Dr. Mohamed Shafi further remanded

Petition wants KP in India

A former police officer, who was part of the special investigation team that probed the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has moved the Madras high court for a direction to the Centre and the CBI to consider his representation seeking the extradition and interrogation of ex-LTTE leader Kumaran Padmanabhan alias KP, the Times of India reported. The PIL, filed by J Mohanraj said KP was close to LTTE leaders and was the chief arms procurer for the banned organization. The first bench comprising acti

03 Jul, 2013

President against extremism

Incidents of extremism have been condemned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and legal measures have been taken against the perpetrators, the newly appointed Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sri Lanka to UNESCO, Professor Karunaratne Hangawatte said. The Ambassador?expressed the need for all community members to come together for the advancement of their motherland irrespective of ethnic and religious diversities or different political ideologies. He said this when leaders of cultural, educatio

02 Jul, 2013

Canadian pleads guilty to LTTE support

A Canadian engineering graduate from Waterloo, Ont., pleaded guilty in New York, Tuesday, to being part of a terrorist procurement cell securing sophisticated military technology for the Tamil Tigers (LTTE), including submarine and warship design software, and laundering money, the National Post newspaper reported. Suresh Sriskandarajah, 32, known by the nickname Waterloo Suresh, used students as couriers to smuggle prohibited items into Tiger-controlled territory in Sri Lanka. Between September

03 Jul, 2013