Youth to the fore

Over 1,500 youth representatives from 196 countries :

The World Conference on Youth (WCY) will bring together youth aged 18 to 29 from the world over who are passionate about the development in their respective countries and for those who want to make a lasting and meaningful change. The forum is going to be on a discussion about the development beyond 2015.

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Operation Blue Star 1984:

Political intrigue, violence and ultimate disaster

The embers of that dark and grim episode have again been reignited. It does seem to happen repeatedly when June approaches. June 2014, for example marks the 30th year of that bloody uprising by the Sikh separatists at the Golden Temple in Amritsar. And the response of the Indian Army through what was termed Operation Blue star to flush them out of the temple,

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St. Mary's College, Trincomalee - 150th anniversary:

A great tradition of spiritual and educational values

The 150th jubilee celebrations of St. Mary's College in Trincomalee fell on April 4. It was indeed a strange coincidence for a school to be set up when such a proposal was, perhaps, not even thought of at the time, let alone a dream. Strange as it may, the then Bishop of Jaffna, Rt. Rev. Dr. Semaria, had a vision or a dream of establishing a school in Trincomalee.

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