protest campaign to be held on 15th of th... |
| 12.02.2013 - 06:11 |
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By K.T.Rajasingham |
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| ‘SA can boost our F&L market diversification efforts’ – Rishad |
The fifth International Footwear and Leather Fair organised by the Export Development Board under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Lanka concluded successfully on 10 February, with the distinguished patronage of Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa, joined by Namal Rajapaksa (MP).
President... |
| 11.02.2013 - 19:42 |
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| Pope Benedict XVI To Resign |
Vatican press office reported Pope Benedict XVI announced today that he would resign on Feb. 28. The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals Monday morning.
Pope Benedict XVI is the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. The decision sets the... |
| 11.02.2013 - 19:08 |
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