Jaffna Bishop Totally Denies “Tamil Net” Story

Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Savundaranayagam, Bishop of Jaffna in a hurriedly dispatched letter to Commander Security Forces Headquarters (SFHQ) Major General G.A. Chandrasiri on Thursday (17) denies having spoken to “Tamil Net” in the aftermath of a meeting at Palaly with Jaffna Commander on Wednesday (16).

Pro-LTTE mouthpiece “Tamil Net” in its Thursday’s (17) lead story captioned “Normalcy not possible without students’ release – Bishop” quoted the holy dignitary as saying “Immediate release of the abducted students is the only way to bring Jaffna peninsula educational activities back to normalcy” at a special meeting, held at Palaly with Jaffna Commander and representatives of People’s Committee for Peace and Goodwill (PCPG).

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http://www.army.lk/morenews.php?id=5882

Tamil Tigers launched Tharishanam TV channel in Europe

Tamil Tigers in Europe has launched the second TV pay channel Tharishanam from yesterday by broadcasting via stat elite “Makkal “ Television Tamil channel of Chennai, India, floated by Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss

Tamil Tigers earlier anounced that they intend to launch a new TV channel called Tharishanam from this week onwards. Accordingly they began broadcasting the Makkal TV channel in the name of Tharishanam.

Even though the Tamil Tigers has commenced the broadcast of Tharishanam using the Makkal TV, it is still not clear whether they will continue broadcasting the program of the Makkal TV alone or whether they will also include Tiger propaganda materials in the newly launched channel.

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http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/5745

Indian navy, Coast Guard Conducting Intensive Patrolling of India-Sri Lanka Maritime Border

The Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard carry out intensive patrolling under Operation Tasha using hovercraft, surface ships and aircraft.

The patrolling is done on the Indian side of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in Palk Bay for monitoring fishing and other maritime activities; preventing terrorists from using the sea and preventing smuggling of contraband across the IMBL.

Similarly, the Sri Lankan Navy also carries out regular patrol on their side of IMBL. The Coast Guard, the local police and port authorities regularly advise the fishing community not to cross the IMBL.

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http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3205