Colombo, May 18th: LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was shot dead by Sri Lankan Special Forces on Monday. Prabhakaran was shot dead as he tried to breakout from the army encirclement. According to a military spokesman, Prabhakaran and his top aides were driving in an armed plated van accompanied by a group of rebels in a bus approaching the Special Forces. Exchange of fire took palace for two hours and finally the forces fired a rocket at the van bringing an end to the battle.
Army sources said that Prabhakaran body was pulled from the van and identified. The dead bodies of his son Charles Anthony and three other top leaders, Pottu Amman, Soosai and Nadesan were also found in the van. Celebrations broke out here as news spread of the death of Prabhakaran. Tamil Nadu went on alert following the news. According to the director general of police, Mr. K.P Jain the police forces were kept ready as there are chances of pro-LTTE group attack on them on hearing the news.
Kakinada, May 18th: The government has issued GO for the introduction of village malls in rural areas. According to the East Godavari district joint collector and collector for civil supplies, Mr. Kona Sasidhar the government has taken the decision to make all essentials available at one place to ...
Hyderabad, May 18th: Aiming to raise global awareness about Hepatitis b and Hepatitis c and to encourage prevention, diagnosis and treatment, world health organization has observed May 19 as world hepatitis day. Shockingly 1 in every 12 people world wide is living with either chronic Hepatitis b or...
Visakhapatnam, May 18th: Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Gitam University here on Monday. Agreement was jointly signed by BARC-Health Safety and Environment Group director, Mr. H.S Kushwaha and the Gitam University registrar, Prof P.M Valli ...
Hyderabad, May 19th: Dr. Y.S Raja Shekar Reddy is going to take oath as chief minister for the second term on Wednesday evening at Lal Bahadur Stadium. He was re-elected as leader of Congress Legislature party on Tuesday evening. Reddy will be the only minister to take oath today. His council of mi...
Kakinada, May 19th: To beat the scorching heat and heavy rush due to summer, South Central Railway (SCR) is likely to run special AC train from Kakinada to Secunderabad every Tuesday. The train will be provided with 18 AC compartments to facilitate the passengers to have a cool journey in hot summe...
Kakinada, May 19th: The East Godavari district administration has fixed targets for both Kharif and Rabi season yields under the action plan 2009-10. In addition to fixing targets steps were also taken for supply of water for irrigation under the Godavari, Yeluru and other sources. The administration...
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