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The two prospects are in Sittampundi of Namakkal and Mettupalayam of Coimbatore

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found two significant platinum prospects in Tamil Nadu, according to Santha Sheela Nair, Secretary of the Union Ministry of Mines. The two prospects are in Sittampundi of Namakkal district (covering Karungalpatti, Chettiyampalaiyam and Tasamapalaiym blocks) and Mettupalayam [...]

 Sri Lanka prepared to face the GSP+ withdrawal challenge
Current reports indicate that the Generalized System of Preferences plus (GSP+) facility granted by the European Union (EU) would not be available for Sri Lanka after 15 August 2010, and based on such reports, there has been considerable speculation. Hence, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) [...]

Mani Ratnam’s Raavan may have bombed at the box office, but the flick has certainly given a boost to Abhishek Bachchan’s career.
Abhishek has reportedly been offered Rs 7 crore for an upcoming film by Raj Kumar Santoshi.
What’s more? Santoshi’s film is set to have not just Abhishek, but will also star Amitabh and Aishwarya in [...]

If the Sri Lankan government has nothing to hide, it should have no objection in allowing the UN delegation to look into the alleged rights violations and war crimes committed during the civil war, AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa said on Thursday.
Recalling the reports about appointment of a three-member panel by Secretary General of the United [...]

BOSTON: A judge today ordered two of the suspected Russian spies arrested this week held behind bars at least until July 16, when a bail hearing will be held.
US Magistrate Judge Jennifer Boal ordered that Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley remain in jail until the new hearing.
The two were among nine suspected Russian sleeper agents [...]

The amendment to the constitution is sought not only to extend the period of the Executive Presidency beyond two terms , but is also to bar the previous Presidents of SL from seeking appointment to the post again.
Under Section 31 (2) of the chapter 7 of the SL constitution, a candidate who had been elected [...]

LONDON: Mind-numbing figures are par for the course for Tiger Woods. But this is surely one he’d have preferred to avoid. The disgraced golfer has agreed to give his ex-wife almost $750 million (about Rs 3,500 crore) as part of a divorce settlement which also bars him from letting any of his girlfriends near his [...]

KIEV, July 1 (Xinhua) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will pay an official visit to Ukraine on July 2-3, in an effort to strengthen U.S. ties with partners in the region while trying to “reset” relations with Russia.
A political analyst said Ukrainian-American relations have not changed much with the change of power in [...]

LAHORE: Three suicide bombers struck a famous Sufi shrine in this eastern Pakistani city today, killing 30 people, including women and children, and injuring over 100 others.
While one attacker blew himself up at the crowded entrance to the Data Darbar shrine, the second exploded in the basement, where people perform ablutions before entering the complex.
The [...]

It is reported that the present Govt. which celebrated the war victory recently, achieved after a 30 year ethnic conflict, had held the victory commemoration ceremony while bruising the feelings of a large section of the armed forces who contributed to the victory.
Among the Forces and the people there is a general disillusionment and disappointment [...]

A new formula, based on a large study, provides a more accurate estimate of the peak heart rate a healthy woman should attain during exercise.
It also will more accurately predict the risk of heart-related death during a stress test.
“Now we know for the first time what is normal for women, and it’s a lower peak [...]

 Ukraine will take steps to extend its space technology know-how to Sri Lanka Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Yanovych Azarov told President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday.
He said Ukraine already has a similar exchange program with Brazil and it hopes to involve Sri Lanka too in such a program in the future.
President Rajapaksa said Information Technology had advanced [...]

Beijing: China today backed Sri Lanka in its opposition to the setting up of a human rights panel by the UN to look into alleged rights abuses during the ethnic war, saying the government was capable of handling it.
China said Sri Lanka and its people were capable of handling the issue and asked UN Secretary [...]

The air is filled with the sweet smell of incense burning in a corner of the huge hall.
Wrapped in shiny bright clothes, idols of Hindu gods and goddesses smile benevolently from the elevated platform.
Sitting on the white marble floor a group of more than 50 men, women and children sing devotional Hindi songs.
Nothing extraordinary about [...]

Lanka truth news revealed that the allocation for rehabilitation of 1km road is less than 100 rupees. This information is based on the budget paper presented to parliament for 2010. Regarding this matter one official of the Ministry of finance replied us as it is a printing mistake.
 
 He said that the relevant sentence should be [...]

Pakistan will raise the human rights issue in Jammu and Kashmir with External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna during his visit to the country later this month, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Thursday.
The issue of Jammu and Kashmir and alleged human rights violations there will figure in talks to be held with [...]

Marking a turning point in the Medical History of Sri Lanka, a team of local surgeons have succeeded in performing the first Liver Transplant in Sri Lanka.
A team led by Dr. Mandika Wijeratne had performed the surgery and the patient who underwent the operation is now being treated under supervision at the Intensive Care Unit, National Hospital [...]

MEXICO CITY, June 30 (Xinhua) — Hurricane Alex killed eight people in two separate incidents in Monterrey, the capital city of the northern Mexican state Nuevo Leon, civil protection authorities said Wednesday.
Hurricane Alex, which is now category two and has a radius of 110 km, has already killed 11 people across Central America and southern Mexico. [...]

BEIJING: China’s state-run news agency Xinhua Thursday launched its English language television channel.
The 24-hour news channel CNC World will broadcast programmes, covering all major political, economic and cultural news around the globe.
Xinhua president Li Congjun said: “CNC will present an international vision with a China perspective. It will broadcast news reports in a timely way [...]

National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon will visit China from July 3 to 6 as a special envoy of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interest.
“Indian Prime Minister’s envoy Menon will pay a visit from July 3 to 6,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a [...]

Economic development minister, Mr. Basil Rajapaksha stated in parliament yesterday (30) that our proud father wants to build a society of taking three meals of rice per day instead of milk feeding children.
He has said that while delivering the opening speech of the government for the budget debate. He further said “National economy can only [...]

The European Union (EU) is attempting to establish contact with the Sri Lankan government over the GSP+ trade benefits to the country after the deadline by the EU for the government to respond to its conditions ended today.
EU Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Bernard Savage speaking to Daily Mirror online said that the government [...]

Johannesburg, July 01, 2010
The World Cup could set a 16-year high for paid attendance at games, the chief executive of the local organizing committee said Thursday.
Danny Jordaan said at a breakfast meeting that there is a “big possibility” that the tournament will surpass three million paying fans for the first time since 1994 in the [...]

கன்னியா வெந்நீர் ஊற்றுப் பகுதியில் விகாரை அமைக்கும் பணி..!
திருகோணமலை மாவட்டத்தின் கன்னியா வெந்நீர் ஊற்றுப் பகுதியில் விகாரை ஒன்றை புதிதாக அமைக்கும் பணியில் அரசு முமுரமாக ஈடுபட்டு வருகிறது கன்னியா வெந்நீர் ஊற்று தமிழ்-இந்துக்களின் பாரம்பரிய பிரதேசங்களில் ஒன்று. இராவணன் அவனின் தாயாருடைய ஈமச் சடங்குகளைச் செய்வதற்காக இந்த ஊற்றுக்களை அமைத்தான் என்பது வரலாறு. இறந்தவர்களின் ஆத்ம சாந்தி வேண்டி தமிழர்கள் இங்கு ஈமக் கிரியைகளைக் காலம் காலமாக மேற்கொண்டு வருகின்றனர். இந்த நிலையில் பௌத்த விகாரை [...]

தமிழ்க் கட்சிகள் அனைத்தும் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து செயற்பட வேண்டும்-பிரதியமைச்சர் வி.முரளிதரன்..!
தமிழ்க் கட்சிகள் அனைத்தும் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து செயற்பட வேண்டுமென மீள்குடியேற்ற பிரதியமைச்சர் விநாயகமூர்த்தி முரளிதரன் மட்டக்களப்பில் வைத்து ஊடகமொன்றுக்கு வழங்கிய செவ்வியில் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். அனைத்துத் தமிழ்கட்சிகளும் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து பலமான சக்தியாக மாறி ஒருமித்து குரல் கொடுப்பதன்மூலம் எமது மக்களின் அரசியல் தீர்வுதொடர்பாக அரசு கவனம் செலுத்தி உரியதீர்வை முன்வைக்கக்கூடிய சாத்தியங்கள் காணப்படுவதாக தெரிவித்துள்ளார். எமக்குள் ஒற்றுமையின்மையானால் அரசுக்கு வாய்ப்பாக அமைந்துவிடும். எனவே தமிழ்கட்சிகள் ஒற்றுமைப்படுவது இன்றைய [...]

தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பை அரசியல்கட்சியாக பதிவுசெய்யும் ஆவணங்கள் கையளிப்பு..!
தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பு அரசியல்கட்சியாக பதிவுசெய்வதற்குரிய ஆவணங்களை தேர்தல் ஆணையாளரிடம் நேற்று கையளித்ததாக வன்னி எம்.பி செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். அரசியல்கட்சியாக பதிவுசெய்வதற்குரிய ஆவணங்களை தேர்தல் ஆணையாளரிடம் நாடாளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களான மாவை சேனாதிராஜா, சுரேஷ் பிரேமசந்திரன் மற்றும் செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் ஆகியோர் கையளித்துள்ளனர். இக்கட்சியின் சின்னமாக, இலங்கை தமிழரசு கட்சியின் அனுமதியுடன் வீடு சின்னத்தை பயன்படுத்தவுள்ளதாக செல்வம் அடைக்கலநாதன் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். மேலும், தமிழ் தேசிய கூட்டமைப்பின் தலைவராக நாடாளுமன்ற [...]

ஹைகோர்ப் வழக்கில் தனுனவின் வங்கி கணக்குகள் அரசுடமை..!
இராணுவத்துக்கு உபகரணங்கள் கொள்வனவு செய்த ஹைகோர்ப் கேள்விப்பத்திர நிதிமோசடி வழக்கில் 2வது சந்தேகநபரான ஜெனரல் சரத் பொன்சேகாவின் மருமகன் தனுன திலகரட்னவுக்கு சொந்தமான இரண்டு வங்கிகளில் ஏழு கணக்குகளில் உள்ள 15 மில்லியன் ரூபாவுக்கு மேற்பட்ட பணத்தையும் 1251அமெரிக்க டொலர்களையும் அரசுடைமையாக்குமாறு கொழும்பு கோட்டை மாஜிஸ்திரேட் நீதவான் லங்கா ஜயரட்ன றேற்று உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளார். தனுன திலகரட்ன நேற்றுக்காலை 9மணிக்கு நீதிமன்றத்தில் ஆஜராகத் தவறியதையடுத்தே, கொழும்பு கோட்டை மாஜிஸ்திரேட் நீதிமன்ற நீதிபதி [...]

இலங்கையில் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்ட இந்திய இளைஞரின் சடலத்தை பொறுப்பேற்க இந்திய தூதரகம் மறுப்பு..!
இலங்கையில் உயிரிழந்த இந்திய இளைஞரின் சடலத்தைப் பொறுப்பேற்பதற்கு அந்நாட்டு உயர்ஸ்தானிகராலயம் மறுப்பு தெரிவித்துள்ளது. வெள்ளவத்தை ஹோட்டல் ஒன்றில் கடமையாற்றிய குறித்த இளைஞர் படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டு அவரது சடலத்தை புத்தளம் மாவட்டம் முந்தல் பகுதி கடலில் வீசுவதற்கு முயற்சிக்கப்பட்டதாகத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. இந்த சம்பவத்துடன் தொடர்புடைய சந்தேகத்தின்பேரில் குற்ற விசாரணைப்பிரிவின் பொறுப்பதிகாரி மற்றும் வெள்ளவத்தை ஹோட்டல் உரிமையாளர் ஆகியோர் கைதுசெய்யப்பட்டுள்ளனர். குறித்தநபரின் சடலத்தைப் பாதுகாப்பதற்கு உயர்ஸ்தானிகாரயத்தில் வசதிகள் [...]

 Chola Splendour

The Rajarajesvaram temple in Thanjavur is an architectural marvel that has survived the ravages of time.

 D. KRISHNAN

The 1,000-year-old Rajarajesvaram temple with its towering vimana.  
THE first sight that greets a visitor to Thanjavur is the majestic vimana (the tower above a temple’s sanctum sanctorum) of the Rajarajesvaram temple. The vimana and the [...]

A suicide bomber detonated explosives near a music hall where the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region was attending a concert, leaving him unharmed but injuring five servicemen.
World  |  Russia
“Those bandits cannot destroy the peace in the Chechen republic,” Kremlin-backed Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov told reporters after leaving the concert hall in the provincial capital, Grozny, following the [...]

But head of civilian board overseeing Toronto Police says no independent inquiry is needed
The head of the civilian board overseeing the Toronto Police says the force may have made a mistake by not telling the public they’d mischaracterized the powers police had during the G20 summit.
“That may be one of the communication issues to be [...]

The United States has unveiled a new initiative to strengthen commercial co-operation with India, which is aimed at benefiting from new emerging Indian metropolitans like Pune and Nagpur.
“The growth in emerging metropolitan sectors like Pune and Nagpur will accelerate and form new markets for US and Indian businesses,” said the Under Secretary of Commerce for [...]

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s candidate was elected German President on Wednesday in a lacklustre victory that took an embarrassing three rounds of voting and dashed hopes of a strong show of support from her governing coalition.
Christian Wulff, a 51-year-old deputy leader of Ms. Merkel’s conservative party, won 625 votes in a special Parliamentary Assembly compared to [...]

* Colombo should ensure accountability, U.N. chief says
* Ban urges Sri Lanka to show commitment to human rights
* U.N. concerned about Sri Lankan minister’s remarks
By Katrina Manson
KINSHASA, June 30 (Reuters) – There is no reason for the Sri Lankan government’s angry reaction to the formation of a U.N. advisory panel on possible war crimes at [...]

A picture-perfect village was home to Prabhakaran, terror’s poster boy responsible for around 100,000 deaths
Velvettithurai: “No further,” the lance corporal says, moving his Chinese-made T56 rifle off his shoulder. He means business.
I open my arms out to show I am not a threat and plan to obey his order.
“Prabhakaran’s house,” I point, still hoping to [...]

MATAMOROS, Mexico — Hurricane Alex made landfall in northeastern Mexico as a Category Two storm, lashing residents of the Mexican Gulf coast and south Texas with heavy rains and winds.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the 2010 season roared ashore at about 0200 GMT, thrashing the Mexican coast with its eye located some 35 miles (56 [...]

Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka has warned the government not to trust former LTTE Chief Arms Procurer Kumaran Pathmanathan (KP) as he is a terrorist and could mislead investigations into the activities of the LTTE.
Questioning as to why the government had failed to take legal action against KP despite it being several months since his [...]

Sri Lanka yesterday signed four agreements with Ukraine enhancing cooperation in tourism, maritime, shipping and defence sectors. The signing of these four agreements took place before President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Yanukovich at the latter’s office yesterday.
The agreement to promote tourism between the two countries were signed by Sri Lankan Ambassador in [...]

NEW YORK: Al-Qaida is preparing to launch its first online propaganda newspaper in English, a move that could help the terror group recruit inside the US and Europe.
The group has begun promoting the paper, called Inspire, with animated online graphics promising “special gift to the Islamic nation.”
Counterterrorism officials and terror analysts say it will be [...]

The detained former military commander in Sri Lanka says he is prepared to meet the special panel appointed to advice the UN chief on alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka.
Gen Sarath Fonseka told BBC Sandeshaya that even President Mahinda Rajapaksa has agreed with the UN to investigate alleged human rights violations during the last [...]