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Dear LNP,

The names used in this content has no relevance to any handle names in LNP. Any resemblance is pure a coincidence. If it sound like any of the members here, then deeply regretted. More over my command over English is not that great, hence the article is not flawless.

Lazily switched on TV on that Saturday morning and started flipping channels. My toddler in her baby-talk asked me `haddhya kyaa hai`. Surprised and wondered.... I tried to reason out why she wanted to know the meaning of murder.

I`m not speaking to you today as I would have done before, for security reasons , he said as we sat down to an interview, among other things, he recalled what he had gone through a few months ago. On the 1st of June Poddala Jayantha, secretary of the Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) was abducted and brutally assaulted. The assault has left him in a dire anxiety for the security of his family, while he has himself been in crutches ever since.

I was in hospital for 29 days. I maybe able to keep my feet properly on the ground in a month or two but doctors say that I would be limping for the rest of my life , he continued, pointing at the steel plates that were inserted into his foot.

visiting Tamil Nadu parliamentary delegation today called for the release of the displaced people in camps in Vavuniya, the restoration of democracy and a political solution to the conflict.

In an address made at the Jaffna library this morning head of the visiting delegation T.R.Balu said a political solution is necessary to resolve the conflict which had lasted for more than 25 years.

He added that the Sri Lankan and Indian Tamils had a strong bond, a relationship which is also reflected in the ties between India and Sri Lanka.

Pics are Self Explanatory abt the Hell in the Animal Camps for IDPs.

TN MPs visiting these hell camps must make loud noises so that some movement is done for their release since it is almost 5 months over...

A senior official at the Presidential Secretariat told Lanka News Web that Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka has rejected the additional appointment given to him as Sports Ministry Secretary by the President.

The official said General Fonseka earlier rejected several requests made by the President for him to take over as secretary of either the Export Development Ministry or the Power and Energy Ministry.

The official also said the conflict between Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and General Sarath Fonseka has further intensified due to changes made by Major General Shavendra Silva to Fonseka`s photographs at the Army exhibition at BMICH following Gotabhaya`s orders.

Based on an idea put forward by deputy chief minister M K Stalin, the state government is working on a plan to project Chennai as a
potential financial hub

In his first stint as Chennai`s mayor in 1996, it was Stalin who branded the city as `Singara Chennai` (beautiful Chennai) before embarking on a modernisation plan.

Now, at the seat of power at Fort St George in his new capacity as deputy CM of Tamil Nadu, Stalin seems to be keen to ensure the state draws more investments and facilities in the financial sector.

IT is not Often that we see two Courts give two different judgements for the Same offense done in two different states.

Jaswanth Singh who wrote a Book abt Jinnah which was Banned by Gujarat Govt got his ban overturned by Gujarat High court which passed caustic remarks on the state govt. Jaswant was infact praising Jinnah & blamed Nehru, Sardar for Partition of India & Pakistan.

Jaswant was a Former Army Captain turned Politician from the Majority Hindu Community & is Praised now as role model for standing upto freedom of Speech.

The Lingerie Football League (LFL) is a women`s American indoor football league. The women play 7-on-7 tackle football games

The concept originated from the Super Bowl halftime alternative television special called the Lingerie Bowl which draws millions of viewers as a pay-per-view event broadcast annually directly opposite the Super Bowl halftime show. The television show has become a staple of Super Bowl Sunday festivities for millions worldwide being broadcast in over 85 countries

Play style is full-contact and similar to other indoor football leagues. Uniforms consist of helmets, shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads, sports bras, and shorts.

India`s successful defense of Nehru cup 2009 has to go down as their best moment in footballing history in the past quarter of a century.

By all parameters, this triumph would come better off than the LG cup win in Vietnam 2002 or the Nehru cup win in Delhi, 2007.

having won in 2007, there were expectations of a win this time around - from the country, from the crowd at the Ambedkar stadium, from the coach and from the players within.

It`s going to be 50 jubilant years since the unforgettable `Kalathur Kannamma` hit the screens.

Kamal is known for winning several Indian film awards, including four National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards, and has the distinction of being the actor with the most number of films submitted by India in contest for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

He secured his first Indian National Film Award for his portrayal of a guileless school teacher who tends a child-like amnesiac in 1982`s Moondram Pirai. He was particularly noted for his performance in Mani Ratnam`s Godfatheresque Nayagan (1987), which was ranked by Time magazine as one of the best films of all time

Dear LNP,

Here let me present you this sunday special masala flick. Since this flick is a collection of images, no explanation is required.

This is just a work of fiction. If the presentation or the images hurts any one my sincere apologise.

Hope you guys enjoy.

VeerSingh

PS: Hope the images are clear and visible...

V.O.C. (spelt Vaa. Oo.Ce in Tamil), was an Indian freedom fighter born on 5 September 1872 in Ottapidaram, Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu State of India. He was a prominent lawyer, and a trade union leader. He gets credit for launching the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships. He was an Indian National Congress (INC) member, later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment his barrister license was stripped. He is also known as `Kappalottiya Tamilan`` in Tamil க ப ப ல ோ ட ் ட ி ய த ம ி ழ ன ் `.

V.O.C. (spelt Vaa. Oo.Ce in Tamil), was an Indian freedom fighter born on 5 September 1872 in Ottapidaram, Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu State of India. He was a prominent lawyer, and a trade union leader. He gets credit for launching the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo with the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, competing against British ships. He was an Indian National Congress (INC) member, later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment his barrister license was stripped. He is also known as `Kappalottiya Tamilan`` in Tamil க ப ் ப ல ோ ட ் ட ி ய த ம ி ழ ன ் `.

India`s Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. The day is a national holiday in India. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted by the local administration in attendance. The main event takes place in New Delhi, where the Prime Minister hoists the National Flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts. In his speech, he highlights the achievements of his government during the past year, raises important issues and gives a call for further development. The Prime Minister also pays his tribute to leaders of the freedom struggle.