Gota files writ petition in court against moves to arrest him

Wigneswaran draws flak over damaging comments

Northern Province C V Wigneswaran has been accused of making comments which could instigate ethnic tensions. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said that?Wigneswaran’s statement that Sinhalese should not be allowed to be settled in the North cannot be accepted. “We condemn that statement,” JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said today. He said that by saying Sinhalese cannot be settled in the North,?Wigneswaran is opening the doors for people in the South to say Tamils cannot be settled in t

27 Sep, 2016

Attempt to smuggle sea cucumber to Sri Lanka busted

About 200 kg of sea cucumber, an endangered coral reef species, which was meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka was seized at Mandapam near?Rameswaram in India?and two youths were arrested in this connection, the Press Trust of India reported. Acting on a tip-off, Marine police personnel seized the dried sea cucumber stocked by two persons, with the intention to smuggle them to Sri Lanka, the Marine police said. The duo has been arrested, they added.?Sea cucumbers, classified as endangered species

28 Sep, 2016

Two policemen killed in accident in Katana

Two policemen were killed in an accident in Katana, the police media unit said. The motorcycle the two policemen were riding collided with a parked container truck killing them both.

27 Sep, 2016