One person shot dead, 2 injured in Yakkalamulla

No Pakistan militants here

The military today denied reports that Pakistan based militants were using Sri Lanka as a base to launch attacks on Southern India. Chief of Defence Staff General Jagath Jayasuriya said that the media reports to that effect were baseless. The Times of India reported today that the Maharashtra police have received a terror alert from central intelligence agencies warning that eight militants are undergoing training in Pakistan-based camps to attack targets in south India from Sri Lanka. Sent by t

21 Aug, 2013

MR off to Belarus

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be travelling to Belarus at the end of this week on an official tour, President?s spokesman Mohan Samaranayake said. He said that the President is expected to be away for at least 4 days but the schedule is yet to be finalized. A high level delegation including External Affairs Minister Professor G.L Peiris will accompany the President on the visit. Meanwhile the External Affairs Minister will be heading to Pakistan tomorrow to officially invite the Pakistani Pri

21 Aug, 2013

Ranil briefs BJP on Sri Lanka

Opposition UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has briefed the Indian opposition?Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the political developments in Sri Lanka, the UNP media unit said today. Wickremsinghe, who is in India on an official visit, met?Rajnath Singh, the National President of the BJP and discussed several issues, including the rift between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen. The UNP leader had said that when he was Prime Minister at the time the BJP was in power in India, he made attempts to reso

20 Aug, 2013