Tamil Nadu is wholly indifferent to the carnage in Mumbai. Anybody attuned to the Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidi’s pronouncements on Sri Lanka would have to infer this. Karunanidi’s call is essentially for a reprieve for the Tamil Tigers, an outfit which has had no qualms launching terror attacks on scales that are similar to the attacks that took place in Mumbai a fortnight back.

A court in Sri Lanka has ordered the police to seek advice from Attorney General prior to calling Tamil MPs to appear in court to answer accusations that they violate country’s constitution.

The Sri Lanka Army, now entering its last leg of Wanni humanitarian operations with its string of ongoing military successes, has been receiving a tremendous public accolade and recognition in the past few months as many segments and organizations in the society, both here and abroad, continue to offer their cooperation, in many instances by way of collecting loose consumables, water bottles, gift items, etc to be sent to War Heroes in offensives.

Senior UNPer, Alick Aluwihare MP, has requested UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint Sajith Premasasa MP (UNP, Hambantota District) as deputy leader of the party.

THE CATHOLIC BISHOP of Jaffna, Rev Thomas Savundaranayagam, wants India to pressurize the LTTE to release the lakhs of Tamil civilians who are held captive in the north Sri Lankan war zones of Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu. Rev Savundaranayagam, whose diocese extends to areas in the current war zone in the Wanni region said that he had asked Members of Parliament belonging to the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to ask the Indian government to put pressure on the LTTE to release the civilians it had been holding captive for military purposes.

WANNI: CLOSE surveillance of 57 Division after sighting an LTTE boat with terrorists aboard near the southern edge of the infamous IRANAMADU tank in un-cleared areas was quick enough to strike it late Wednesday (3) evening.