Mahinda says his camp is preparing for elections

Pakistani terrorist deported to Lanka

A terrorist wanted in Pakistan was today deported to Sri Lanka by a flight from Chennai after Andhra Pradesh police found him living in a remote village near Cuddapah for the past seven years without a valid visa, the Press Trust of India reported. Based on an Interpol alert, 34-year-old Nissar Ahmed, who had fled Pakistan and entered India through Sri Lanka in 2006, was detained by Andhra Pradesh police on May 6 and brought to Chennai this morning after producing him in a Cuddapah court. As he

08 May, 2013

Duminda hits out at Hirunika

Parliamentarian Duminda Silva hit out at Hirunika Premachandra today, accusing her of attempting to use him to gain publicity. Speaking to ?reporters outside court today, Silva said that Hirunika was attempting to use him to build her political career. Silva was speaking after the case into the killing of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was taken up at the Colombo Magistrates Court today. “I want to tell Hirunika not to cling on me like a leech and do politics,” he said. Bharatha Lakshman Premach

08 May, 2013

Australia examines Lankans case

The Tamil refugee Ranjini ? incarcerated when pregnant after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) branded her a security threat ? had the first chance to put her side of the story on Wednesday to a retired judge examining her case, the Young Witness website reported today. In what is seen as the main chance of release for Ranjini and her three sons, the independent review by former federal court judge Margaret Stone comes as supporters are hoping hundreds of protesters will t

08 May, 2013