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Aadhaar: Is India's biometric ID scheme hurting the poor? Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent \ Share this with Facebook Share this with Twitter Share this with Messenger Share this with Email Share Image copyrightRONNY SEN Image captionJama Singh has an Aadhaar number but he can't use it as his age has been listed as 102 For six to seven days every month, says M…

Ferry service between Sri Lanka and Rameswaram in India could resume next year after restoration of the northern railway line to Talaimannar by December, Indian Government undertaking IRCON International, which is restoring the line said. IRCON Additional General Manager V. K. Jayasankar said that the reconstruction of rail track from Madhu Road station to Talaimannar pier had been completed now, but the Mannar Bridge was still under construction. He said that the 63 km stretch from Madhu Road to Talaimannar reconstructed under the Indian Credit line by the IRCON had been completed ahead of time, but the pier was still under construction. "The new pier at …

Sri Lankan civil war Full and equal membership of a political community is called citizenship. Citizenship is not merely a legal concept. It is also closely related to larger notion of equality and rights. In modern times it shows the relationship between state and its members. Equality of rights and status is one of the basic right of citizenship. As T.H.Marshall mentioned in his book "CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL CLASS" a status bestowed on those who are full members of a community. All who possess the status are equal with respect to the rights and duties with which the status is endowed. In a democracy there is a huge role of protest and struggle in achieving ri…

Country will be put on right track - President “The people did not want a Gotabaya Rajapaksa but a proper leader who is capable in putting the country on the right track”, said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. …

Aliens calling? First potential radio signal from exoplanet detected.! An international team of scientists has collected the first possible radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system, emanating from an exoplanet system about 51 light-years away The team led by researchers from the Cornell University in the US also observed other potential exoplanetary radio-emission candidates in the constellation Cancer and Upsilon Andromedae systems( Image source: Cornell Chronicle) An international team of scientists has collected the first possible radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system, emanating from an exoplanet system about 51 light-years …

Mr. A Amirthalingam | 1987 Mylapore Academy Speech about Indo Sri Lankan Accord.

Sri Lankas third Eelam War created a political-territorial division of the island with a resultant dual state structure in the North-East. In the context of the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement and based on earlier institutional experiments, the LTTE is currently engaged in a comprehensive process of state building within the areas they control," says Prof Stokke of Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, in an article which examines the emerging new Tamileelam state structure. He adds that only the "facilitation and dynamics of pro-democracy forces within the LTTE," will determine the transformation from "the"strong and centralized state," that currently…

India's Sri Lanka policy - a projection Is India going to be pushed, prodded or propelled, in its policy towards Sri Lanka, down the very path that it took in the 1980s? Dayan JAYATILLEKA STANCE: The All India Bar Association (AIBA) has joined the raucous voices emanating from Tamil Nadu, calling for a more vigorous and one-sided policy on the part of New Delhi towards Colombo. While it goes against India's interest to be even handed between the LTTE, which perpetrated an act of foreign terrorism on its soil, and Sri Lanka, a friendly neighbour, voices such as that of the AIBA actually argue for a policy that is lopsided: against the Sri L…

A popular Myanmar news website was blocked Thursday by hackers angry at its description of hardline Buddhist monks as “radical”, as the publication said it had received threats of violence over its coverage, the AFP news agency reported. The Irrawaddy saw its main English-language website briefly replaced with a black screen and notice accusing it of being pro-Muslim and slamming a blog it ran in Burmese about Myanmar nationalist cleric Wirathu’s weekend meeting with controversial Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka. The Buddhist-majority countries have seen rising religious hate speech and attacks on minority Muslims, with some hardline monks accused of fann…

Ship with Indians on board faces Tiger fury Colombo, Jan. 21 (Agencies): The LTTE today launched a suicide attack on a cargo ship with seven Indians in its crew off the Jaffna coast that left at least six rebels dead, as the Sri Lankan Army continued its onslaught on rebel bases, killing at least 18 fleeing Tigers.

Friday June 22, 7:24 PM COLOMBO, June 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's rupee fell to a new life low on Friday on importer demand for dollars while shares fell as retail investors sold select stocks citing high interest rates and uncertainty due to renewed civil war, traders said. The rupee closed at a new all-time low of 111.00/111.02 per dollar, compared to Thursday's close of 110.96/110.99. "There was some demand for dollars in the market because of importers -- importer related transactions," a currency dealer said. The rupee, which hit a previous all time closing low of 110.95/111.00 on May 7, has depreciated around 3.36 percent so far this year, after w…

By Saman Gunadasa 30 October 2008 A World Bank report published just prior to a joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank meeting on October 10 included Sri Lanka among 28 countries that are judged to be “highly vulnerable” to the ongoing global financial crisis and credit crunch. The countries listed were mainly small, impoverished and economically backward countries, including Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tajikistan, Madagascar, Nepal, Rwanda, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Fiji, Haiti, the Seychelles and Mauritania. The Seychelles declared on October 1 that the country was in default and could not pay interest on its foreign loans. Speaking in New York prior to the …

[size=6]The Onset Of Eelam War V[/size] [size=5]Successive diplomatic victories and the humiliation of both Rajapakse and elements of his military establishment in the West now ensure a steady flow of funds into organistaions, which are at the vanguard of confronting both. Furthermore, the diaspora have steadily built a formidable political infrastructure that the regime’s missions have failed to counter. Of particular note are posts in Washington DC and London whose senior cadre have been purged of capable professional diplomats. Morale which reached its lowest ebb within the diaspora on the 19[/size]th[size=5] of May 2009 is now buoyant once again.[/size] [si…

Election 2020 – An Analysis and Trends HARIM PEIRIS on 08/07/2020 Photo courtesy of srilankamirror.com The general election to parliament is concluded and the official results are out. The anticipated landslide victory to the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has materialised with the SLPP winning a grand total of 145 seats through garnering a total of approximately 6.8 million votes or 59% of the valid votes cast. Through its stated allies, the SLFP (1 seat), the EPDP (2 seats), the TMVP (1 seat) and others in the pro-government political space, it has effectively reached the two-thirds majority it craved, or 150 seats, in the 225-member l…

Journalist killed for reporting on paramilitary abuses- RSF [TamilNet, January 24, 2006 18:23 GMT] Reporters sans frontières (RSF) in a press release issued Tuesday said that Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, a correspondent of the Tamil-language daily Sudar Oli was killed for writing about "abuses committed in his region by Tamil paramilitary groups," and that in Sri Lanka, "the impunity enjoyed by the instigators and perpetrators of these murders encourages more violence against the press." Full text of the release follows: Reporters Without Borders today condemned the murder of Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, a correspondent of the Tamil-language daily Sudar Oli …

A temple is not a money making machine. If Undiyalaan wants to buy three houses in London and several other properties across the world, he should get a job. Huge protest against Undiyalaan will be held with special police permission and protection. Time:: From 11 am till 1 pm Date:: Friday, 28 April 2006 Place:: Outside the Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam Limited, Union Road, Wembley, Middlesex. HA0 4AU How to get there:: Tube - Wembley Central by Metropolitan or Bakerloo, Bus - 79 - 83 - 92 - 182 - 224 Car: A406 ring road and then towards Wembley at Hangerlane or A404 Contact:: Rajan - 07751717097

Diplomatic strain between Sri Lanka and Norway Sunday, November 19, 2006, 15:21 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 19, Colombo: A diplomatic brawl has erupted between the Sri Lanka and Norwegian governments, Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry sources said. Diplomatic ties between the two countries have been alternatingly tense and highly cordial since Norway engaged in Sri Lanka's peace process as the facilitator. But several incidents that took place recently have made the situation worse. In one of the incidents, an angry Tamil Norwegian of Sri Lankan origin seeking a visa to travel in Sri Lanka stormed the Sri Lanka Embassy in Oslo and smashed a photograph o…

Germany freezes aid to Sri Lanka The German government has frozen aid to the Sri Lankan government until it resume peace process with the Tamil Tiger rebels. The German minister for Overseas Development, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, has urged other western countries to increase pressure on Sri Lanka government to restart the peace process. The minister said in a newspaper interview (with the daily Tagesspiegel) that due to continuing violence much of Germany's aid to Sri Lanka, especially in rebel held areas, was not reaching the people it was intended for -- the victims of the tsunami of two years ago. The minister said twenty-five million dollar…

A Sri Lankan merchant vessel has come under Tamil Tiger rebels' attack, Naval officials said Sunday. The ship named City of Liverpool was returning to the eastern port of Trincomalee when it came under attack by Sea Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Navy spotted a cluster of LTTE boats around 3:30 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) off the coast of Point Pedro in the northern Jaffna peninsula, a Naval spokesman said in Colombo. About 20 Tiger boats fired at the ship which was returning after unloading flour in the Jaffna port of Kankesanturi, officials said. At least one of the LTTE suicide boats had hit the ship, Naval officials s…

The much expected moves to weaken and ultimately topple Sinhala Nationalist Rajapakse government is well and truly underway under the auspice of the International Community (read USA and India). A partnership with the traditional pro-Western UNP is very much expected along with the help of few other fringe political groups like CWC whose leadership is remote controlled by the policy makers across the Palk-straight. It’s also fair to expect the Muslim polity and the labour unions to rattle when they are instructed to do so by their handlers. To the eyes of the ordinary people, the unexpected players who are already active yet almost invisible are the elements within t…

[size=5]= President must intervene to prevent irreparable damage to country's image because of failure by EAM and mission in UN = UN issues statement against impeachment of CJ while composition of UNHRC changes[/size] [size=1][size=5]It was a week of more challenges for the UPFA Government both in Sri Lanka and abroad.�In Colombo, the official process to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake began on Wednesday. The eleven-member Parliamentary Select Committee chaired by Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa held its first meeting in Parliament. Standing Orders of Parliament prevent reportage of proceedings of the Committee.[/size][/size] [size=1][size=5]S…

Honda's withdrawal from Formula One racing came as a shock this week, but there were several signs over the past days that the auto industry's crisis would spill over into world sport. Less than a fortnight ago General Motors announced the premature end of their endorsement of golf star Tiger Woods, saving them an estimated $7 million (5.5 million euros) a year. On Thursday, the hopes of a future German America's Cup effectively ended when Audi announced that they won't be sponsoring a team. Audi followed up on Friday with the confirmation that it will stop auto racing after nine years in the American Le Mans series. Apart from banks and other financial companie…

Khalil Rafati, the 46-year-old owner of the juice bar chain SunLife Organics, is telling his success story, and sharing the hardships he went through to become a multi-millionaire. Born in Toledo, Ohio, Mr Rafati fled his hometown to Los Angeles to escape years of sexual abuse. He wound up selling cars to high-profile clients but his new life was quickly shattered when he tried heroin, The New York Times reports. In 2001, he nearly died while intentionally overdosing at a house party in Malibu. Mr Rafati struggled to kick the drug for the next few years and finally found sobriety in 2003 when he was introduced to superfoods. Check out the SunLife brand…

Sambanthan and Vigneswaren reach out to President Rajapakse by Harim Peiris Photo courtesy @PresRajapaksa On Monday 7th October, the Tamil National Alliance, the only political party in the country to have comprehensively defeated the UPFA and captured power in the Northern Province, creating the first ever opposition controlled provincial council since the Peoples’ Alliance victory in the Southern Provincial Council in 1993, which also heralded the end of UNP rule an year later, politically reached out and magnanimously decided that it’s Chief Minister designate, retired Supreme Court Justice CV Wigneswaren should take his oath of office before President Mahinda …

Heavy fighting rages in Muhamalai, Kilali [TamilNet, September 10, 2006 19:01 GMT] Heavy artillery shelling and fighting between the Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers erupted in Kilali and Muhamalai Forward Defence Line (FDL) of the Northern Front from 7:30 p.m. Sunday, sources in Kilinochchi said. Artillery shelling and gunfire were continuing Sunday midnight. The SLA had suffered heavy casualties Saturday when it launched a fresh offensive towards Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) FDL. Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Police in Kodikamam Sunday said they had seven bodies of Tamil youths, five males and two females, killed in in the clashes in Thenm…