Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Supreme Court today decided to adjudicate itself the mercy pleas of Rajiv Gandhi killers against their death penalty due to the delay of over 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President Pratiba Patil, reported the Pioneer Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana D.M.K. and the newly appointed Tamil Eelam Supporters Organization (TESO) leader Muthuvel Karunanidhi said he was optimistic that his new struggle to bifurcate Sri Lanka and carve out a Tamil Eelam would receive the blessings of the Indian Central government, eventually. […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana When Dhanapala Sinham and Sreedasan from Jaffna arrived in the beautiful Kerala city of Kollam , police think, they had some reason to be silent and not talk much: They were there illegally and suspected to be smuggled into the country by human trafficking racketeers. […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana In Britain, an old bastion of Christian heritage there had been a widely accepted practice of starting public meetings by saying prayers until secularist campaigners protested sometimes even by challenging the authorities in courts of law. Eventually some local government bodies dropped the practice altogether. […]
Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana There had been many reported incidents where the majestic tiger had been killed by animals of lesser stature especially when it comes to the saving of off springs. In addition to the motherly instinct in the incident reported last Saturday the ferocious tiger was already injured in an earlier […]
Minister Wimal Weerawansa said though bread prices would go up by 5 or 6 rupees after the imposition of a Rs. 15 tax on a kilogramme of wheat flour, the most unfortunate family that eats bread for all three meals would have to additionally spend only a sum equivalent to the price of two quids […]
