Perarivalan was a teenage sympathiser of LTTE when he was arrested 29 years ago for being a part of the group’s conspiracy to kill former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
The Multi- Disciplinary Monitoring Agency was constituted to probe the larger conspiracy in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case involving persons of other countries.
Opposing Nalini's plea seeking to declare her detention as illegal, the Centre Thursday said unless there was an order in Governor's name, it wasn't such a case.
Sri Lanka said the travel ban amounted to the US questioning the prerogative of the president's appointment of Lt Gen Shavendra Silva as Army Commander.
To Sinhalese power circles led by the Rajapaksas, Silva is a war hero. Sri Lankan leaders have over the years not heeded to UN’s calls for probe into war crimes.
Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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