SC issues notice on Wigneswaran over NPC resolution for N-E

Eight injured as bus overturns

Eight people were injured when a passenger bus overturned in Omanthai, Vavuniya this morning, the police media unit said. The police said that 30 passengers were in the bus at the time of the accident and it was heading to Jaffna. According to the police the private bus had veered off the road and overturned injuring the eight passengers. Of those injured were seven men and a woman. The injured were admitted to the Vavuniya hospital for treatment. The Omanthai police are conducting further i

24 Apr, 2012

Swaraj briefs Manmohan on Lankan visit

The leader of the Indian Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and briefed him on the discussions she had in Sri Lanka, the Press Trust of India reported this evening. Swaraj called on Singh to apprise him of the details of the 12-member delegation’s visit to Sri Lanka. National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon and Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai were present during the meeting. “I would say I am satisfied with our visit to Sri Lanka,” the BJP le

24 Apr, 2012

Fresh probe on ACF murder

Sri Lanka is to launch a fresh investigation into the massacre of 17 aid workers of a French Non Government Organization (NGO) during the war in 2006, a government official said on Tuesday. The official from the government legal department, who wished to remain anonymous as he is not authorized to comment on the matter, told Xinhua that the government is awaiting a report from the Attorney General’s Department in Sri Lanka before commencing the investigations. The 17 local aid workers attached

24 Apr, 2012