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‘Mere allegations sans any proof’:
India dismisses claims of Lankan Navy attacks on fishermen
The Indian Government has dismissed claims of
recent attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy as mere
allegations sans any proof. Director, BSM (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,
Myanmar and the Maldives) Division, Ministry of External Affairs of
India, Deepak Mittal made the submission in a counter affidavit
filed in reply to a couple of Contempt of Court applications filed
in the Madras High Court Bench,
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Ex LTTE cadres could join police
The Sri Lanka Police Department will create
opportunities for former LTTE cadres who are well educated to join
the police, Inspector General of Police N.K. Illangakoon said. He
said if the former LTTE cadres were willing to join the police after
fulfilling the requirements, the Department would recruit them.
“They need to have the required educational qualifications and pass
the physical fitness tests”, he said.
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Pensions and insurance for over 250,000 fishermen
Over 250,000 fishermen will be brought under the
pension and insurance schemes launched by Minister of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne told the
Sunday Observer. The insurance scheme introduced in July last year
will be made compulsory from April 1 this year. The scheme covers
benefits to the family members, including educational assistance to
their children up to the age of 18 and payments for hospitalisation
for two weeks, the Minister said.
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New method to be adopted for census
A new method will be adopted at the enumeration
stage of the 2011 population and housing census to be conducted from
February 27 to March 21 to support the need assessment in the
development and administrative purposes by collecting data from the
residents, Director, Census and Statistics Department H.R.
Gunasekara said.
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The visiting foreign Minister of Seychelles Jean Paul Adams and Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris held bi-lateral discussions at the Foreign Ministry this evening.
Sri Lanka registered a superb 35 (five goals) points to 10 (one goal and one penalty) victory over Singapore in their Asian Five Nations Rugby Division 1 tournament match played at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, Philippines today.
Two Thai women who were pretending pregnant mothers, were apprehended while attempting to smuggle 162 cocaine tablets. 
The Government decision to increase the import tax on motor vehicles was aimed at controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the vehicle fleet of the country as excessive number of vehicles have been imported to the country during the past three years, Acting Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said today. “We had no other intention behind this move other than controlling the number of vehicles added annually to the road network”, the Minister said.
The Catholic Church today appealed to the President to halt any amendments leading to relax existing Abortion Law of the country, cautioning that such measures would aggravate the social issue and deprive children of their right to life. 
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Wednesday night that the new head of the government’s Socialist Left party (SV) has ousted veteran SV politician and former party leader Erik Solheim as the government minister in charge of both environmental and foreign aid issues.
The Department of Wildlife and Conservation (DWLC) has launched an investigation why the army shot two wild elephants in Bundala yesterday. According to environmentalists one jumbo was shot in the head and the other sustain similar gun shot injuries.
The Sri Lankan delegation, who left the country Wednesday to attend the 19th session of the United Nations Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, says they have a well-organized plan to counteract the arguments against Sri Lanka.
Eight Indian fishermen from Keechankuppam fishing hamlet in Nagapattinam district sustained injuries in an alleged mid-sea attack by Lankan fishermen at midnight on Tuesday.
The UK still believes that a process led in Sri Lanka is better than one led internationally, said the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Alistair Burt, participating in a debate on the situation in Sri Lanka in the House of Commons yesterday (22).
In a new boost to Sri Lanka’s geo-textile industry and Sri Lanka’s standing as world’s largest exporter of coir fibre, a top US government agency has cleared the way for Sri Lankan made geo-textiles for two projects. 
