Lankans Air Force

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  Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa Meets Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe, Discuss Bilateral Issues

  Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo and held discussions on matters of bilateral importance, according to Sri Lanka Air Force.

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  Indian Air Force Brings Relief To Sri Lankans Dispersed In Floods

  Foreign aid began arriving today in Sri Lanka, bringing help to half a million people who have been driven from their homes by heavy rains and deadly landslides, as floodwaters subsided slightly, officials said.

• 150 protesters arrested for entering training college where Lankan military officers were being trained

  Nearly 150 protesters belonging to the Naam Tamizhar Katchi, a pro-Tamil party, were arrested today as they attempted to enter the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

• 800 people taken into custody near Tirupati for Sri Lankan president's visit

  When Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa lands this evening in Andhra Pradesh on a private plane with a 60-member delegation, he is likely to be flown on Indian Air Force helicopter the base of the Tirumala hills, just 15 kms from the famous Tirupati temple, which he is scheduled to visit tomorrow morning.

• Supreme Court refuses to ban training of Sri Lankan defence officers

  The Supreme Court has refused to ban the training of Sri Lankan defence officers in India, an issue that every political party in Tamil Nadu has opposed. A Public Interest Litigation or PIL was dismissed by the judges who said "It is a matter of foreign policy. We won't interfere with the policy matters."

• More Sri Lankan officers arrive in India for training

  Despite Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's strong objection to Sri Lankan defence officers being trained anywhere in India, sources have told NDTV that four officers have landed in Chennai from Colombo and have left for Kolkata by a connecting flight to undergo an AN32 engine fitter course.

• Sri Lankan military officers in Tamil Nadu spark protests

  Close on the heels of the recent objection raised by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to the training of Sri Lankan airmen at the Indian Air Force station in Tambaram, Chennai, two Lankan officers - Rear Admiral SN Ranasinghe and Major General Jayasularaaga Dias - have arrived at the hill station of Coonoor, sparking protests.

• Jayalalithaa reiterates demand to send Sri Lankan airmen back

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has once again asked the centre to send back the nine Sri Lankan Air force personnel who are being trained in India. She said, "the Indian empire should pounce like a tiger. Sadly India is submissive to Sri Lanka like a mouse".

• No training for Sri Lankan air force men anywhere in India, demands Jayalalithaa

  Under huge pressure from political parties in Tamil Nadu, the government has decided to end the training of Sri Lankan personnel at the Tambaram Air force Station near Chennai. The nine Sri Lankans have been moved to the Yalahanka base in Bangalore. Their nine month training is meant to help them learn ground handling of transport air craft.

• Send back Sri Lankan Air Force jawans, say all parties in Tamil Nadu

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said that nine personnel from the Sri Lanka Air Force, who are being trained in Chennai, must immediately be sent back.

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  Lanka stops heavy shelling against LTTE

  The Sri Lankan army's big guns fell silent on Monday and they may also not use the air force against the Tamil rebels.

• Lankan forces advance towards LTTE bastions in Jaffna

  Fresh from their success in capturing the entire North-western coast, the Sri Lankan Air Force fighter jets on Sunday pounded LTTE bunkers and seized hundreds of arms and ammunitions while recovering the bodies of two militants, officials said on Sunday. Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets pounded LTTE positions in the Muhamalai area in Jaffna early...

• Sri Lankan air force bombs rebel areas

  Air force jets attacked a rebel intelligence base deep in northern Sri Lanka early on Wednesday, stepping up a punishing wave of airstrikes a day after Tamil Tiger fighters launched a surprise attack on a military base, the military said. The Tamil Tigers said the bombs hit a civilian settlement in the rebel's administrative capital of Kilinochchi...

• Lanka wants to capture Prabhakaran alive

  Sri Lankan military has launched a major offensive to capture ",alive", the elusive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, believed to be hiding in a bunker in the rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu, the Army chief said in Colombo. ",The security forces are attacking Mullaitivu, Prabhakaran's hideout, from several dir...

• Sri Lanka: Sea Tiger chief missing after air raid

  Sea Tiger chief Soosai was reported missing after Sri Lankan Air Force jets pounded his hideout killing at least 27 rebels