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Mr. G. Thevaraja, the President of the Vavuniya Citizens Committee (VCC) was attacked around 5.30-6pm this evening (8th Oct), whilst he was riding his motorbike back home from his shop in Nedunkerny. He had gone to his shop soon after Chairing an afternoon meeting with the VCC to discuss the ‪#‎FreeJeyakumary‬ campaign protest to be held on Friday, Oct 10th, 2014, in Vavuniya. He was assaulted by 4 persons in civil, who rode two motorbikes and attacked him with iron rods. His head was saved due to him having worn a helmet, but even his helmet was damaged in the attack. Whilst beating him, his attackers also shoutingly threatened him saying, “You are going to organize a ca…

விடுதலைப் புலிகளை முற்றாக நீக்குவதற்கு இன்னும் சிறிது காலமே தேவை: சரத் பொன்சேகா [புதன்கிழமை, 23 ஓகஸ்ட் 2006, 01:47 ஈழம்] [காவலூர் கவிதன்] தமிழர்களைப் பாதுகாப்பதற்காகவே சிறீலங்கா படைகள் வடக்கு கிழக்கில் நிலைகொண்டுள்ளன. கடந்த இரண்டு தசாப்த போரில், விடுதலைப் புலிகளே தமிழ்மக்களைக் கொன்றனர், படையினரல்ல என்று சிறீலங்கா இராணுவத் தளபதி சரத் பொன்சேகா பத்திரிகைப் பேட்டியொன்றில் தெரிவித்தார். அவர் மேலும் கூறுகையில்: நான் இப்போது மீண்டும் பழைய உடல்நிலையில் மிக சுறுசுறுப்பாக உள்ளேன். ஒரு விடயம் மிக முக்கியமானது, அதாவது சிறீலங்கா படைகளுக்கு தமிழ் மக்கள் மீது எந்தக் கோபமோ வெறுப்போ கிடையாது. அவர்களைப் பாதுகாப்பதுதான் படைகளின் பிரதான செயற்பாடாக உள்ளது. விடுதலைப் பு…

இன்று மிகப் பிரபலமான தாவரப் பூச்சிக் கொல்லியாக வேம்பு திகழ்கிறது. பல நூற்றுக்கணக்கான ஆண்டுகளாக உழவர்கள் வேப்ப இலைகளை தானியங்களுடன் கலந்தும், சாக்குப் பைகளை வேம்புக் கரைசலில் முக்கி எடுத்துக் காயவைத்தும் தானியங்களைச் சேதம் செய்யும் பூச்சிகளிடமிருந்து பாதுகாத்து வந்தனர். வேப்பம் பிண்ணாக்கு பயிர்களை கரையான், மற்ற பூச்சிகளின் தாக்குதலில் இருநூது பாதுகாப்பு அளித்தது. இதனை நிலத்தில் இட்டு பயன்படுத்துவதைவிட பயிர்களுக்குத் தெளித்துப் பயன்படுத்துவது மேலும் பல நன்மைகளைக் கொடுப்பதாக இருந்தது. வேப்ப இலைகள் மற்றும் வேப்பம் பிண்ணாக்கு ஆகியவற்றை நிலத்தில் இடுவதன் மூலம் அதிலுள்ள வேதிப் பொருட்கள் நேராக பயிர்களுக்கு வேர்களின் மூலம் ஊடுருவிப் பரவி நீண்ட நாட்களுக்குப் பாதுகாப்பு அள…

Immigrant told to raise English son in Sri Lanka By Stewart Payne A Sri Lankan who entered Britain illegally at the age of 15 has been told that he is likely to be deported and will have to take his English wife and baby son with him - or otherwise run the risk of not being allowed back to see them. Mohammed Samad fled violence in his home country seven years ago. He has since married, has a 17-month-old son, plays cricket for his local team and works as a groundsman for an independent boarding school. Now, at the age of 22, he has been told by the Home Office that he will probably be deported - with no guarantee that he would be able to return to see …

LTTE Posses 3 Single Engine Helicopters (LeN-2007 Jan. 02, 7.00pm) The government defense spokesperson minister Keheliya Rambukwella warns, of a possible air strike on the Parliament or the Presidents house, based on the information received by the security forces about 3 single engine helicopters said to be in the possession of the LTTE. He was answering a question raised by a journalist whether there were plans of arresting the Editor of the Sunday Leader Lasantha Wickremetunga on charges of writing about a bunker, said to be built for the President. When the minister categorically stated that Lasantha Wickremetunga was not arrested, the journalist requi…

கடலுக்குள் ஒளிந்து கொள்ளும் மேஜிக் சாலை: இது பிரான்ஸ் அதிசயம்! உலகின் அழகான சாலைகள், அபாயகரமான சாலைகளை பார்த்திருப்பீர்கள். ஆனால், இப்போது பார்க்கப்போகும் பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டிலுள்ள மேஜிக் சாலை சற்றே விந்தையானது. ஆம், இந்த சாலையில் தினசரி இரண்டு முறை மட்டுமே போக்குவரத்து நடைபெறும். மீதமுள்ள நேரங்களில் கடல் நீர் மட்டம் அதிகரித்து சாலை தண்ணீருக்குள் மறைந்து போகிறது. இந்த விந்தையான சாலையின் படங்கள், கூடுதல் தகவல்களை தொடர்ந்து காணலாம். பிரான்ஸ் நாட்டின் வட அட்லாண்டிக் கடல் பகுதியில் உள்ள பர்னெப் வளைகுடாவிலிருந்து நோயிர்மோட்டியர் தீவை இந்த சாலை இணைக்கிறது. இந்த சாலை 4 கிமீ நீளம் கொண்டது. பேசேஜ் டு கோயிஸ் என்று இந்த சாலை அழைக்கப்படுகிறது. கோயிஸ் என்றால் ஈரமான காலணிகள…

[size=4]நம்பியார், ஹோம்ஸ், புஹ்ன் - இவர்கள் மூவரையும் குறிவைத்து எழுதப்பட்ட கட்டுரை: ஐ.நா. எதை மறைக்கின்றது? யாரை பாதுகாக்கின்றது??[/size] [size=1][size=4]( முடிந்தால் பரப்புரை செய்யுங்கள்: முகநூலில் ஏற்றுங்கள் ....)[/size][/size] [size=6]What the U.N. is (badly) hiding on Sri Lanka[/size] [size=5]The U.N. today released a damning 128-page internal review of its conduct in Sri Lanka during the bloody, final several months of the country's 28 year-long civil war. The main takeaway -- as I reported yesterday -- is that the U.N. failed abjectly in its responsibility to protect the more than 40,000 civilians killed, mostly as a result of indiscriminate …

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have rejected government plans for peace talks in Geneva on February 15 because of reported abductions of pro-Tiger aid workers, and want talks in late February instead, a rebel source said on Sunday. The government said on Friday the talks, seen as vital to stop a rash of violence escalating into a return to a two-decade-old war that has already killed more than 64,000 people, would start in Switzerland on February15 for two days. "February 15 is completely out," the rebel source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "The Tigers are keen to go to Geneva for talks, but the Tamils Rehabilitation Organization (T…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels broke through military defences in the island's far north and overran army bunkers on Saturday, truce monitors said, as the fiercest fighting since a 2002 truce spread. The Tigers and army exchanged intense artillery fire and government jets bombed near the rebels' forward defence lines in the northern Jaffna peninsula, residents said, as thousands of civilians fled to churches. The military said 27 of its personnel were killed and 80 injured, and estimated it killed more than 150 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels. It said it sank five Sea Tiger boats as they attacked army posts on t…

IDP’s from Five Camps in B’Caloa Forcibly Removed to Muthur in Thirty Buses. DBS Displaced persons staying at five refugee camps in Batticaloa district were forcibly removed to Trincomalee district in a sudden “operation” masterminded by an Assistant Superintendent of Police around noon on Thursday March 15th. Though exact figures are not known NGO sources said that nearly a thousand people were taken against their will in thirty buses to Trincomalee district. The Batticaloa district Government Agent or divisional secretaries were not informed of this action by the authorities concerned. An NGO official said that civil administration officials in B’ca…

Implementation agenda of $ 400 m line of credit to be finalised during Prime Minister’s visit to India First State visit by PM since his appointment starts on Friday $ 400 m line of credit for infrastructure offered by Modi during President’s visit in Nov. while $ 50 m for security Talks on trade, defence and tourism with top Indian officials during visit Delegations expected to discuss key areas under defence and maritime security MR to also visit Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodhgaya and Tirupati Sri Lanka and India are expected to finalise the implementation agenda for a $ 450 million line of credit offered by the latter during the visit o…

Rathika Pathmanathan (Photo Courtesy: PK Balachandran) COLOMBO: Rathika Pathmanathan, a former combatant of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), urges fellow Sri Lankans divided by a 30 year ethnic conflict, to stop “accusing and punishing each other, and begin addressing the root causes of the conflict” so that Sinhalese and Tamils may live together in harmony. In her slender book “I Search For Myself In Darkness Called Light”, published simultaneously in Tamil, Sinhalese and English, Rathika tells the story of a young woman born and bred in war succinctly, without fear or favor. All that she says about …

US responsible for Lanka's successive UNHRC defeat: Peiris PRINT FONT SIZE Colombo: Some countries had to support the UN resolutions against Sri Lanka over its human rights records due to factors which affected their bilateral relationship with the US, External affairs minister GL Peiris said today. Answering an opposition query, Peiris said, “Some of the countries privately told us that they had to support the resolutions against Sri Lanka as there were factors which affected their bilateral relationship with the US,” Peiris said. The opposition legislator Sajith Premadasa asked Peiris the reasons why Sri Lanka had lost two successive UNHRC r…

The economy can take another 18 months of war Recently sworn in as a MP and acting as a Special Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa, believes it is more important to have the support of the people towards the political solution, than trying for a two thirds support in the House. He argues that the 13th amendment failed the last time around simply because it did not win the trust of the people, even if the government had more than a two thirds majority in Parliament. Spearheading the government’s Eastern development programme, he also maintains that the government has successfully handled the displaced civilians in the East. Denying reports of criti…

RAW aiding paramilitary recruitment in India - report [TamilNet, June 25, 2006 01:15 GMT] Sri Lanka’s Army-backed Tamil paramilitaries are seeking recruits amongst Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu, offering hefty salaries, an Indian news agency reported this week. The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF), an India-based paramilitary group now operating in an anti-LTTE grouping under the Karuna Group, is seeking recruits from refugee camps and orphanages in southern India, an Indian website reported, citing local press reports. The recruitment is being conducted with the knowledge of India’s external intelligence agency, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), …

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today had talks in New Delhi on Tamil concerns.A TNA delegation led by party leader R. Sampanthan had urged Swaraj to ensure India gets fully involved in the Sri Lankan Tamil issue. The Indian media quoted Sampanthan as saying the TNA delegation had also raised concerns over Sinhalese settlements in Tamil areas. TNA MPs Mavai Senathirajah, M.A. Sumanthiran and India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Y.K.Sinha also took part in the talks. The TNA is to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow as part of the official visit to India. The TNA is expected to push for the…

TRO caring 10 000 IDPs, seeks assistance from ICRC, GoSL, SLMM [TamilNet, August 04, 2006 12:35 GMT] Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) on Thursday said the organisation was taking care of ten thousand IDPs in Trincomalee district. Food and water has been provided by the TRO to the IDPs since 01 August 2006. "Stockpiles of food are running low and TRO is appealing to the ICRC, Government of Sri Lanka, and the SLMM to facilitate the transportation of humanitarian relief to the displaced persons," the organisation said. TRO has also received requests for assistance from the Muslim Council in Kinniya, a community TRO has assisted post-tsunami. Full te…

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb tore through a NATO vehicle on Wednesday, killing six soldiers and their Afghan interpreter in a southern Afghan region that has recently seen heavy fighting, a NATO statement said. ADVERTISEMENT NATO did not release the soldiers' nationalities or the location of the attack, but Afghan police said it happened in Kandahar province's Zhari district. The majority of the troops in Kandahar are Canadian. Canadian Defense Department spokeswoman Sarah Kavanagh said had no information on the incident. The attack was the deadliest against foreign troops in Afghanistan since May 13, when seven troops were killed — fiv…

China to take over Uganda’s main assets over unpaid rising huge debt The Ugandan government is now at risk of losing its main state assets to China over unpaid huge increasing loans from the Chinese government. But according to the Ugandan government, the growing debt is sustainable, and the country is not at risk of losing state assets to China, the country’s finance minister, Matia Kasaija. African Stand reported in December last year that the Kenyan government risks losing the lucrative Mombasa port to China if the country fails to repay huge loans advanced by Chinese lenders, but both Chinese and Kenyan officials have dismissed t…

LTTE moving north: report B. Muralidhar Reddy Exodus of civilians still continuing, says SLMM COLOMBO: Amidst reports of continuing civilian exodus from the remaining areas in Batticaloa district where the LTTE has influence, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) has assessed that the Tigers could possibly have decided not to hold territory in the east but remain present there. In its latest assessment report after the fall of Vaharai, the SLMM said the LTTE has withdrawn from the area and is believed to be regrouping in the jungle north and west of Batticaloa and into Trincomalee district. "It is plausible that the LTTE has de…

An ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the seizure of 300 kg heroin, five AK-47 rifles and 1,000 live rounds of 9mm ammunition off the coast of Vizhinjam near Thiruvananthapuram has led to speculation that an international drug running and weapon trading racket is aimed at reviving the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group LTTE. The case relates to the March 18 interception of a boat with the contraband by the Coast Guard following an intelligence input. The mastermind behind the operation was Sri Lankan Tamil Suresh Rajan, a resident of Colombo who had been living at Kundrathur, a Chennai suburb, for some time, the Indian Express reported. Multip…

Sri Lanka 'apologises' for India story PRIU sad Narayanan and Menon are members of the said panel The Sri Lanka government has apologised for an incorrect statement that said a high-level defence panel has been established with India after a visit by senior officials. The Policy Research & Information Unit (PRIU) of the Presidential Secretariat said on Thursday the panel was established during a visit by three senior officials to Delhi from 3-4 September. "The PRIU is informed that there was no decision among those who participated in these discussions to establish an Indo-Lanka High Level Committee on defence," a statement issued by PRIU stated on …

Selected Writings by Nadesan Satyendra - நடேசன் சத்தியேந்திரா Sathyam Commentary Confronting the Death of Prabhakaran On 18 June 2009, the 31st Day of Prabhakaran's Death [see also Velupillai Prabhakaran - Undying Symbol of Tamil Resistance to Alien Rule ] I have never met Velupillai Prabhakaran. Neither have I ever spoken to him. I did not know him personally. Again, it is not that I have agreed with everything that he said or did. Yet, when he died on 17 May 2009, I felt a deep sense of perso…

Some say terror label prolongs Sri Lanka war By jared ferrie Publish Date: 28-Sep-2006 The streets of Jaffna were lined with government soldiers. Posted every 50 metres, leaning up against pockmarked walls, or standing in the thin shadow of a tree in the blazing sun. They rode slowly by on bicycles, in the back of tractor trailers, and cruised past in truck convoys. Within months of this early summer scene, the uneasy calm would erupt into open battle with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the Tamil Tigers, or LTTE). There were checkpoints all the way from Jaffna town southeast to the peninsula’s narrow Elephant Pass. Since 1998, …