Category: Foreign News

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana A Canadian man from Malton who pleaded guilty to his role in a 2006 terror plot to supply computers and night vision glasses etc and had future plans to give them aviation equipment for Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers was set free today. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Dalai Lama has told London’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he fears Chinese agents  are training Tibetan women with poisoned hair and scarf to kill him in the guise of seeking blessings from him. […]

Nitin Gadkari, National president of BJP hoists the party flag on Thursday at BJP State Conference in Madurai.-Photo: S. James Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Nitin Godkari, the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the main opposition of the Indian parliament said in Madurai Tamil Nadu that he had spoken to G.L.Peiris , […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Hindu newspaper quoted the Indian Union Minister for Labour and Employment M. Mallikarjun Kharge of having said  that Buddhism was the one religion whose foundation was laid firmly on the philosophy of equality, casteless society and the principle of non-violence. […]

Onlanka News – by Walter Jayawardhana (Photo: S. Subramanium ) “Film-makers in Buddhist countries are making impactful films which give people an understanding of the philosophy and aesthetic art of Buddhism. But I am unable to understand why Indian film-makers do not explore Buddhism as a subject. So this festival will give experienced and fledgling […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana While protesters are once again demonstrating against the controversial Kudankulam nuclear reactor in Chennai the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalitha Jayaram said in New Delhi after the Chief Ministers conference there that the plant will commission within the next ten days. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Bangalore Mahabodhi Society is translating in parts the Pali Tripitaka into Kannada language said Bhante Ananda, the Secretary of the society in an interview conducted with the Sunday Times of India on the activities of the society in the event of the Vesak celebrations taking place in the […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Bollywood screen’s latest success story,  actress Paoli Dam coinciding with Vesak or as the Indians call it Buddha Purnima told the Times of India that the reason for her success is her religion Buddhism. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana – Pix by PTI A Lord Buddha statue gets a wash on the eve of Buddha Purnima in Bhopal on Saturday. Indians call Vesak, the Buddha Purnima. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Scientists have isolated a compound in garlic that would fight with hundred times more potency than an antibiotic in combating bacteria that causes intestinal illness. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Pudukottai by-election is likely to be a cakewalk for the ruling Jayalalitha led AIADMK, as the main Opposition DMK of Karunanidhi has decided to boycott the poll, saying that opposition parties would not get justice from the Election Commission, reported the Hindu. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana India’s Pioneer newspaper said in an editorial that Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi’s recent clamor to divide Sri Lanka and carve out a separate Tamil homeland has been done for a political mileage and it can also be seen as an attempt to brush aside all troubles in his own […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana The Supreme Court today decided to adjudicate itself the mercy pleas of Rajiv Gandhi killers against their death penalty due to the delay of over 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President Pratiba Patil, reported the Pioneer Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana New CID investigations revealed that a DMK functionary led gang has killed a five year old girl to take her blood to sprinkle around a large building as a vow of black magic in one of the most barbaric and eerie acts. […]

Onlanka News – By  Walter Jayawardhana In Britain, an old bastion of Christian heritage there had been a widely accepted practice of starting public meetings by saying prayers until secularist campaigners protested  sometimes even by challenging the authorities in courts of law. Eventually some local government bodies dropped the practice altogether. […]

Onlanka News – By Walter Jayawardhana Havana which has made many medical feats for a small country has manufactured a very effective drug for asthma Cuba’s Prensa Latina News Service reported. […]