Sri Lanka declares Emergency: Why hardliner Buddhists are targeting Muslims

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Tuesday decided to claim a ten-day country of Emergency to rein inside the unfold of communal violence, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the district of Kandy, which resulted inside the dying of two people and left numerous mosques and homes broken.

The violence became caused through the death of a Sinhalese man on the fingers of a mob closing week. The government sent troops and elite police commandos to Kandy to restore order and put into effect the curfew.

President Maithripala Sirisena and his government determined to claim a kingdom of emergency in sri lanka for 10 days following the violence, which prevailed in some elements of the usa.
Muslims claimed that around 10 mosques, 75 shops and 32 homes belonging to the minority network had been badly broken inside the attacks by the Sinhalese Buddhists, forcing police to hearth tear gas shells and impose an overnight curfew to save you clashes among the 2 groups.

Modi in Sri Lanka: Direct Air India flight to now connect Colombo, Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that India's flag carrier Air India would begin direct flights between Colombo and the holy city of Varanasi from August.

Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Sri Lanka, made the announcement of the beginning of the flights during his address at the inauguration of the International Vesak Day, the biggest festival of Buddhists.

He said the flights will allow "my Tamil brothers and sisters" to visit Varanasi, the land of Kashi Viswanath.

At a distance of 10 kilometres from Varanasi, lies Sarnath, one of the most revered Buddhist pilgrimage centres.

It is believed that after attaining the enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, it was in Sarnath that Lord Buddha preached his first sermon, sanctified as Maha Dharm Chakra Parivartan.

The direct flights will aid pilgrims from Sri Lanka, a Buddhist-majority country, to visit Sarnath.

Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is the parliamentary constituency of the prime minister, from where he contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election.

This is Modi's second visit to Sri Lanka in two years. He arrived yesterday primarily to attend the International Vesak Day celebrations and his vist is aimed at reinforcing the traditional connect between India and Sri Lanka.
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