Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Thanks to India’s intervention, the crisis in the Maldives has blown over with the former President, Mohamed Nasheed, emerging out of the Indian High Commission in Male on Saturday. Fearing arrest, he had sought refuge at the High Commission office on February 13. […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Welcome to the land of the Buddha. A breather from most other religious destinations, which, ironically, reel under chaos, Kushinagar – the place where Gautam Buddha breathed his last – is a place where you can pray in peace or simply soak in the beauty of the architectural marvels and the […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Amid protests over the alleged brutal killing of slain LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran’s son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday called off the 20th Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held here in July, saying Sri Lankan players have no place in the State. […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana AJMER: The old and evil order of casteism and untouchability refused to die down and recently reared up it’s ugly head with dalits being prevented from taking part in a yagna for a temple inauguration, for which they too have contributed. […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana NEW DELHI: Three Rajiv Gandhi assassins have opposed the execution of the death sentence awarded to them by pointing to the 12 year-lag between the Supreme Court’s confirmation of the high court’s order to send them to the gallows and the rejection of the mercy petition by President. Behind this argument, […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana MALE: When the rest of south Asia went to sleep on Friday, thousands of Maldivians rose in protest demanding the safety of their former president Mohamed Nasheed and formation of a caretaker government in place of president Waheed Hassan Malik to ensure free and fair elections in September. […]
About 400 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central Russia on Friday sending fireballs crashing to Earth, smashing windows and setting off car alarms. Residents on their way to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave, according to a […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Green revolution led to serious issues like insect resistance Andiyur village in Erode district is well known for groundnut and sugarcane cultivation. But the farmers there face a recurring pest problem called white grub that makes it difficult for them to harvest a good yield. Managing the pest proves difficult for […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana Revealing the scale of violence against women that goes on behind closed doors even in the most privileged homes, Anoushka Shankar, composer and daughter of the late sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, has said how as a child she suffered “sexual and emotional abuse” in silence for several years at the hands […]
Perarivalan’s mother confident that justice will be done After the executions of Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru were carried out in secrecy, 66-year-old Arputhammal says every dawn scares her. She reiterates that her son A.G. Perarivalan is innocent and hopes that justice will be rendered. Perarivalan has been sentenced to death along with Murugan and […]
Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: A day after Afzal Guru’s hanging, Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah cautioned the Centre against being selective in executing those convicted of attacking symbols of democracy, and suggested that the government now move to implement the death penalty of killers of Rajiv Gandhi and Beant Singh, both […]
By A Subramani – Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana CHENNAI: The execution of Afzal Guru, the second high-voltage hanging in three months, has sent shivers down the spine of advocates involved in a last-ditch legal battle to save the three death convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case – Murugan, Perarivalan and Santhan. […]
Devastated dad tells The Sunday People he hopes revealing her name will give courage to other women who have survived such attacks She is known to the world only as India’s Daughter following her sickening gang rape and murder. But today, with permission of her devastated father, we can reveal her name: Jyoti Singh Pandey. […]
