Wimal transferred to prison hospital after hunger strike

Karunanidhi slams Sri Lanka

DMK President M Karunanidhi today slammed Sri Lanka for raking up the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project issue, saying India “will do what is required.” The Kudankulam project was not something new and had been started many years ago and work on it is currently in progress, he said, adding it cannot be “accepted if they rake up the issue now.” “Indian government will do what is required,” he told reporters at his residence before leaving for the assembly to sign the MLA’s register. His remarks

10 Apr, 2012

MR says don?t be namesake Muslims

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged Muslims in Sri Lanka not to be just namesake Muslims, the government information department said today. President Rajapaksa said the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities have been living in Sri Lanka for a long period and these communities came forward in unison to defeat terrorism in the country. He said all these communities got together with one vision to eliminate terrorism as they love the motherland. He added that the Muslim community stood shoulder

12 Apr, 2012

Evacuations underway as aftershock rocks Lanka

Mass scale evacuations were underway in almost all coastal areas of Sri Lanka including in Colombo as a result of an earthquake and aftershock in the Sumatra seas. Residents in Colombo including Bambalapitiya, Wellawatte and Fort were evacuated by the police. Hotel along the coast in the South were evacuated as well. Hotel along the coast in the South were evacuated as well. Train services were also suspended and the southern highway open for traffic free of charge. The initial earthquake in

11 Apr, 2012