A medical student who killed his best friend in a ‘tragic’ car accident has been spared jail.
Mohammed Adriece, 23, of Greengate Street, Glodwick, Oldham, was trying to overtake another vehicle at 45mph on Oldham Road when his Volkswagen Golf careered out of control and smashed into a bus.
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| 15/03/2010 | Thieves steal £300,000 of jewellery |
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Thieves have left a Rochdale business on the verge of bankruptcy after stealing £300,000 of jewellery. Nomi Jewellers in Yorkshire Street was raided last weekend when a gang broke into the store through the window of the catering business next door before clearing out the stock. 
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| 15/03/2010 | Crash driver killed his closest friend |
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| 15/03/2010 | Bishop in plea for ban on EDL rally |
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The Bishop of Bolton is among a delegation who will meet government ministers ahead of a rally by the right-wing English Defence League on Saturday. The Rt Rev Chris Edmondson will travel to London with senior councillors and faith leaders to discuss concerns with Alan Campbell, parliamentary under-secretary of state for crime reduction. 
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| 15/03/2010 | Takeaway has license revoked |
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A Ramsbottom takeaway has had its licence revoked after staff were repeatedly seen selling food from the back of the shop when it should have been closed. Mohammed Ghani, owner of Zaidy’s takeaway on Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, was ordered to close the doors of his premises at 11pm after customers were seen buying hot food after midnight. |
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| 15/03/2010 | Akshay Kumar returns in Housefull |
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Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is all set to rock the Box Office this year with the much anticipated release of his first film of 2010, romantic comedy Housefull. Co-produced by Eros International, Housefull was filmed on location in UK, Italy, Hong Kong and India. 
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| 10/03/2010 | Shyam Benegal celebrated at film festival |
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One of India’s leading filmmakers, Shyam Benegal, is in the UK for a series of events exploring his vast career and celebrating his achievements in Indian cinema. As part of the Tongues on Fire 12th Asian Film Festival, the director is attending a range of functions across London, including a BAFTA interview, a director’s workshop at the University of Westminster, and a talk on women in films at the Nehru Centre. 
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| 08/03/2010 | From tea-boy to Bollywood star - Abhishek Bachchan on his climb to fame |
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In a 36 hour visit to the UK, Abhishek Bachchan gave London audiences an insight into his life and work at the 12th London Asian Film Festival. The actor opened the ten day series of events with a BAFTA interview and gala dinner on Friday, wrapping his jam-packed visit with an Actor’s Masterclass at a West End cinema on Saturday, before flying home. 
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| 03/03/2010 | Akshay Kumar kickstarts shoot for Tees Maar Khan |
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Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar and Bollywood’s most lovable director, Farah Khan have just kick-started their already-hyped new venture Tees Maar Khan at Mumbai's Film City. Akshay is currently shooting his introductory shot in the film - a major action comedy scene on a huge jumbo jet constructed by set director, Sabu Cyril. 
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| 03/03/2010 | Hrithik Roshan on the colours of love |
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On the occasion of Holi, Hrithik Roshan speaks up on his colourful life and his upcoming movie Kites, which stars Brazilian actress Barbara Mori and the beautiful Kangana Ranaut in a never-seen-before role. 
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| 08/03/2010 | 12th London Asian Film Festival attracts Bollywood stars |
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Bollywood fans in the UK will get the chance to interact with some of the biggest names in the Hindi film industry at the Tongues on Fire 12th London Asian Film Festival (5-14 March 2010). Leading Bollywood figures are scheduled to attend including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Jaya Bachchan, Soha Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore. 
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| 01/03/2010 | Abhay Deol raring to go with Road, Movie |
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One of the big winners at the weekend Filmfare awards was Abhay Deol starrer Dev D, which bagged a handful of statuettes.
Now the poster boy of offbeat Hindi cinema is back with his new release, Indo-American production Road, Movie. 
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| 24/02/2010 | Search is on for the next Rishi Rich Project band members |
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Music producer Rishi Rich has launched the search for the next Rishi Rich Project group members. After successfully putting together Juggy D and Jay Sean as part of the original chart topping Rishi Rich Project, he is now looking for the stars of the future. 
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| 22/02/2010 | Official Asian download chart announced |
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The BBC Asian Network has announced that it will broadcast the world’s first official Asian download chart. Presented by Bobby Friction, the three hour extended show is set to launch on Saturday 27 March from 3pm – 6pm. 
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| 15/03/2010 | Saima Afzal to speak out at stop and search conference |
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Lancashire Police Authority’s lead member of diversity, Saima Afzal will be one of the key speakers at a national conference on stop and search. Organised by The Open Society Justice Initiative and the School of Law at King’s College London, the conference will look at the challenges presented to security services and policy makers to ensure that stop and search powers are used effectively without infringing people’s rights or damaging fragile community relations. 
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| 15/03/2010 | Fine for property owner |
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A property owner has been slapped with a £2,000 fine after ignoring requests to improve his dilapidated property. Birmingham man, Kelsoom Bi, appeared before Hyndburn Magistrates after he repeatedly ignored requests and an improvement notice issued by Hyndburn Council ordering him to carry out remedial work on his property on Richmond Road, Accrington. |
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| 13/03/2010 | Two fined over underage booze sale |
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The owner and manager of a Denton off-licence have been fined after admitting selling alcohol to a 15-year-old child during an undercover trading standards investigation. Atif Munir, the owner of Jays Booze Bonanza in Frederick Street, Denton, and James Pasco, the designated premises supervisor, appeared before Tameside magistrates on March 3. |
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| 13/03/2010 | Hugging pals break world record |
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Two friends have broken the world record for the longest hug to celebrate the opening of a new cancer centre. Faisal Mohyud-Din, 18, and Mohammed Azeem, 21, hugged continuously for 24 hours and fifteen minutes to earn their place in the Guinness Book of Records. 
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| 13/03/2010 | Muslim centre to hold football festival |
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Oldham Muslim Centre are organising one of the largest football tournaments in the north west. The Football Festival, on May 2, will see more than 60 teams from across the borough compete for the top spot. |
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| 13/03/2010 | Blackburn artist draws support from local businesses |
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A contemporary artist living and working in Blackburn has seen her business grow in unexpected directions. Razina Patel, is one of twenty five delegates taking part in Enterprise4All’s second LEAD cohort, a programmed lead by Northwest Regional Development Agency. 
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| 13/03/2010 | Pasta and pilau on the menu |
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Indian and Italian cuisine will be on offer in a restaurant soon to open in the Rossendale Valley. The owner of Premier Ashoka Usman Ali, who gained planning permission for the project despite a rally of opposition, says he will create 25 jobs at the facility. 
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| 15/03/2010 | LeT has 20 terror targets in India: US lawmaker |
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Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba has identified as many as 320 targets across the globe, 20 of which are in India, a top US lawmaker has said.
"In the wake of the (26/11) Mumbai attack, investigators uncovered in controller records and e-mail accounts a list of 320 locations worldwide deemed by the LeT as possible targets for attack. Only 20 of the targets were located within India," Congressman Gary Ackerman said before a Congressional hearing last week.
"The LeT has been attacking US forces in Afghanistan almost from day one and their forces are present throughout Afghanistan. The LeT has been slaughtering Indians by the score for decades. The LeT has put the world on notice that they intend to escalate the carnage and spread it worldwide," he said.
www.indianexpress.com/news/let-has-20-terror-targets-in-india-us-lawmaker/590927/
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| 15/03/2010 | UK experts negotiating with pirates |
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A team of British experts are currently negotiating with Somali pirates for the release of the Sri Lankan crew members aboard the hijacked Saudi vessel ’Al-Nisr Al Saudi’ and the negotiations are expected to go on for over a month, sources said.
Sources at the Foreign Ministry told Daily Mirror online that the experts who are now in contact with the pirates via a satellite telephone and negotiating for the release of the 13 member Sri Lankan crew and the Greek national.
Sources added that the negotiations are expected to go on for over a month as the Somali pirates have demanded a staggering amount of US$ 20 million as ransom for the release of the crew.
According to the experts, the Sri Lankan crew members have been given satellite telephone facilities by the pirates and are able to contact their family members which proves they are unharmed and safe, sources added.
www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/2391-british-experts-negotiating-with-pirates.html
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| 15/03/2010 | Knock-out cut-outs |
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Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya yesterday issued firm directions to all Senior DIGs and DIGs of the nine provinces to get the Officers in Charge of Police Stations to remove all cut-outs and hoardings of political party candidates with immediate effect. With polls in mind
The IGP issued these instructions following a directive by Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake that all cut-outs, hoardings and posters should be removed forthwith.
Senior DIG Gamini Navaratne who is in charge of the Police Election Secretariat will be tasked to ensure the IGP’s directions are complied with.
The IGP also asked Senior Police officers to educate their staff about the existing election and traffic laws which should be applied when they are deployed during the elections.
www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/15/sec01.asp
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| 15/03/2010 | Additional facilities for southern devotees visiting Nagadeepa |
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The Northern Provincial Council has arranged additional facilities including resting places, transport services and mini-markets for devotees from South visiting the Nagadeepa temple. For
“Shelter, additional boat services, canteen and transport facilities to reach the jetty etc will be specially arranged at the Kurikattuwan jetty for the pilgrims,” Northern Province Governor Major General G. A. Chandrasiri said.
A mini-market will be built at the Pannei causeway near the market center. A variety of Jaffna products will be displayed at this mini-market to attract pilgrims as well as tourists, he told the Daily News
The pilgrims visiting Nagadeepa will have more places to rest in the Jaffna Peninsula. Former Jaffna railway station and all Court houses have been converted into resting places for pilgrims and visitors. He said 10 school buildings constructed under the Uthuru Vasanthaya program will open in Jaffna next week.
www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/15/news02.asp
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| 15/03/2010 | Army builds houses for IDPs |
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A project to construct 680 houses for the displaced in Jaffna district is under way, said Security Forces Headquarters of Jaffna Commander Major General Mahinda Hathurusinghe. Major General Hathurusinghe said the houses would be handed over to the IDPs before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.
He said the IDPs houses were built in their own plots. The Assistant Government Agent has to confirm the plot is owned by the IDP before the Army constructs the house.
Major General Hathurusinghe said the houses were built completely by the Army with funds from well wishers. The Army provides sand, cement blocks and labour while well wishers provide cement, roofing sheets and timber.
www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/15/sec02.asp
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| 15/03/2010 | Discrepancy in WB funding |
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The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) alleges that there is discrepancy in the funds allocation by the World Bank (WB) to Sri Lanka. SLMC Member, Hassen Ali told Daily Mirror online that his party had received several complaints from the public regarding discrepancies in the distribution of housing loans by the World Bank through the local authorities, and stated that opposition supporters were left out from the funding process
"Those who are not supporting the government are not receiving the monies. These monies belong to the World Bank and are distributed by the local authorities to the people to build houses. This is simply a plan by the government to buy votes before the general election," Hassen Ali said.
The SLMC has already notified the World Bank about the issue and will lodge an official complaint soon if no action is taken.
www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/2368-discrepancy-in-wb-funding.html
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| 15/03/2010 | 26 killed as bus falls off a bridge after collision |
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At least 26 students were killed and 34 others injured when a bus carrying 62 people collided with a stationary vehicle and fell off a bridge in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur.
The accident happened on Monday morning when students of a teacher training college from Khanpur in Jhalawar were on their way back from a picnic in to Mathura.
While 21 died at the accident spot, five others died on way to the hospital. Out of the 62 people in the bus, 51 were students while nine were the staff.
Most of the victims were between the ages of 18-25 years.
ibnlive.in.com/news/26-killed-as-bus-falls-off-a-bridge-after-collision/111515-3.html
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| 15/03/2010 | Opposition unites against Nuclear Liabilities Bill |
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The crucial Nuclear Liabilities Bill is all set to be tabled in Parliament on Monday amidst opposition from the scientists and environmentalists.
"When the Prime Minister said we are now on the same dining table as the nuclear powers, he forgot to mention we were being invited not to dine but as the butlers to serve them," said an angry PK Iyengar, who is the former Atomic Energy Commission chairman.
CNN-IBN has learnt that the Bill in it’s current form caps the liability of the nuclear plant operator in case of an accident at $64 million, but in case of an award of damages amounting to more than $64 million dollars the government will foot the bill.
The award of damages will be determined by a Commission for Nuclear Liability.
What worries scientists and environment activists is that the total liability will be limited to $468 million.
ibnlive.in.com/news/opposition-unites-against-nuclear-liabilities-bill/111514-3.html
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| 15/03/2010 | Gujarat ATS nabs Hizbul terror suspect |
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The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday claimed to have arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen operative, Bashir Ahmad Baba, 32, a resident of Srinagar who was allegedly in Gujarat to set up a local network for recruiting youths for terror training. Baba, also known as the “Pepsi Bomber”, was arrested from Anand late on Saturday night.
“He came to Ahmedabad with some associates last month on the pretext of holding training sessions to run medical camps. He later sent his associates to other parts of Gujarat while he stayed on in Ahmedabad. He would often visit Anand to meet one of his contacts there, to set up a base and develop a wide network
for Hizbul Mujahideen. He would call local boys to the camps and pick recruits for terror training in PoK,” said ATS chief Ajay Tomar.
Asked if Baba had actually managed to send any recruits from Gujarat so far, Tomar said the ATS had reason to suspect so, but it could only be confirmed after further investigations.
www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Gujarat-ATS-nabs-Hizbul-terror-suspect/590880/
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| 15/03/2010 | Won’t allow passage of Women’s Bill in LS: Lalu |
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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav deciding to stall the Women’s Reservation Bill in its present form has said that he will not allow it to pass in the Lok Sabha.
Addressing a gathering of Muslim Community in Patna, Yadav said, “The government will have to throw me out of the Lok Sabha by deploying marshals or military then only the bill will be passed. I am not against the Bill.”
“But Muslim women, poor women, backward women and women who are wage labourers, they are also daughters of India and must be brought to Parliament," he added.
Other regional parties including the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP), which are apprehensive that just a few upper class women would only benefit, have stoically opposed the bill.
www.indianexpress.com/news/wont-allow-passage-of-womens-bill-in-ls-lalu/590600/
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| 15/03/2010 | Sonia effect: 12 yrs that changed Congress & Indian politics |
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Congress headquarters on Sunday wore a deserted look. With government establishments closed and almost all office-bearers enjoying the weekend or out in the "field", the crowd of party workers and favour-seekers who throng 24, Akbar Road were missing. For Congress members, though, it was no ordinary day.
It was exactly 12 years ago that Sonia Gandhi was appointed party chief, in a development that stemmed Congress’s downward slide, helped it recapture the Dilli Durbar after nearly a decade-long power drought and put the party on the road to re-capturing the pre-eminence it seemed to have lost.
Twelve years, to paraphrase former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, may be a long time in politics, but few would have imagined the turnaround in the party’s fortunes Sonia has scripted since the day when members of Congress Working Committee, deeply worried about the existential crisis facing the party, turned against the incumbent Sitaram Kesri to hand over the organisational reins to her.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sonia-effect-12-yrs-that-changed-Congress-Indian-politics/articleshow/5683890.cms
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| 15/03/2010 | India open to new round of talks with Pakistan |
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India signalled on Friday it was open to a new round of talks with Pakistan, raising fresh hopes of a thaw in relations after last month’s official dialogue between the nuclear-armed rivals produced no breakthrough.
The two nations’ top diplomats -- their foreign secretaries -- met in New Delhi for their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but just agreed to "keep in touch" without mentioning if there would be another round of talks.
What followed the meeting was a bout of acrimonious exchanges between the two sides over what the focus of the dialogue was -- India on terrorism, Pakistan on the disputed region of Kashmir -- worsening the atmosphere for any future talks.
"We tried to make a beginning with the foreign secretary talks, but nothing came out of it am afraid," India’s Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told a conference in New Delhi.
ibnlive.in.com/news/india-open-to-new-round-of-talks-with-pakistan/111490-3.html
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| 15/03/2010 | Two held for plotting terror strikes in Mumbai |
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Technical surveillance on several “suspected international numbers” following the German Bakery blast in Pune helped the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) uncover another “ongoing terrorist activity” which led to two arrests on Saturday night — Abdul Latif Shaikh, a Bandra resident working as a shop assistant, and Riyaz Ali, a salesman living in Dahisar.
ATS chief K P Raghuvanshi claimed that “the two were working on three targets — ONGC tanks in Bandra, Mangaldas Market in South Mumbai and Thakkar Mall at Borivali”. Their targets and instructions were allegedly given via phone by handlers believed to be based in Pakistan, one of whom was using the alias “Uncle”.
Riyaz was employed at an apparel store in Thakkar Mall. Latif sold television covers and plastic merchandise at Manish Market, not far from Mangaldas Market.
www.indianexpress.com/news/two-held-for-plotting-terror-strikes-in-mumbai/590886/
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| 14/03/2010 | Anoma Fonseka files habeas corpus |
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Anoma Fonseka wife of former Chief of Defence Staff and former Army Commander, General Sarath Fonseka filed a writ of Habeas Corpus application before the Court of Appeal under Article 141 of the Constitution yesterday.
Anoma Fonseka in her petition cited Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka Army Military Police Headquarters Provost Marshall Brigadier B.K.J.K. Wijayasiri and Navy Commender Vice Admiral T.S.G Samarasinghe as respondents for the case.
The petition was supported by Senior Attorney-At-Law James Henry Paul Ratnayake and his assistants Vijayalakshman Wanasundara Wijayatilake, Nilanthie Sonia Anne Pieris and Dinusha Savitrie Tilakaratne Mirihana Attorneys-at-Law attached to Paul Ratnayake Associates and Mahesha Alahakoon,
www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/13/news30.asp
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| 14/03/2010 | Amity among all Sri Lankans |
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The Maha Shiva Rathri Day signifies devotion to Lord Shiva symbolizing the marriage of Lord Shiva and Parvathi in the ancient Hindu tradition of the holy dance performed on creation and protection of the universe, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stated in his Maha Shiva Rathri Day message.
"This festival is held by devotees the world over who spend this holy night in prayer, fasting and lighting oil lamps and singing devotional songs. The meaning of these rites is to dispel the darkness of ignorance and being mindful of conquering lust, hatred and passion the sinful propensities.
Shiva pooja is also important for unity and peace. Hindus of our country have lived in peace and tolerance from ancient times, the message said.
www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/13/news11.asp
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