SLFP fails to reach agreement on budget vote

Vaiko calls for release of fishing boats held by Sri Lanka

India’s MDMK general secretary Vaiko urged the Indian Central Government to take effective steps to secure the release of fishing boats from Sri Lanka, The Hindu newspaper reported. In an informal chat with reporters in Tiruchi, he said a large number of fishing boats belonging to fishermen of Rameswaram, Nagapattinam and other coastal areas of the State were under the custody of the Sri Lankan Government and this had affected the livelihood of fishermen. There were reports that the Sri Lankan

01 Jan, 2017

Panneerselvam sends another letter to Modi on Sri Lanka

The day when India’s agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh and Sri Lanka fisheries minister Mahinda Amaraweera and foreign minister Mangala Samarweera are meeting in Colombo to solve the disputes between the fishermen of both countries, chief minister O Panneerselvam on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to release 52 Tamil Nadu fishermen who are in Sri Lankan prisons. He also urged Modi’s intervention for the release of more than 100 Indian fishing boats that are in Sri La

02 Jan, 2017

New Bill to reclaim stolen public funds and assets

A new Bill is to be submitted to Parliament to reclaim stolen public funds, a Minister said today. Special Assignments Minister Sarath Amunugama said that while suspects are arrested for stealing state assets those assets, including public funds are never recovered. The Minister said that there is a call by some members of the opposition to protect state institutions. However he says those very people are accused of taking huge bribes to approve some deals when the former Government was in of

01 Jan, 2017