Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's cousin Nirupama Rajapakse and her husband Thirukumar Natesan visited the revered Sri Meenakshi-Sundareswarar and Lord Subramaniya Swamy temples at Tirupparankundram, amid tight security here today.Ms Rajapakse, a Member of Parliament of ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), who was on a private visit to Tamil Nadu, arrived at the Meenakshi-Sundareswarar...
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Island, Tamil Nadu, Nov 9 : Police arrested eight Tamil activists for showing black flags to Ms Nirupama Rajapakse, a Sri Lankan Parliamentairan and cousin of Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse here today.Police sources said Ms Rajapakse and her husband Thirukumar Natesan arrived here this morning to immerse the ashes of her father and perform rituals.After taking a holy bath in 'Agnitheertham,' the...
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Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse today asked his supporters for more time to announce dates for snap elections as he faced an unexpected challenge from his erstwhile military chief.Rajapakse told the annual convention of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party that he wanted more time to consult the partyhierarchy on the election. He had been widely expected to announce the vote timetable."You seem to want presidential...
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size="2"> Colombo, Nov. 15: Sri Lanka’s ruling party has endorsed an early presidential election to be called two years before the current leader’s first term ends.
President Mahinda Rajapakse’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party unanimously agreed on Sunday to the early election while meeting for a party convention. A date has yet to be determined.
Mr Rajapakse hopes...
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size="2"> T.V. Sriram
Colombo
Nov. 15: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse and discussed with him bilateral relations and the issue of resettlement of the war displaced Tamils.
An official in the President’s office described the breakfast meeting here as cordial. He said Mr Mukherjee discussed...
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size="2"> Ranga Sirilal
COLOMBO
Nov. 12: Sri Lanka’s top general, who engineered the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam after a 25-year war, has resigned, sources said on Thursday, amid speculation he will run for President as an Opposition candidate.
General Sarath Fonseka is expected to challenge his commander-in-chief, President Mahinda...
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size="2">Colombo, Nov. 14: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s acceptance of former top general Sarath Fonseka’s resignation with immediate effect is being seen by his aides as an attempt to deny him an official farewell ceremony, a media report said on Saturday. Gen. Fonseka’s resignation as Chief Of Defence Staff was accepted on Friday by Mr Rajapakse who rejected his request...
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VAVUNIYA: Sri Lanka said on Saturdayit plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internmentcamps ahead of completing their planned re-settlement in twomonths.The announcement comes amid strong international pressure onColombo to release tens of thousands of civilians held in the camps. Some136,328 men, women and children still remain inside camps across theisland’s north, down...
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Terming LTTE's call to boycott the 2005 Presidential elections in Sri Lanka as "hasty", Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said it enabled President Mahinda Rajapakse to defeat his rival Ranil Wickramasinghe who had promised to hold peace talks with the Tiger rebels, since been decimated."In the 2005 elections, former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe lost to Rajapakse by around...
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Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakses cousin Nirupama Rajapakse and her husband Thirukumar Natesan visited the revered Sri Meenakshi-Sundareswarar and Lord Subramaniya Swamy temples at Tirupparankundram, amid tight security here today. Ms Rajapakse, a Member of Parliament of ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA), who was on a private visit to Tamil Nadu, arrived at the Meenakshi-Sundareswarar...
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