J. Venkatesan A three-member bench said it found no merit in Centre’s review petition The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review its February 18 judgment commuting the death sentence of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, into life imprisonment.
KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH (Reuters) – The last words from the cockpit of a missing Malaysian jet were a standard “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”, Malaysian authorities said, changing their account of the critical last communication from a more casual “All right, good night”.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says existing evidence suggests that the missing Malaysia Airlines has been lost in the Indian Ocean.
The Australian government says that the asylum seekers who attempt to illegally reach Australia by boat or plane will no longer receive free advice on immigration.
Military sources in South Korea say the country has exchanged fire with North Korea across a disputed maritime border.
Special Correspondent Distributors of the Santhosh Sivan-film, ‘Inam’, which is centred on the conflict between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE, have said the film will be withdrawn from theatres, starting Monday (31). In a statement, N. Lingusamy, who distributed the film on behalf of Tiruppathi Brothers, said there had been a lot of Read More
Meera Srinivasan Several organisations of Sri Lankan Tamils living outside the country have expressed disappointment over India’s abstention at the U.N. Human Rights Council, where a U.S.-backed resolution was adopted on March 27.
D. J. Walter Scott Gold biscuits smuggled from Sri Lanka with help of fishermen in coastal hamlets The seizure of 34 kg of gold by the marine police of the Coastal Security Group (CSG) in February at Mandapam and 15 kg of gold by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Kannirajapuram, a coastal hamlet, Read More
Special Correspondent Nineteen of the 98 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy and ordered to be released by the Lankan government were repatriated on Sunday.
Congress today downplayed Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s remark that India should have supported the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka. “He is certainly entitled to that view and we understand that he is from Tamil Nadu. Equally, Congress, on a national perspective is entitled to agree to disagree with it”, party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said when Read More
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