Vasu admitted to hospital but condition not serious

PMK demands fuller probe into Lankan “torture centre”

A day after discovery of an illegal detention centre by UN experts in a Sri Lankan naval base where Tamils were allegedly tortured, PMK today demanded the Centre to take steps to send an international team there for a comprehensive probe, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. “The Central government should take steps to send an international team to Sri Lanka to carry out a comprehensive probe into past and continuing torture centres and for punishing those responsible for it,” PMK chief Ram

19 Nov, 2015

Google Traffic now available for Colombo

Google Traffic, a feature on Google Maps which displays traffic conditions in real-time on major roads and highways in over 50 countries, is now available for Colombo. Google Traffic can be viewed at the Google Maps website, or by using the Google Maps application on a handheld device. Google Traffic works by analyzing the GPS-determined locations transmitted to Google by a large number of mobile phone users. By calculating the speed of users along a length of road, Google is able to generate

19 Nov, 2015

Over 500 Indians reportedly died in Lankan waters

An Indian fishermen’s rights group claims over 500 Indian fishermen have died in Sri Lankan waters since 1983. The ‘Fishermen right to livelihood federation’ urged the Centre and State governments in India to provide compensation to the families of fishermen who drowned and were killed by the Sri Lankan navy while fishing on the high seas, The Hindu newspaper reported. Adopting a resolution at the fifth State conference?in Rameswaram, the federation said 548 fishermen have died either by falli

19 Nov, 2015