Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said the Tamil minority now wants to live peacefully in one country and slammed the Tamil diaspora for the lack of support in his reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the former conflict zones.
"Diaspora and the Tamil parties who foster separation still try to take the Tamil society towards destruction", he said while speaking at the Victory Day celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the military victory over the LTTE.
Rajapaksa said that Tamils now want to live peacefully in a single country. His government had faced various machinations by way of human rights accusations. "The hidden idea was to crush us, how to make us kneel before them," he said.
Rajapaksa, paying tribute to his troops in a colourful military parade, said he would not allow the separation of the land that troops had scarificed to preserve....
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03:30 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI President N Srinivasan came down hard on the players arrested in the spot-fixing case, telling CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar that those found guilty should be sent to jail, while vehemently denying that the Indian Premier League was fixed. "Every punishment is little for them. If these players are found guilty they should not be allowed to play cricket any more .... They should be sent to jail. This...
02:46 PM, May 18, 2013
Chennai: Jolted by the sensational IPL spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI's all-powerful working committee will hold an emergency meeting here on Sunday to discuss the fallout of the controversy and decide the future course of action against the three arrested cricketers. The BCCI is under intense pressure to take a tough stand as it is a second case of spot-fixing in the cash-rich IPL and indications are that they could even...
02:41 PM, May 18, 2013
Dehradun: Rights activist Avdhash Kaushal on Friday sought a ban on the entry of BJP leaders Uma Bharati, Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank and environmentalist GD Aggarwal in any hydel project area in Uttarakhand and demanded their arrest under the NSA if they did so. Criticising these leaders for opposing the uplifting of the Dhari Devi temple which will pave the way for 330 mw Srinagar hydropower project, Kaushal, a Padmashree award...
05:10 PM, May 17, 2013
Washington: Indian-American Srikanth Srinivasan inched closer to scripting history as the first South Asian judge after a key Senate committee confirmed his nomination to the DC Circuit Court, America's second highest. Described as "trailblazer" by US President Barack Obama, Chandigarh-born Srinivasan's nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was unanimously approved by the 18-member Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. He was first nominated to...
03:16 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi police on Friday claimed that arrested Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan confessed before the probe team to their involvement in spot-fixing in IPL 6 matches. Chavan reportedly said that he got lured and made a huge mistake by indulging in spot-fixing. Sources say the transcript shows that Chavan was initially reluctant but later succumbed to the bait as the bookies kept on increasing the...
12:03 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after three Rajasthan Royals players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - were arrested and suspended for alleged spot-fixing, the Delhi Police special cell is set to question the arrested bookies for more details. Sources say more than 15 other matches played in IPL 6 are under the radar and this includes teams apart from Rajasthan Royals. Police sources also say they have taped...
07:52 AM, May 17, 2013
BCCI President N Srinivasan said he is shocked at the IPL 6 spot-fixing scandal. "I am personally appalled and shocked at what has happened. If the allegations are true and there is proof about it, we will take strong action," he said. ...
10:27 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Shocked by the recently surfaced spot-fixing scandal, BCCI president N Srinivasan said the board will not hesitate in taking the strongest possible action against anyone who will be found guilty. "[I'm] shocked and upset. [We] won't hesitate in taking strictest action. The IPL [Governing Council] has already suspended the three players. We will give full cooperation to the police," Srinivasan told reporters from Kodaikanal in a video conference....
02:21 PM, May 16, 2013
Chittagong: Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding. Bangladesh has raised its storm warning to seven, on a scale with a maximum of 10, as Mahasen approaches one of the poorest countries in Asia with winds of around...
09:04 AM, May 16, 2013
Panaji: A record 27.8 lakh tourists visited the coastal hot-spot of Goa in 2012-13, marking a 4 per cent increase over the previous year, official figures say. "Goa registered a record arrival of 27.8 lakh tourists for the year 2012-13, of which, 4.5 lakh were foreigners. The previous year saw arrival of 26.7 lakh tourists, including 4.45 lakh foreigners," Goa Tourism Department said in a statement on Wednesday. The state...
09:40 PM, May 15, 2013
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is investigating a controversial video footage aired by a British Channel accusing the army of war crimes during the final phase of the battle with the LTTE. This was conveyed to European Parliament by Sri Lankan Ambassador to European Union PM Amza on Tuesday, a government statement said. The investigation is to happen irrespective of Sri Lanka's categorical rejection of the Channel-4 footage in the...
05:45 PM, May 15, 2013
After the success of 'Thadhaka' Naga Chaitanya seems to be everywhere. The actor has been appreciated by the audience and by critics. The film was directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani, the film recently held its success meet function. The actor is now all set to star in Hindi film 'Hello Brother' remake. Srinivasa Reddy is the director of the film. The film is produced by D Siva Prasad Reddy under...
01:32 PM, May 14, 2013
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir State Accountability Commission (SAC) has ordered a regular enquiry into the alleged role of Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand in the illegal appointments in urban local bodies. A Division bench of the Commission, comprising chairman Justice (retd) YP Nargotra and Justice (retd) Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain, on Monday directed for a regular enquiry into the allegations of misuse of official position by Chand in the illegal recruitments...
12:58 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: After incursions in Ladakh, China has now flexed its muscles in the Indian Ocean. The Indian Navy has expressed concern about increasing presence of Chinese navy's submarines and warships in the region. Defence Minister AK Antony will open the bi-annual Naval Commanders Conference in Delhi on Tuesday. The minister, fresh from flagging off the Navy's first MiG-29K squadron in Goa, is expected to highlight concerns over the increasing...
07:40 AM, May 14, 2013
Guwahati: The recent Delhi gangrape shook the conscience of the nation, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said and underlined the need to ponder and "reset the moral compass" of the society during this difficult time. "Sometimes certain events shake the national conscience. Recently the brutal rape on a young woman in Delhi shook the conscience of the whole nation and it compelled us to sit back and think where we...
09:25 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Assam government on Monday stepped up security on the North East Frontier Railway (NEFR) after a threat issued by a tribal group to disrupt traffic. The group, called the Adivasi People's Army, issued a threat to disrupt rail traffic at Srirampur and Kokrajhar in Assam. Kokrajhar in Assam is a sensitive area that witnessed violent clashes between different groups in 2012. Four Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD)...
05:33 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Even as the controversy over Laxman Sivaramakrishnan's appointment to the ICC Cricket Committee raged on, the BCCI on Monday received support from its Asian allies Sri Lanka and Pakistan who claimed allegations of the Indian Cricket Board forcing a re-vote were baseless. The furore over the appointment seemed to have created a rift in the cricket world with the Asian countries throwing their weight behind BCCI, which is...
04:30 PM, May 13, 2013
Ram Charan is currently shooting for the film titled 'Toofan'. The film will feature Priyanka Chopra as the lady love of Ram Charan in the film. Apoorva Lakhia is the director of the film. The shooting of the film is inching its completion and is currently in its post production stage. The film will feature Prakash Raj in a key role in the film. The actor said in an interview,...
02:55 PM, May 13, 2013
Former Sri Lankan cricketer who is in India to promote Sri Lanka Tourism said that he is missing the IPL. ...
12:30 PM, May 13, 2013
