Youth detained for stealing Magistrate’s vehicle

Karunanidhi hopes Tamils will get political solution

India’s DMK President M Karunanidhi today congratulated Ranil Wickremesinghe for his victory in the Sri Lanka parliamentary elections and hoped the Tamil National Alliance win in North and East provinces would give rise to a situation for a permanent solution to travails of Tamils. Wickremesinghe’s United National Party won a total of 106 seats in the 225-member Assembly, falling short of an absolute majority by seven seats but enough to form a government. Rajapaksa’s United People’s Freedom A

19 Aug, 2015

Lankan refugees in India react with cautious optimism

The Sri Lankan Tamils at the Mandapam camp in Ramanathapuram, India have reacted to the election of United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister with cautious optimism, The Hindu newspaper reported. The refugees heaved a sigh of relief that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa suffered yet another debacle but at the same time were not elated at the victory of Wickremesinghe. The return of Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister may not make a substantial difference in addre

21 Aug, 2015

Ban, Maithripala agree to meet in New York

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and President Maithripala Sirisena have agreed to meet in New York next month when the President attends to the UN General Assembly. Ban Ki-moon had telephoned the President yesterday and congratulated him on the peaceful conduct of the Parliamentary elections, the President’s office said today. During the conversation, the UN Secretary General had expressed keen interest to meet?the President?on the sidelines of the?UN General Assembly. President Maithripala

20 Aug, 2015