Lankan kidney racket behind city youth’s death?
Marri Ramu Dileep Maaru’s emails and phone call data being analysed by the police The city police are investigating a Colombo-based kidney racket in which a youngster from Hyderabad lost his life.
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No party has done as much as Congress for Sri Lankan Tamils: Sonia
B. Aravind Kumar, P. S. Suresh Kumar Asks people not be fooled by false propaganda At her only public rally in Tamil Nadu for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi refrained from any criticism of the DMK or the AIADMK, save for a brief reference to the latter, on Wednesday.
UK updates travel advisory on SL
Britain has updated its travel advisory after the Sri Lankan Government designated 16 organisations and 424 individuals for purported links to terrorism.
Ukrainian tanks flying Russian flags amid claims of defections
Yuras Karmanau Slaviansk: A column of armoured vehicles flying Russian flags drove into a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russia demonstrators on Wednesday, dampening the central government’s hopes to re-establish control over restive eastern Ukraine.
Fears for hundreds as Korea resort ferry sinks
Choe Sang-hun Seoul: Coast guard and navy divers were searching a ferry on Wednesday after it sank off the south-western tip of South Korea while carrying hundreds of high school students to a resort island, leaving at least two people dead.
Russian jet acts ‘provocatively’ close to US warship in Black Sea
The United States has announced that a Russian fighter jet engaged in “provocative” acts towards the USS Donald Cook in the western Black sea.
Bluefin-21 Robo-Sub Plunges Into Missing Jet Search
By Hasani Gittens hat started as a vast search of practically an entire quarter of the globe is now focused on a relatively small section of the expansive Indian Ocean’s depths — and a small robotic submarine gives new hope for finding the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370.
Karachi to Hollywood: Pakistani visual effects artist wins third Oscar
Richard Parker swims in the Life of Pi ocean. Afterwards, the 10 million hair on the Bengal tiger’s body are wiped down, his fur gradually morphing from dripping wet to dry. In Frozen, we watch the little girl Elsa create snowfall and her enchanting ice world emerge. The line between fantasy and reality blurs, so Read More
Canada Suspends Voluntary Commonwealth Funds
April 14, 2014 – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today announced that Canada will suspend its voluntary contribution to the Commonwealth Secretariat and reallocate the funds for the next two years.
Self-immolator shows recovery signs
A Tamil man who doused himself with petrol and set himself alight after being refused settlement in Australia is showing signs of recovery.