Colombo - A former Tamil rebel military wing leader, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, alias Karuna, has been named a member of parliament in Sri Lanka by the ruling party, officials said.
Muralitharan, who led the military wing of the rebels in eastern Sri Lanka and was once a bodyguard of rebel chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, broke away from the rebel movement in 2004 and has been supporting the government's military campaign to fight his former organisation.
New Delhi, Oct 6 : India on Monday expressed “grave concern and unhappiness” at the growing casualties of unarmed Tamil civilians in the military offensive in Sri Lanka, and asked the government in the island nation to act with greater restraint.
National Security Adviser M K Narayanan today summoned Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner G G A D Palithaganegoda to convey India’s concerns to him.
Colombo, Oct. 6 : At least 27 people, including a former senior general, were killed on Monday in a suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura.
According to army sources, Major General (retired) Janaka Perera, the controversial commander in the Jaffna peninsula in the 1990s, died alongside his wife.
Over 80 people were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the United National Party office near a bus depot, the BBC quoted officials, as saying.
Colombo – Air force jets bombed the Tamil rebel police headquarters in a northern town in Sri Lanka Friday as ground troops were poised in the outskirts of the city, military officials and Tamil rebel sources said.
The rebel police headquarters, located in Kilinochchi town, 380 kilometres north of the capital, was bombed by an undisclosed number of government fighter-bombers on Friday morning.
Colombo - Air force fighter jets bombed the Tamil rebel political headquarters and their peace secretariat in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, as government troops were poised to enter the area, military officials and a pro-rebel website said.
The two buildings, located close to each other in Kilinochchi town, 380 kilometres north of the capital, where the Tamil rebels have been running their administrative activities during the past 10 years.
The air force commander said that the rebel headquarters had been bombed and destroyed.
A former Tamil rebel military wing leader, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, alias Karuna, has been named a member of parliament in Sri Lanka by the ruling party, officials said.
New Delhi, Oct 6 : India on Monday expressed “grave concern and unhappiness” at the growing casualties of unarmed Tamil civilians in the military offensive in Sri Lanka, and asked the government in the island nation to act with greater restraint.
Colombo, Oct. 6 : At least 27 people, including a former senior general, were killed on Monday in a suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura.
Air force jets bombed the Tamil rebel police headquarters in a northern town in Sri Lanka Friday as ground troops were poised in the outskirts of the city, military officials and Tamil rebel sources said.
Colombo - Air force fighter jets bombed the Tamil rebel political headquarters and their peace secretariat in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, as government troops were poised to enter the area, military officials and a pro-rebel website said.
