India launches nuclear submarine »
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the country’s first locally built nuclear-powered submarine on Sunday. Manmohan Singh, center, honors a war victory in New Delhi on Sunday, the same day he launched a sub. Manmohan Singh, center, honors a war victory in New Delhi on Sunday, the same day he [...]
Ex military personnel elbow out political henchmen »
by Shamindra Ferdinando The government has siganalled a significant change in its policy by the appointment of senior retired military officers and one serving military officer to head important offices generally reserved for political appointees.For the first time, the government has also appointed a retired service commander as Secretary to the Highways and Road Development [...]
General Sarath Fonseka’s life in danger due to security cut »
2009-07-26 | 10.00 PM A senior army source told Lanka News Web that General Sarath Fonseka’s security contingent that numberd to around 500 security personnel while he was the Army Chief has now been reduced to 200. The slash in the security contingent is said to have placed Fonseka’s life in danger. The source said [...]
The sister act »
By Team iDiva 27 Jul 09 Karisma and Kareena Kapoor You always wonder how easy it is for star sons and daughters to make it big in Bollywood. And every now and then even the sisters join the gang. Katrina Kaif’s sister Isabel Kaif and Ayesha Takia’s sister Natasha Takia are all set to make [...]
PMK wants proper rehabilitation of displaced Sri Lankan Tamils »
Dharmapuri (TN) (PTI): The PMK on Sunday appealed to the United Nations to take steps for proper rehabilitation of the internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamils in the island nation. PMK President G K Mani alleged that the displaced Tamils had been lodged in camps without adequate medical facility, food and shelter. Referring to the increase [...]
3,000 more war displaced to be resettled: Colombo »
B. Muralidhar Reddy Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced that it has taken steps to resettle 3,000 more war displaced sheltered in the welfare camps in Wanni in August first week. “All the arrangements are now in place to resettle the displaced persons,” said senior adviser to the President, parliamentarian Basil Rajapaksa, at a [...]
7 point guide to sexual bliss »
24 July 2009, 03:05pm IST Has your sexual regime reached a dead end? Feeling bored? Follow our seven step sexual guide and feel your lost libido recharged 1. Change your sexual routine Analyse your sexual regimen. Is it highly predictable? Is it more of a race to reach an orgasm? If so then perhaps you [...]
U. K. study seeking women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year »
Agence France-Presse, National Post Published: Friday, July 24, 2009 Chocolate File photo Chocolate Scientists in Britain are looking for women willing to eat chocolate every day for a year — all in the name of medical science. Researchers at the University of East Anglia and a hospital in Norwich, eastern England, are trying to find [...]
Defeated Tamil rebels name new leader »
Updated on 22 July 2009 By Channel 4 News Sri Lanka’s vanquished Tamil Tiger rebels name a man accused of running a huge arms smuggling operation as their new leader, two months after government troops crushed the separatist movement. Jonathan Miller reports. The new leader has promised to remake the rebels into a peaceful separatist [...]
Sangakkara ton frustrates Pakistan in drawn Test »
Agence France-Presse 19:56 IST, Friday, July 24, 2009 (Colombo) Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten century to steer Sri Lanka to a draw in the final Test against Pakistan here on Friday and win his first series as captain. The left-hander made 130 not out as Sri Lanka, faced with a world record target of 492, [...]
