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UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet today expressed regret over the new Sri Lankan Government’s decision to withdraw from the UN Resolution 30/1 and said she was not convinced of yet another Commission of Inquiry as domestic processes have consistently failed to deliver accountability in the past. In her oral updates and introduction to country reports of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner at the UN Human Rights Council’s 43rd Session, Ms. Bachelet said she regretted that the new Government has announced a very different approach to the commitments previously made in the resolution. “This move risks setting back efforts to advance re…

India trains 1,400 SL security forces personnel amidst increasing western boycott Govt. thanks New Delhi for assistance in crushing LTTE Amidst some western countries curtailing training opportunities for Sri Lankan security forces personnel, India says that it has offered Colombo maximum exposure. Indian High Commissioner Ashok K. Kantha responding to a query by The Island said that around 1,400 Lankan armed forces personnel were trained annually by his country which was bigger than what any one provided. When asked if India would similarly consider increasing the supply of arms and ammunition to its closest neighbour across the Palk Strait, he smiled and r…

First reported instance of a female Kurdish fighter carrying out a suicide bombing against Isil as jihadists draw within a mile of town on Turkish border A female Kurdish fighter carried out a suicide bomb attack against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) jihadists outside a key Syrian town on Sunday night, a monitoring group said. The woman, named on social media as Arin Mirkan, reportedly blew herself up at an Isil position east of the border town of Kobane, killing a number of jihadists who have surrounded and are battling to seize it. It was the first reported instance of a female Kurdish fighter carrying out a suicide bombing against Isil, which …

NO. GO. TELL is a short film directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, presented by Nivin pauly, and produced by the Bodhini Metropolis charitable Trust with support from Muthoot Pappachan Foundation to bring about awareness to kids and parents regarding body safety issues. Cinematography : Mukesh Muraleedharan, Music: Shan Rahman, Editing: Rias, Sound & Mixing : Radhakrishnan S the film properly educates the audience in understanding what a child needs to do to keep himself safe and how to ask for help.

Various political parties in Tamil Nadu are seen campaigning with the images and cut-outs of late Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ahead of the assembly elections, proving that years after his death, Prabhakaran still continues to hold political clout in the state. Shiv Raman from Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), contesting from Thirumayam Constituency of Pudukkottai district, on Thursday used imaged and cut-outs of Prabhakaran. Apart from NTK, led by Senthamizhan Seeman -- who is a filmmaker turned politician, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) led by Vaiko, who is a Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nad…

Samantha Shanthini Ratnam's inaugural speech to the Victorian Parliament

Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10576100590950129?src=recsys Tamil Tiger “Martyrs": Regenerating Divine Potency? Michael Roberts Pages 493-514 | Received 27 Jul 2004, Accepted 14 Oct 2004, Published online: 23 Aug 2006 Contrary to claim, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are not overwhelmingly secular in their practices. While their successes as a liberation movem…

Kfir bombers over Vanni, SLA fires MBRL rockets Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Kfir jets, for the fourth day, flew over Vanni from 8:10 a.m. Friday. A reconnaissance aircraft was observed from 7:55 a.m. and continued to fly also after the Kfir jets had left the Vanni airspace. Sri Lanka Army (SLA) began firing Mulit-Barrel Rocket Launcher shells towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) controlled territory from 8:20 a.m. The MBRL, artilery fire and explosions were continuing in the Northern front. http://www.goodsrilanka.com/index.php?suba...t_from=&ucat=1&

Two Karuna group cadres shot, injured in internal gunfight [TamilNet, Thursday, 23 November 2006, 18:17 GMT] Two cadres of Karuna paramilitary group were seriously injured in an internal fight ending in an exchange of gunfire Thursday around 3:30 p.m at Vinayagapuram in Valaichenai, Valaichenai police said. Some cadres of Kauna paramilitary group have been hiding due to differences of opinion within the group, and their opponents who had come in search of them started the firefight, the police added. The two injured in the gun fight were admitted at Polanaruwa hospital. The firefight lasted nearly 30 minutes, police said. http://www.tamilnet.com/a…

By Jonathan Power Foreign affairs columnist for the International Herald Tribune for 20 years and guest columnist for New York Times Not since the early Cold War days, when the US and NATO effectively encircled the Soviet Union, feeding Stalin’s paranoia, has America moved to be so profoundly counterproductive. It is now beginning to encircle China - at least that is how China is seeing it. Of course “encircling” is a bit of an exaggerated notion since the Soviet Union was too large ever to be totally encircled. Likewise today China is content with the state of affairs on its long Russian, Mongolian and North Korean borders. But “encircling” does suggest a proces…

Norway says Sri Lanka report on mediator is "lies" Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:45 PM IST Top News Sri Lanka assures India on power sharing with Tamils India nuclear deal likely final by May - U.S. envoy Norway says Sri Lanka report on mediator is "lies" U.S.'s Thorium Power, India in reactor talks - firm India's Christians dig deep for graveyard plot MORE COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government has angrily rejected a report in a state-owned Sri Lankan newspaper that its peace mediator and International Development Minister Erik Solheim had given money to a top Tamil rebel leader. The Daily N…

Inaugural Chair in Tamil Studies looks to establish U of T Scarborough as a global hub for Tamil scholarship Professor Sidharthan Maunaguru appointed Chair in Tamil Studies at U of T Scarborough (Submitted Photo) FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail Thursday, November 30, 2023 Don Campbell The newly appointed Chair of Tamil …

பகத்சிங்கின் கடைசிக் கடிதம் 1930 அக்டோபர் 7ம் நாள் விதிக்கப்பட்ட தூக்குத்தண்டனையை எதிர் கொள்ள தீரமுடம் காத்திருந்தனர் புரட்சியாளர்கள் மூவரும். ஆனால் அவர்கள் விடுதலை செய்யப்பட வேண்டும் என்று இந்திய நாடே ஒருமித்த குரலில் கோரிக்கை எழுப்பியது. லட்சக்கணக்கான கையெழுத்துகள் கொண்ட மனுக்கள் பிரிட்டிஷ் அரசாங்கத்திற்கு வந்து குவிந்தன. அநேகம் பேர் இரத்தத்தினாலும் கையெழுத்திட்டு அனுப்பியிருந்தனர். அப்போது காந்தியடிகளுக்கும் வைஸ்ராய் இர்வினுக்கும் இடையே எட்டப்படவிருந்த காந்தி - இர்வின் ஒப்பந்தத்திற்கான பேச்சுவார்த்தைகள் நடந்து கொண்டிருந்தன. எனவே ஒப்பந்தத்தின் நிபந்தனைகளில் ஒன்றாக பகத்சிங், ராஜகுரு சுகதேவ் ஆகிய மூவரின் தூக்குத் தண்டனையை ஆயுள் தண்டனையாக…

UHN's Toronto General ranked No. 3 hospital in the world மற்றும் மருத்துவ மனைகளின் வரிசைப்படுத்தலை இந்தப் பகுதியில் பார்த்து செல்லுங்கள்... February 28, 2024 “At UHN, we are honoured and appreciative to once again be recognized as an international leader in patient care,…

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Heavy Fighting 'kills 38' in the North Heavy fighting erupted near Vaunia FDL's Sri Lankan military say thirty eight people have been killed in the fighting in the north. Heavy fighting erupted near the Forward Defence Lines in Vaunia between the Government Forces and Tamil Tigers continued till Thursday evening, correspondent Dinasena Ratugamage said. A spokesman for Sri Lanka army told him more than 45 people from both the army and the LTTE were injured. According to the military 33 LTTE cadres were killed and 36 injured in the fighting and it has lost five soldiers and nine soldiers were injured. But LTTE claims it has killed 10 soldier…

Rudramoorthy Cheran, perhaps the most clairvoyant among the poets of the Eelam movement There can be two opinions about the politics and the tactics of the Eelam movement in Sri Lanka, but there cannot be two about the brutal massacre of Sri Lankan Tamils at Mullivaikkal which was the culmination of a series of smaller, indiscriminate attacks on the Tamils —including women and children—that had gone on for years since the beginning of the movement and had taken a bloodier course from the latter half of 2008 to May 18, 2009, when it was officially announced that the war on Eelam Tamils had finally been concluded. The atrocities have not gone unrecorded, thanks to…

கள உறவு அருவி கீழ்வரும் தகவலை எனக்கு மின்னஞ்சலில் அனுப்பி வைத்தார். அதை உங்கள் பார்வைக்கும் இணைக்கின்றேன். நன்றி! Monks of War The nationalist monks in Sri Lanka argue that Buddhism is about ‘confronting reality’ To many of us, Buddhism, with the sacred principle of non-violence, is the most peaceful religion of all. But in Sri Lanka a group of radical monks who say they represent the Singhalese majority are urging the government to take a hard-line, pro-war stance against the Tamil Tiger rebels. To make their voices heard in the political arena the monks have even set up their own political party - the JHU - which participated in the 2004 elections an…

Scientists Discover Oldest Known Nano-Structures In Ancient Artifacts In Tamil Nadu.! New Delhi: Scientists have discovered the oldest known human-made nano-materials in the "unique black coatings" of ancient pottery shards - dated to 600 BC - unearthed from an archeological site in Keeladi, Tamil Nadu. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, revealed that these coatings are made of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) which have enabled the layer to last more than 2600 years, raising questions on the tools used during those periods to achieve high temperatures for making earthenwares. According to the scientists, including…

USA and Western Nations Wont Allow Former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa Become President of Sri Lanka;Outgoing US Ambassador Atul Keshap Bluntly Tells Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa. United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Atul Keshap has reportedly shattered the political ambition of former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to become the next President of Sri Lanka. The US envoy who is scheduled to leave Sri Lanka shortly after having completed his term of office in Sri Lanka is reported to have told Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that the US and Other western nations do not welcome the prospects of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa contesting pol…

US urges Sri Lanka to investigate kidnapping of TRO staff [TamilNet, January 31, 2006 15:11 GMT] The US Embassy in Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, expressed concern about the reported January 30 kidnapping of five members of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) at Welikanda in Polonnaruwa District. Urging the relevant authorities to rapidly investigate the allegations of the kidnapping, the US embassy called on all parties to exercise restraint and calm, especially in the run-up to the cease-fire talks in Geneva. Full text of the press release follows: UNITED STATES CONCERNED ABOUT REPORT OF TRO KIDNAPPING Colombo, January 31, 2006: The U.S. Embassy is …

[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 July 2011, 16:08 GMT] Sri Lanka’s colonial governor for the country of Eezham Tamils in the north, Maj. Gen. Chandrasri is now completely obsessed with building Buddhist stupas, Sinhala colonisation and Sinhalicisation of administration, news sources in Jaffna said. Building Buddhist stupas at Old Park in Jaffna, where the provincial administration is located, and at Mullaiththeevu town, the occupying SL governor threatens the NGOs working in Vanni to pay ‘unaccounted’ money for his projects. NGOs working in Vanni have to get annual clearance from the SL president’s ‘special task force’ and the colonial governor makes use of this situation to fle…

விக்கியில் சில நாட்களுக்கு முன்னர் போட்டது. ஆதாரங்கள் திரட்டி எழுதினது வீணாகப் போய்விடக் கூடாது என்பதால் இங்கே இதனை இணைத்து விடுகிறேன். Improvised Aircrafts: The LTTE had modified 2 of their 5 Zlín Z 43 to carry 4 x 60kg (132 lb) un-guided bombs. The explosives payload consisted of 55 kg of C-4 with ball bearings. The bomb rack and arming mechanism were believed to have been locally produced. {https://cupdf.com/document/dossier-on-ltte-weapons.html} They also diverted the exhaust pipe of their planes to the front side of the plane, in such a manner that the IR-guided air-to-air missiles of SLAF jet attack aircraft could not detect the heat signature from…

Health: 1. Drink plenty of water 2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar 3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants (factories) 4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy 5. Make time for prayer 6. Play more games 7. Read more books than you did last year 8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day 9. Sleep for 7 hours 10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day ---- and while you walk, SMILE !! Personality: 11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 12. Don't have negative thoug…