New Delhi (PTI): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived in New Delhi late Tuesday on a three-day visit during which he is expected to apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the steps being taken by his government to safeguard the interests of ethnic Tamils in that country.

Rajapaksa, who is in New Delhi for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit on Thursday, was received at the airport by Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmed.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Sri Lankan Holidays, the leisure arm of Sri Lankan Airlines, has come up with four exciting tours to the island nation to attract children and their parents to explore the beautiful country.Valid from November to January, the tours are marketed as ‘Holiday in Colombo,’ ‘Holiday on the beach,’ ‘Holiday in Negombo’ and ‘Holiday in Kandy.’Two children below of the age of 12 can accompany a minimum of two adults purchasing the holiday packages that are on offer out of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, Kochi, Coimbatore, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli and Hyderabad.

New Delhi, (IANS) A special tribunal Monday upheld the government s notification of banning the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for another two years.The notification, declaring the LTTE as an unlawful association, was issued by the union Home Ministry May 15 this year.Delhi High Court judge Justice Vikramjit Sen, who was heading the special tribunal constituted under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, said there was sufficient evidence against the Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels to justify the extension of ban.