Policy decision to be taken on special courts

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

Jaffna a base to attack India

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 the joint director of VIP Security (under the Union home ministry) in New Delhi in mid-August, the nine-page alert states that four of the terror trainees are “Punjabis and the remainingKashmiris?or Pathans”. Their “drop-off point” is expected to be around 28km off Jaffna and th

21 Aug, 2013

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