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Sri Lanka Buddhist hardliners seek ties with RSS against radical Islam

Colombo: A Buddhist group accused of instigating religious hate attacks in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it is in talks with Hindu nationalists in India to form an alliance against what it called rising Islamic extremism in the region. The Buddhist Force, or BBS, says Sri Lanka faces a threat from radical Islam. It has been linked to a rise in attacks against the country's minority Muslim and Christian population in the past two years, although it denies any involvement. On Tuesday it said it was seeking a tie-up with India's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist group linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that is viewed as hostile to the country's 160-million-strong Muslim minority. "Discussions are at a high level with the RSS," BBS chief, Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara told reporters in Colombo. "We are having a dialogue with the RSS as well as Buddhist organisations in India. "We think we can have a Buddhist-Hindu peace zone in this part of the world." Sri Lanka suffered its worst religious violence in decades this June when riots left four people dead. The majority-Buddhist country's government has denied accusations it provides tacit support to the BSS, whose members have been shown attacking minority religious areas in videos posted on social media. Last month the group formed an alliance with Myanmar's 969 movement, a Buddhist group linked to anti-Muslim riots in that country.
Sri Lanka Buddhist hardliners seek ties with RSS against radical Islam in region - Livemint

 

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India constructs 16,000 houses in Lanka in 2014

Colombo: India on Thursday said it has achieved an important milestone by constructing 16,000 houses in Sri Lanka during 2014, meeting the target set for the year. "With the achievement of this important milestone, a total of 27,000 houses have been constructed or repaired under this project till date. During 2014, 14,555 new houses were constructed under the project in the Northern Province, and 1,447 in the Eastern Province," the Indian High Commission said in a statement. "In addition, 162 damaged houses were repaired in the Northern Province, the statement added. The government of India in 2010 had announced that it would construct 50,000 houses as part of post-conflict rehabilitation efforts. The project was implemented as full grant assistance amounting to USD 250 million (approximately SLR 30 billion) from the Government of India, making it one of the largest grant assistance projects ever undertaken by India overseas. Under the pilot phase of the project, which in July 2012, the Government of India helped construct 1,000 houses for beneficiaries in the Northern Province. The second phase, launched in October 2012, aims to construct or repair 45,000 houses in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. With the completion of 26,000 houses under the second phase, 19,000 houses remain to be constructed or repaired under this phase, which is expected to be completed by end of this year. The preparatory work for the third phase of the Indian Housing Project, which involves construction of 4,000 houses for estate workers in the Central and Uva Provinces, has already commenced, and actual construction is expected to start in mid-2015, the Indian High Commission said.
India constructs 16,00 houses in Lanka in 2014 | Zee News

 

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2000 Soldiers Were Moved to Colombo for Coup, Says Former Sri Lankan Army Chief

 

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President Rajapaksa Played China Against India, Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremasinghe Tells NDTV

 

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Loosening Beijing Embrace, Sri Lanka Reviews China Projects - The New Indian Express

 

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Sri Lanka to get $400 million from RBI under currency swap deal - The Economic Times

 

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Last month, music sensation 'Isai Puyal' AR Rahman announced that he will be performing live in Colombo on April 23. But following protests from anti-Sri Lanka groups and posters being stuck outside his Chennai residence, his show has been postponed indefinitely.

The composer recently performed 3 shows back-to-back in Chennai and for the first time in Madurai and Coimbatore.

The grand show in Colombo was to witness AR Rahman and nineteen of India’s best male and female artists on one stage, for the first time in Sri Lanka.

In the past few days, posters were put up outside the Chennai residence of Rahman, asking him how he can shake hands with the government which is accused of killing Tamils.

 

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Sri Lanka Buddhist hardliners seek ties with RSS against radical Islam

Colombo: A Buddhist group accused of instigating religious hate attacks in Sri Lanka said on Tuesday it is in talks with Hindu nationalists in India to form an alliance against what it called rising Islamic extremism in the region. The Buddhist Force, or BBS, says Sri Lanka faces a threat from radical Islam. It has been linked to a rise in attacks against the country's minority Muslim and Christian population in the past two years, although it denies any involvement. On Tuesday it said it was seeking a tie-up with India's Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist group linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that is viewed as hostile to the country's 160-million-strong Muslim minority. "Discussions are at a high level with the RSS," BBS chief, Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara told reporters in Colombo. "We are having a dialogue with the RSS as well as Buddhist organisations in India. "We think we can have a Buddhist-Hindu peace zone in this part of the world." Sri Lanka suffered its worst religious violence in decades this June when riots left four people dead. The majority-Buddhist country's government has denied accusations it provides tacit support to the BSS, whose members have been shown attacking minority religious areas in videos posted on social media. Last month the group formed an alliance with Myanmar's 969 movement, a Buddhist group linked to anti-Muslim riots in that country.
Sri Lanka Buddhist hardliners seek ties with RSS against radical Islam in region - Livemint

Tamil Lankan Musalman are closet Pakis and on ISI payroll to create havoc in South India.

Fact.

 

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India will not tolerate a Military Coup in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: India will not tolerate a military takeover in Sri Lanka and will fully support President Maithripala Sirisena to foil any attempts at it, the Minister of Social Services, S.B.Dissanayake, told the media here.

He was reacting to an assertion by the Joint Opposition leader Dinesh Gunawardena in parliament last week that there could a military coup if the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government continued to suppress the opposition and democratic movements both within and outside parliament.

Gunawardena had mentioned a police baton charge on a demonstration by retired disabled soldiers in Colombo recently.

Dissanayake said that President Sirisena enjoys good relations with India and could trust Indian support to foil any military coup attempt in Sri Lanka.

“India will send two ships [to support Sri Lankan government],” he told ‘Neth FM radio’.

Dissanayake also pointed out that Sri Lanka’s military has always been loyal to the government of the day.

However, in 1962, some top-level rightist army, navy and police officers, both from the regular and volunteer forces, had tried to stage a coup against the government of the leftist Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The attempt failed because one of the conspirators, a police officer, informed the government at the last moment.

The conspirators were tried, and varying punishments were given. Navy chief Adm.Royce de Mel was sacked.


http://www.newindianexpress.com/wor...itary-coup-in-sri-lanka-minister-1541087.html

 

[IndianHawk]

India will not tolerate a Military Coup in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: India will not tolerate a military takeover in Sri Lanka and will fully support President Maithripala Sirisena to foil any attempts at it, the Minister of Social Services, S.B.Dissanayake, told the media here.

He was reacting to an assertion by the Joint Opposition leader Dinesh Gunawardena in parliament last week that there could a military coup if the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government continued to suppress the opposition and democratic movements both within and outside parliament.

Gunawardena had mentioned a police baton charge on a demonstration by retired disabled soldiers in Colombo recently.

Dissanayake said that President Sirisena enjoys good relations with India and could trust Indian support to foil any military coup attempt in Sri Lanka.

“India will send two ships [to support Sri Lankan government],” he told ‘Neth FM radio’.

Dissanayake also pointed out that Sri Lanka’s military has always been loyal to the government of the day.

However, in 1962, some top-level rightist army, navy and police officers, both from the regular and volunteer forces, had tried to stage a coup against the government of the leftist Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The attempt failed because one of the conspirators, a police officer, informed the government at the last moment.

The conspirators were tried, and varying punishments were given. Navy chief Adm.Royce de Mel was sacked.


http://www.newindianexpress.com/wor...itary-coup-in-sri-lanka-minister-1541087.html

Wonderful.
I think India should declare south Asia aa coup free region from now on.
It should make it a clear policy to interfere if a military coup takes place.

That should also include Pakistan.
We shall declare we will attack Pakistan in case military takes over.

 

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India Scores, Sri Lanka Says China Cannot Use Its Port For Military Ships

Sri Lanka's cabinet cleared a revised agreement for its Chinese-built southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, the government said, after terms of the first pact sparked widespread public anger in the island nation.


The port, close to the world's busiest shipping lanes, has been mired in controversy ever since state-run China Merchants Port Holdings, which built it for $1.5 billion, signed an agreement taking an 80 percent stake.

Under the new deal, which Reuters has examined, the Sri Lankan government has sought to limit China's role to running commercial operations at the port while it has oversight of broader security. The new terms will help allay concerns of India as also in Japan and the United States, that the port won't be used for military purposes

In 2014, India was alarmed when a Chinese submarine docked in Colombo, where another Chinese firm is building a $1.4 billion port city on reclaimed land.

India has long considered Sri Lanka, just off its southern coast, as within its sphere of influence and sought to push back against China's expanding maritime presence. In May, Sri Lanka turned down a Chinese request to dock a submarine.

Chinese control of Hambantota, which is part of its modern-day "Silk Route" across Asia and beyond, as well as a plan to acquire 15,000 acres (23 square miles) to develop an industrial zone next door, had raised fears that it could also be used for Chinese naval vessels.


Sri Lankans demonstrated in the streets at the time, fearing loss of their land, while politicians said such large scale transfer of land to the Chinese impinged on the country's sovereignty.


"The cabinet approved the deal and now it needs parliament approval. We will send it for approval this week," cabinet spokesman Dayasiri Jayasekera said.

He didn't provide details. A Chinese embassy spokesman said it had no comment to make on the deal. A source close to the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said both sides had reached a compromise and that Sri Lanka's concerns had been addressed.

"They emphasised that they wanted to maintain balanced relations with other countries. But the deal is still beneficial for China in terms of revenue," the source said.

China Merchants Port Holdings will take an 85 per cent stake in Hambantota International Port Group that will run the port and its terminals, with the rest held by Sri Lanka Ports Authority. The company's capital will be $794 million.

A second firm, Hambantota International Port Group Services Co, with capital of $606 million, will be set up to oversee security operations, with the Sri Lankans holding a 50.7 per cent stake and the Chinese 49.3 per cent, according to the document.

China Merchants Port Holdings also agreed to reduce its stake in the joint venture running the commercial operations of the port to 65 per cent after 10 years, the document says.

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/indi...annot-use-its-port-for-military-ships-1729045

 

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India Scores, Sri Lanka Says China Cannot Use Its Port For Military Ships



http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/indi...annot-use-its-port-for-military-ships-1729045

tube light jal gai lanka ki......nahi to unki lanka laga dete chini..

chini would bring out some epic old story of a chini visiting lanka and would start making claims over the land.......

 

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tube light jal gai lanka ki......nahi to unki lanka laga dete chini....

Not chini but Indians........they will be punished if they tried to help China against India.

 

[Tshering22]

COLOMBO: India will not tolerate a military takeover in Sri Lanka and will fully support President Maithripala Sirisena to foil any attempts at it, the Minister of Social Services, S.B.Dissanayake, told the media here.

I really don't think we should be bothered about democracy in other countries. This is exactly what got India into the whole Nepal mess and ruined our relations with them at a political level. We should be open to any government coming and assure them of support so that they don't veer towards China.

Myanmar also we made the same blunder because of such ridiculous policies.

SAARC countries minus Pakistan should be better integrated, better supported and more manufacturing of ancillaries should be sourced from these countries so that they are assured of a major customer.

If we have to make BIMSTEC a success, add Afghanistan to the list and create a single market with ASEAN countries, we should stop being the US's puppy boy for democracy.

 

[Tshering22]

tube light jal gai lanka ki......nahi to unki lanka laga dete chini..

chini would bring out some epic old story of a chini visiting lanka and would start making claims over the land.......

SL will always play us against them.

That's what small countries do in the region.

 

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tube light jal gai lanka ki......nahi to unki lanka laga dete chini..

chini would bring out some epic old story of a chini visiting lanka and would start making claims over the land.......

There is already a 15th c instance of Ming empire intervening in Sri lanka through Zheng He.

 

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Links between Lanka and paki:blah:


See full clip at 18:21 of how he white washes Kashmir history not mentions invasion by lashkars (tribal militias) into Kashmir.

 

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@Vijyes @Bhumihar

This guy @HeinzGud is a known anti Tamil,anti India and pro Sinhala Sri Lankan. He has in his previous posts advocated for Sri Lanka being a puppet colony to the Chinese rather than maintaining relations with India. He wants Sri Lanka to be a mini Pakistan.

He forgets Sinhalese people were actually Bengalis(Dravidian Bengali populace) who migrated to Ceylon before 1000 AD.

You should ignore this fellow.

Yeah thanks for advise man I'll just lay all my thoughts on the table and be out.

By preserving the identity of the minority in a foreign country would always bring trouble down the road. Besides no one asked Tamils to shed their identity. It was only about learning to read and write the language of the majority. Unless otherwise, how would they have thought to live harmoniously?

We didn't follow the example of India. We followed the example of England. Which was historically and politically similar to Sri Lankan situation.

Why would it cause any trouble there are several countries that are melting pot of language and living in harmony, hilariously above u in terms of Economy as well.
FYI talking about Canada here.

I don't deny the fact that Sinhalese are descended from the people who were at one point migrated from the Indian main land.

But that doesn't make us foreigners of our own land and doesn't make Tamils the sole inhabitants of this island.

If u are immigrants and they are immigrants then who are u to justify that they are foreigners in their own land.

And how plausible is that Sinhalese who were 3500 km away from Sri Lanka island settled first instead of the Tamils who were just 50 km from the island.
You know Tamils have been making boats even before Jessus was born.

Sanskrit is all but dead language

No it isn't, a guy who wants to be astrologist has to study Sanskrit.
My brother just passed class 10 with Sanskrit as one of the language.
My parents know Sanskrit.
I am learning Sanskrit too.

 

[HeinzGud]

Why would it cause any trouble there are several countries that are melting pot of language and living in harmony, hilariously above u in terms of Economy as well.
FYI talking about Canada here.

Because when you holding on to your own culture and refuse to assimilate it will create mistrust and fear among the native people. Just look at what happens in England and Europe regarding the Muslims. Just consider why did the Jews have to be persecuted by the Europeans in the first place. The key to reconciliation is the proper assimilation of cultures. One can protect their culture in their own land. But not in someone else land.

If u are immigrants and they are immigrants then who are u to justify that they are foreigners in their own land.

It is because Sinhalese people are native to Sri Lanka. Their ancestors may have been foreigners. But they themselves are not.

And how plausible is that Sinhalese who were 3500 km away from Sri Lanka island settled first instead of the Tamils who were just 50 km from the island.
You know Tamils have been making boats even before Jessus was born.

This is the common misconception. Sinhalese people have not come from any part of India. If they did then there should have some Sinhalese living in India as of now. Can you show where the indigenous Sinhalese living in India? I can surely do that for Tamils.

No it isn't, a guy who wants to be astrologist has to study Sanskrit.
My brother just passed class 10 with Sanskrit as one of the language.
My parents know Sanskrit.
I am learning Sanskrit too.

Dead language is a language that one has to learn specifically rather than using it as a mother tongue. On one use Sanskrit as their mother tongue. Isn't it?

 

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@Vijyes Please leave the topic of SL-Tamil issues ..Its not our country lets worry about Rohingya s in our country ..What they do with tamil people in SL should be their business not ours ..If there is so much worry about tamils the same should be shown for tamils who are ill treated in malaysia and even in myanmar also for an extent ..

any tamil conflict in SL again will be a direct threat to the safety and security of the indian union only ..The biggest looser will be india and no one else ..The previous conflict had lots of hands from TN which were supported by the church and christian lobby ..With 30% population of TN being Christians we are just trying to discuss about our own destruction in the hands of evan jihadis..

Lets not get emotional and fall into the ploy communist christian nexus set up ..This is what these forces actually wanted

I am tamil i seen the most of the war ..i was just 9 kms away when Rajiv gandhi was blown up into pieces ..My father being a tamil served in IAF in IPKF he is indian first and tamil next ..