OTHER NEWS LTTE aircraft sighted A series of protest campaigns against recent EP polls Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Pillayan - new CM EP    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Wanni liberation operation continues, 16 terrorists killed, 19 wounded 03-05-2008 The offensive march towards LTTE strongholds in Wanni continues further inflicting heavy losses to the enemy. 16 terrorists were killed while another 19 received injuries due to the clashes sparked in Jaffna and Wanni theatres yesterday, May 02. On Jaffna theatre, troops attacked at terror gun position and destroyed it in general area Nagarkovil. Troops confirmed that 2 terrorists were either killed or wounded due to this attack. On Wanni theatre, in Vavuniya front, 3 soldiers received injuries exploding anti-personnel mines in north of Kallikulam and west of Palamoddai areas while conducting mine clearing operations. In Mannar front, heavy fighting erupted between security forces and LTTE in general area Veddayamuruppu last morning. Troops confirmed that 12 terrorists were killed while 15 others received injuries due to gun battle lasted for hours, sources said. Meanwhile, 3 more terrorists were gunned down by the army snipers in Veddayamuruppu and Malikaittidal areas. In Welioya front, troops have attacked targeting a group of LTTE terrorists in general area Kokkuthuduvai last morning. By intercepting terror radio communication, it is learnt that a terrorist was killed while another 4 suffered injuries. One T-56 weapon and 2 magazines were found in a subsequent search operation conducted in the area. In the same area, 5 more terrorists were either killed or wounded due to a clash occurred last evening. In a separate confrontation took place in general area north of Kiriibbanwewa, 2 soldiers suffered injuries. The damages caused to the enemy not reported yet. Troops on mine clearing operations have unearthed 185 anti-personnel mines from north of Janakapura and Kokkuthuduvai areas. Further, 113 anti-personnel mines and 16 Improvised Explosive Devices were unearthed from the general area Vedukkanry. Print Version | Email to friend

LTTE aircraft sighted Fri, 16-05-2008 04:00:00 An LTTE air craft was detected by the air defence system yesterday evening over the LTTE built Iranamadu runway, military sources said. A senior Air Force official told media that the air defence system had detected the LTTE aircraft soon after, it was airborne. “However it immediately disappeared from the radar system, as it went down,” the official said. ... |FULL STORY|

A series of protest campaigns against recent EP polls Fri, 16-05-2008 19:00:00 UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake , said , this Govt. has no capacity to do anything legal and honest ,whether it is administration, development or in the conduct of elections. It thrives only on murder, mayhem, corruption and malpractices. The Eastern Provincial Council elections bore all those hallmarks, he added. At the last Presidential elections it entered into a pact with the LTTE paying them billions of rupees betraying the country, and won. This time it entered into an allianc... |FULL STORY|

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Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Fri, 16-05-2008 18:00:00 Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening. Three other provincial councilors also took their oaths, as cabinet of ministers despite M.L.A.M Hisbullah was absent. They are T.Navaratnarajah, Wimalaweera Dissanayake and M.Uduma . After swearing in ceremony Minister Athaullah welcomed the newly appointed Chief Minister. Chandrakantha obtained the highest number of preferential vo... |FULL STORY|

Pillayan - new CM EP Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00 Mr.Pillayan took oaths as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council in a short while ago.... |FULL STORY|

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