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SC refuses to restrain Centre from training Lankan forces

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to restrain the Centre from training Sri Lankan armed forces saying it is a policy matter of the government and it cannot interfere with it. A bench headed by......

Jaya shoots off angry letter to PM on SL forces' training

Accusing the Centre of showing 'excessive enthusiasm' in training Lankan defence personnel, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday said it has "mischievously concealed" the training......

Govt bows to Jaya, Lanka air force to be sent off

Under attack from all political parties, including ruling United Progressive Alliance key ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Centre on Friday decided to "send off" the Sri Lankan airmen from the......

Jaya slams Lankan air force training near Chennai

Taking objection to the training being imparted to Sri Lankan Air Force personnel at an Indian Air Force base near Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalaithaa on Thursday urged the Centre to......

No US special forces in Sri Lanka: Military

Sri Lanka on Saturday rejected a top United States military commander's statement that American special forces were deployed in the island nation. There was no American or any other foreign forces......

What India MUST do to reduce corruption

Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal Movement has caught the imagination of Indians worldwide. An attempt to make the government pass an effective Lokpal Bill, something that was not done for forty two......

Roaring markets end on a modest note

The markets wiped off a major component of the post-Budget gains as the market participants made sense of the finer print after giving an initial thumbs-up to Pranab Mukherjee's proposals. The......

ISB's mission: Solving housing, healthcare woes

Can factory workers afford to buy houses? How to interest banks to lend to them? Can a migrant worker use the money he pays as rent to buy a house? How to build low-cost houses without any......

How Bengaluru plans to quench its thirst

Bengaluru, which draws all its drinking water from the Cauvery, has been lauded as a model city for its well-metered water supply system and an effective complaint redress mechanism. The city,......

Vinod Khosla on the future of green technologies

Vinod Khosla, the iconic billionaire has once again demonstrated why he is the undisputed 'venture capitalist with the Midas touch'. When it comes to clean technology, no one can rival Khosla's......

India-themed films at Toronto look to make impact

"I have never lost money on the films that I have produced," saysAkshay Kumar whose home productions include Tees Maar Khan. Within a week he will know if Breakaway, the English-language film he......

Hollywood's top 3D movies

The jury's out on 3D, really. Lots of people hate renting big clunky glasses in theatres, lots of people have headaches but then sometimes 3D can make an otherwise ordinary film quite remarkable,......

Ganesh and Dhyan face off

Ganesh and Priyamani starrer Eno Onthara is finally seeing the light of day. The film which comes after almost a six-month delay is Priyamani's second in Kannada and Ganesh's second release......

Jeans, Kangna Ranaut-style!

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Kangna Ranaut poses for shutterbugs at the launch of Lawman jeans in Mumbai on...

Meet Malayalam TV's tycoon

K K Rajeev is the man with the golden touch in the Malayalam television scene. The director's hits include serials like Swapnam, Avicharitham, Orma, Ammamanasu and Peythozhiyathe. His latest......

Sri Lanka hands cricket ground maintenance to military

Sri Lanka's military will now take care of the grounds of three cricket stadiums, a move putting the armed forces into the operations of the country's sporting passion and widening an already big......

First Look: Tendulkar conferred IAF rank

Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday conferred the Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain in honour of his cricketing achievements and contribution to the nation.He is the first......

Australia take lead but run-outs leave them gasping

Australian blew the chance to take an iron grip on the third Test against Sri Lanka on Friday and instead scrabbled to a 48-run first innings lead after reaching 342 for six at the close of the......

Samaraweera saves the day for SL, impressive debut for De Lange

Thilan Samaraweera with his unbeaten 86 led Sri Lanka to fight back from a shaky start to reach 289-7 on the first day of the second Test against South Africa in Durban, on Monday. Samaraweera......

Sri Lanka reject Pakistan tour offer

Sri Lanka has turned down an offer to tour Pakistan because of security concerns, the Sri Lankan cricket board told Reuters on Tuesday. "We have refused to tour Pakistan," a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)......

People speak for lankan air force

QNA

Q. last hope of LTTE also shatterred. Their worthy aircrafts, the last and final 2, shot down in Colombo suburbs by lankan air force? LTTE claim for supremacy on Colombo with air raids ended this way.
: A. The Air Force was only more of a psychological weapon of the LTTE, the LTTE Airforce & Navy never really served any military purpose. The...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/last-hope-of-ltte-also-shatterred.-their-worthy-aircrafts-th//answers/13296951

Q. How the LTTE got the Helicopters?
Chinna: A. It's not as hard to assemble crude, vintage arieal craft as u'd imagine. The LTTE didn't use HELI-copters but used GYRO-copters. They are "backyard...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-the-ltte-got-the-helicopters/13293662/answers/4285937

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A new phase in ties with Pakistan?

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Rajapaksa vows to fight external forces for peace

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace.... ...

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