Christmas 2008 News
Mumbai Terror Attack

Random Image

Abhinav Bindra 04.jpg

Abhinav Bindra 04.jpg

Random Album

Premiere Of Disneys The Cheetah Girls One World - Arrivals

Premiere Of Disneys The Cheetah Girls One World - Arrivals

Subscribe via E-Mail

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Search


Breaking News

  • AP: Taiwan's president says the Dalai Lama cannot visit the island
  • AP: First commercial flight in a week arrives in Bangkok after protesters lift airport siege.
  • AP: Pakistan's president says suspects named by India will be tried in Pakistan.
  • Units are on scene of a large fire with multiple victims at the Centanial Towers in Pawtucket, RI; rescues in progress - scanner reports.
  • AP: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in New Delhi in wake of Mumbai attacks.
via @BreakingNewsOn

sri lankan military

Tamil Nadu MLAs to meet PM on Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu MLAs to meet PM on Sri Lanka

December 3rd, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Chennai, Dec 3 (IANS) After MPs from Tamil Nadu, it will be the turn of legislators from the state to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to demand a ceasefire in Sri Lanka. ...

Posted in Politics, | No Comments »

Fall of LTTE political capital Kilinochchi imminent: Sri Lanka

November 26th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Nov 26 (IANS) The fall of the key rebel town of Kilinochchi was "imminent" with government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) engaged in fierce fighting on its ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

India, Sri Lanka are ‘genuine friends’: President Rajapaksa’s adviser

October 27th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's adviser said Monday after talks with Indian leaders that New Delhi and Colombo were “genuine friends” and that his country would keep ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

27 killed in Lanka suicide bomb blast

October 6th, 2008 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI -
Colombo, Oct.6 (ANI): At least 27 people, including a former senior general, were killed on Monday in a suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura. According to army sources, Major ...

Posted in National, | No Comments »

Top Tamil Tiger leader’s office bombed: Sri Lankan military

October 3rd, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Oct 3 (IANS) The office of a top leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tiger Eelam's (LTTE) in Kilinochchi was Friday bombed by Sri Lankan fighter jets, a military spokesperson said.The ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

Army captures Tiger airstrip: Sri Lankan military

October 1st, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Oct 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops have captured a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) airstrip in the northern district of Mullaitivu, the military said Wednesday.According to the Media Centre for ...

Posted in World, | No Comments »

Grenade blast wounds 21 civilians in Sri Lanka

September 29th, 2008 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Sep 29 (IANS) At least 21 civilians were wounded in a grenade explosion in Sri Lanka's eastern Batticaloa district Monday evening, defence sources said. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara said an ...

Posted in World, | No Comments »

UPA government financing ‘dying’ US economy: CPI

September 21st, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Sunday alleged that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's decision to purchase nuclear technology and reactors from the US was meant ...

Posted in Politics, | No Comments »

Two Indian radar technicians wounded in LTTE attack

September 9th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) Two Indian radar technicians were wounded when Tamil Tiger rebels launched a major pre-dawn assault "coordinated with artillery fire and an air raid" on a key military base ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

LTTE attack on key military base thwarted: Sri Lanka (Third Lead)

September 9th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) The Sri Lankan military Tuesday claimed that it had thwarted a pre-dawn assault by the Tamil Tigers on a army and air force joint base in the country's ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

LTTE aircraft destroyed during raid on Sri Lankan air base (Second Lead)

September 9th, 2008 - 11:11 am ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) Two light-wing aircraft of the Tamil Tigers carried out a pre-dawn air raid Tuesday on the Sri Lankan Air Force base in the country's north, but the air ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

Sri Lanka destroys LTTE plane after Tiger raid on air base (Lead)

September 9th, 2008 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Sep 9 (IANS) Light-wing aircraft of the Tamil Tigers carried out a pre-dawn raid Tuesday on a Sri Lankan Air Force base in the country's north, but the air force retaliated ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

Rajapakse promises land to people in northern Sri Lanka

August 13th, 2008 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Colombo, Aug 12 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said Tuesday that his government would ensure the people in the northern part of the country should have the right to own land. ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

Army-LTTE clashes leave 32 dead in Sri Lanka

August 12th, 2008 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, Aug 12 (IANS) Fresh clashes between advancing Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger guerrillas have left at least 26 rebels and six soldiers dead and 47 wounded on both sides, military ...

Posted in World, | No Comments »

India wants ‘maximum devolution’ for Tamils in Sri Lanka

India wants ‘maximum devolution’ for Tamils in Sri Lanka

August 1st, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS -
On Board PM’s Special Flight, Aug 1 (IANS) India favours “maximum devolution” for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka and feels that Colombo is slowly moving towards a federal power structure, a ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

LTTE’s combat-logistic facility destroyed: Sri Lanka

June 15th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, June 15 (IANS) Sri Lankan military claimed Sunday that air force supersonic fighter jets have bombed and destroyed "a key combat-logistic facility" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

LTTE’s arms manufacturing yard in Wanni bombed: Sri Lanka

June 12th, 2008 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, June 12 (IANS) Supersonic ground attack jets of the Sri Lankan Air Force have bombed an "arms and ammunition manufacturing yard" of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the ...

Posted in Uncategorized, | No Comments »

LTTE artillery gun positions, Sea Tiger base bombed: Sri Lanka

June 4th, 2008 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS -
Colombo, June 4 (IANS) Supersonic ground attack fighter jets of the Sri Lankan Air Force have bombed two artillery gun positions and a Sea Tiger base of the Tamil Tigers in the ...

Posted in World, | No Comments »

Ex-Tiger guerrilla turns a chief minister in Sri Lanka

May 16th, 2008 - 10:40 pm ICT by admin -
By P. Karunakharan Colombo, May 16 (IANS) A former hardened Tamil Tiger guerrilla who fought the Sri Lankan military for years was Friday sworn in as chief minister of the island's troubled eastern ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

Suicide bomber strikes in Colombo, eight die, 90 injured (Third Lead)

May 16th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin -
Colombo, May 16 (IANS) At least eight people, most of them policemen, were killed and over 90 injured when a suicide bomber rammed into a police van in the busy heart of ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

India’s military support to Sri Lanka historic blunder: LTTE

March 11th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin -
Colombo, March 11 (IANS) The Tamil Tiger rebels Tuesday "strongly" condemned Indian military assistance to Sri Lanka as an "anti-Tamil move" and said Indian military assistance to Sri Lanka would prove to ...

Posted in World, | No Comments »

Clashes kill 12 in northern Sri Lanka

March 9th, 2008 - 1:14 am ICT by admin -
Xinhua Colombo, March 8 (Xinhua) Ten Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers were killed in a fierce battle in the north Saturday, Sri Lankan military said. Army officials said troops who mobilised artillery ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

Sri Lankan Supreme Court petitioned to disarm political parties

February 29th, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by admin -
By P.K. Balachandran Colombo, Feb 29 (IANS) An independent Sri Lankan election monitoring body has gone to court seeking an order to disarm all political parties ahead of the March 10 local body ...

Posted in World, | No Comments »

Tamil Tiger rebels in disarray, says Sri Lanka army

February 28th, 2008 - 11:24 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Colombo, Feb 27 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan military claimed Wednesday that Tamil Tiger rebels are in a state of disarray due to continued government military offensive in the island's north and northeast. ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

Rebels say eight civilians killed by Sri Lankan troops

February 28th, 2008 - 11:22 pm ICT by admin -
DPA Colombo, Feb 28 (DPA) At least eight civilians were killed Thursday in two claymore mine blast carried out by government troops in northern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels claimed. The attacks came as ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

Tamil Tiger rebels in disarray, says Sri Lanka army

February 27th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin -
Xinhua Colombo, Feb 27 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan military claimed Wednesday that Tamil Tiger rebels are in a state of disarray due to continued government military offensive in the island's north and northeast. ...

Posted in South Asia, | No Comments »

Sex scandal hits Sri Lanka’s UN troopers in Haiti

November 14th, 2007 - 8:22 am ICT by admin -

Posted in World, | No Comments »

Senior LTTE leader killed in Sri Lankan military air raid

November 14th, 2007 - 8:18 am ICT by admin -

Posted in World, | No Comments »