Buddha statue forcibly placed in playground of Muslim school in Batticaloa
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 July 2013, 21:17 GMT]Muslims of Oaddamaavadi village in Batticaloa were shocked on Monday early morning this week when they saw a Buddha statue placed on a table in the middle...
View ArticleSinhala leftist criticizing government repression overlooks Tamils’ struggle
[TamilNet, Monday, 01 July 2013, 23:26 GMT]The Sri Lankan government’s real concern at the moment is “the threat of widespread social unrest and an uprising by workers, youth and poor”, writes Sinhala...
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How Egypt's military regained popularity
Egypt`s first democratically elected president was overthrown in a military coup Wednesday night, prompting protesters in Cairo`s Tahrir Square to chant, "The people and the army are one hand!" The...
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Can The TNA’s Decision To Boycott The PSC Be Justified?
By Sumanasiri Liyanage -Sumanasiri Liyanage Colombo Telegraph -Sumanasiri LiyanageWe all are witnessing in Sri Lanka another proof of the Hegelian axiom that history repeats itself. Anticipating...
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Playing With Fire, Again - Colombo Telegraph
By Tisaranee Gunasekara -“In sooth this was a very base madness and a most horrible frenzy.” - Anatole France (Monsieur Bergeret in Paris)‘Nationalist Collective’ is the latest Rajapaksa-concoction, a...
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Another national calamity, another instance of apathy and disaster...
The advance warning came from the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Dehradun on June 13. The department predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall in the upper regions of...
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The Party is Over: Social activist Aruna Roy resigns from Sonia Gandhi-led...
Aruna RoyAruna Roy, the IAS officer-turned-busybody (oops, I mean activist) is both formidable and scary. She is the object of admiration, veneration and even inspiration to many. She tours...
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Vincent Cobee: Datsun is a Global Brand with a Local Touch by Ashish K Mishra
Image: Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP Photo for Forbes IndiaVincent Cobee, head of DatsunQ. Is Datsun the largest high-growth-markets project that Nissan has undertaken in its corporate history? Or is it...
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MicroVentures Making Most of the Crowdfunding Gold Rush by JJ Colao
Leader with an edge: MicroVentures founder Bill Clark Playing armchair venture capitalist has never been easier. For investors registered with MicroVentures, an eight-person crowdfunding outfit...
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Ratan Tata flies AirAsia’s Tony Fernandes to meet aviation minister Ajit Singh
Cuckoo Paul (Pic Courtesy: Tony Fernandes Tweet)Though not a formal part of AirAsia India’s management, the chairman-emeritus of the Tata group Ratan Tata is obviously a very integral part of the...
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ISRO gives India its Time Standard
Seema Singh A little before the stroke of midnight on Monday, ISRO hurled its navigation satellite, IRNSS-1A, into space. It’s the first in the series that would constitute India’s regional...
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What triggered former Tata Steel official's suicide: The 'Mafia' angle BS...
The shocking incident of suicide of former Tata Steel's head of corporate communications has prompted journalists to send a letter to Ratan Tata, chairman Emeritus of Tata Group and Cyrus Mistry,...
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Deepak Fertilisers may call on Saroj Poddar to buy his stake Digbijay Mishra...
Deepak Fertilisers which made a surprise entry into the Vijay Mallya-controlled UB Group’s Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers (MCF) on Wednesday, might now approach Saroj Poddar to buy out his stake...
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70% Nokia mobiles made in Chennai flout radiation norms: DoT Sounak Mitra |...
About 70 per cent of the handsets manufactured at Nokia’s Chennai factory are "in partial compliance" with the new specific absorption rate (SAR) standards, according to an inspection report by the...
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Historic mansion used as prison in Sri Lanka to be evacuated and handed over...
Thu, Jul 4, 2013, 09:30 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.July 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka Ministry of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms will hand over 'Ehelepola Walawwa' mansion, which has...
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Sri Lanka asks US to lift the negative travel advisory
Thu, Jul 4, 2013, 07:52 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.July 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs has requested the United States to lift its travel advisory on Sri...
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Canadian Tamil Tiger extradited to US pleads guilty for abetting LTTE
Thu, Jul 4, 2013, 12:13 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.July 04, Colombo: A Canadian Tamil Tiger operative extradited to the United States to face charges of supporting the banned...
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Sri Lankan court warns arrested DIG's wife for threatening witnesses
Thu, Jul 4, 2013, 09:13 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.July 04, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court today warned the wife of the senior police officer arrested for killing a businessman, when...
View ArticleEx-Tamil Nadu cop seeks probe into KP’s role in Rajiv killing
July 3, 2013, 12:00 pmBy S Venkat Narayan Our Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI, July 3: A former Tamil Nadu police inspector who was part of the crack Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team that...
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Reveal KP’s antecedent, before his nomination on UPFA ticket – UNP
July 4, 2013, 9:35 pmby Dasun EdirisingheIf the government was intending to field Kumaran Pathmanathan, alias KP, on the UPFA ticket, at the forthcoming Northern Provincial Council Election, it...
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