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Tamil Nadu police raid Lankan refugee camps From Tamil Press by Thava Sajitharan The Tamil Nadu police raided the Sri Lankan refugee camps in Eerodu district, Tamil Nadu last Saturday, acting on a tip off that some LTTE members had intruded the premises. However they could arrest no one. The searching hunt began at 4 am early in the morning and ended at 1 pm. (Thinakural (TK) - 20/06/05) An event titled ?the voice of Tamil nationalism? to articulate the views against the chauvinists saying that the Tamil speaking people are willing to live with self determination was held in Jaffna University yesterday. (TK - 20/06/05) TNA parliamentarians that met with the opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe emphasised that the UNP should openly express its full support to the proposed P-TOMS. (Sudar Oli (SOI) - 20/06/05) Pasupathi Ramakrishnan, a farmer in Muthaiyankattu off Mullaitivu, has invented a method by himself to produce electricity using the waterfalls from a pond and some hand-made devices. In learning of the invention the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization gave the farmer Rs. 100,000 in order to encourage his endeavour. (SOI - 23/06/05) Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh will start the inauguration ceremony of ?Sethu Samuthram? project in Mathurai on July 2 according to Indian transportation minister T.R Balu. (TK - 23/06/05) The Upcountry People?s Alliance (UPA) will support the government with regard to the P-TOMS proposal under some stipulations including abandoning the upper Kotmale scheme, said the leader of UPA P. Chandrasekaran. (Virakesari (VK) - 23/06/05) A demonstration took place in Kathankudi yesterday insisting that muslims be a signatory party in the P-TOMS. (SOI - 24/06/05) The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) held a meeting to discuss issues in connection with the P-TOMS proposals. This took place on June 22 at the parliamentary premises. The TNA stressed that there should not be any split between the two communities which the respective parties represent. The SLMC representatives said that the Muslim community was not consulted regarding the proposals and reiterated that they be included as a signatory party. (VK - 24/06/05) Norway deputy foreign minister Vidar Helgesen who described the signing of memorandum of understanding between the Sri Lankan Government and the LTTE on P-TOMS as a historical one told the media personnel in New Delhi that India has gladly welcomed the move. He made this observation yesterday after the meeting he held with the Indian Foreign affairs secretory to explain about the proposals. (TK - 25/06/05) ?The election department can by no means deny the truth that the number of voters in the Nuwara-Eliya district has been deliberately reduced in last ten years. Every one should discuss this matter with an open heart? said the former parliamentarian G. Kanagaraj in a seminar held in Hatton on ?Are plantation sector Tamils being discriminated in providing votes?. (TK - 25/06/05) |
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