VICIOUS ASSAULT: The group attacked a motorist on Friday, who asked them why they were holding up traffic. Photo: V. Ganesan Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Members of Viduthalai Chiruthakal Katchi (VCK) an ally of Vaiko violently attacked a motorist, according to photos and videos published, near the Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission in […]
Tamim Ansari being brought to Judical Magistrate Court-III in Tiruchi on Saturday. Photo: R.M. Rajarathinam Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Thamim Ansari a citizen of India and a resident of Tamil Nadu who was alleged to have spied for Pakistan with the help of Colombo’s Pakistani High Commission was remanded by a Tiruchi magistrate […]
With Sri Lanka’s human rights record coming up for review towards the end of the year, India believes that Colombo should accept the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) as a credible interlocutor and get down to discussing a road map for political devolution of powers as this will send a positive signal world-wide to groups instrumental […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana / Chandana Perera) President Mahinda Rajapaksa laid the foundation stone for the construction of the International University of Buddhist and Indic Studies in the ancient Buddhist city of Sanchi in the presence of dignitaries from Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Japan, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal and India. […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazagam outfit’s leader Vaiko and 750 odd party workers were arrested by Madhya |Pradesh police as the South Indian rabble rouser’s followers were burning effigies of Mahinda Rajapaksa and waving black flags outside a Dharmasala a guest house where they were detained for two dates for […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana The Madhya Pradesh police took unprecedented security measures in view of President Rajapaksa’s visit to Sanchi to lay a foundation stone for a new university for Buddhist and Indic studies when it closed all roads to Sanchi to prevent MDMK party followers from reaching there to hold a black […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Madya Pradesh police in India said over a dozen people from Tamil Nadu, including Vaiko led MDMK workers, were taken into preventive custody from Vidisha and Salamatpur near Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh where Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will lay foundation stone for the Buddhist and Indic Studies University […]
Former Chief Minister of the North-Central Province Berty Premalal Dissanayake yesterday claimed that 120 UPFA LG members had handed over letters to the party hierarchy demanding that he be appointed the Chief Minister. Unless their wish was granted, they might even break ranks, he said […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana) President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is in India on a three day state visit primarily to lay foundation stone for the International University of Buddhist Studies in the historically important city of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh held comprehensive deliberations with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on […]
Onlanka News – By Janaka Alahapperuma (Pix by Nalin Hewapathirana) President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called on his Indian counterpart, President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapathi Bhavan on Thursday evening. The president and the Sri Lankan delegation were warmly welcomed by the Indian president. […]
H.E General (Retrd) Shantha Kottegoda, Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Bangkok presented letter of credence to His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath NORODOM SIHAMONI, the King of Cambodia on 7th of September 2012, concurrently accrediting him as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia as well. […]
At the invitation of the Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa, the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), Wu Bangguo representing the higher echelons of the leadership of the People’s Republic of China made a first ever historic visit to Sri Lanka from 15 – 18 September 2012. This […]
Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana Over 1,000 Marumalarcha Drvida Munnetra Kazagam (MDMK) workers led by the outfit’s General Secretary Vaiko who were on their way to Sanchi in a convoy of 41 buses to protest against the visiting Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa were stopped by the Madhya Pradesh police. […]