Following the committee recommendation that the onetime penthouse tenant daubed with the bond scam mud be relieved of his party high rank, the Green leaders had reminded the big man that it was time for him to quit the high post.

The big boss in yahapalanaya at his recent election rally in the gem city extended an open invitation to the Pohottuwa faction team up with the Betel leaf group to form a government of their own.

The JO was vociferous in demanding a debate on the PCoI report. The Betel leaf stalwarts were equally strident in their cry out for the debate. Now both the bond report and the financial crimes report are before the Diyawanna council. 

A senior purohita from the upcountry betraying a fighting mood made an explosive revelation while addressing an election rally in the estate sector the other day. 

The better half of a purohita who sweated much to usher in yahapalanaya has made it a practice to go about with elite security escorts in front and behind in regal fashion, they say.

Political surprises are galore these days. This story too could be a big surprise for you.

A Diyawanna member from the main alliance of the North phoned up Number One the other day to make a serious complaint against the sole Blue party member from the North who had made it to Diyawanna through the charity list. 

A top level conference of a minority political party with a strong voter base in the East held in a leading hotel in a distant city ended on a discordant note when a heated exchange between two party heavyweights culminated in near-fisticuffs, they s

A politico couple who visited a village in the backwoods by helicopter to campaign for the party candidates were booed away by a large crowd, they say.

There was a move to relocate a government school in an area represented by a leading politico.

Two top female high-ups of the Ministry concerned have been assigned to inquire into a complaint that several girls including a granddaughter of a dead senior politico were made to stand on their knees by a teacher of an international school in an ar

A group of candidates of a political party is said to be offering money in secret to people who make ‘a religious vow’ to vote for them.

A political party leader recently appointed a committee purportedly to look into the possible link of any of his party members to an explosive issue that continues to rock the polity. However, this move is being disdainfully dismissed by many in poli

This lady’s younger brother had gone missing about one year ago leaving no trace. Police had assured her from time to time that they were investigating the disappearance pursuing whatever lead they happened to stumble on. 

This fair one ensconced by a powerful political hand in the main chair of a department collecting revenue for the government recently tongue-lashed a clerk in such abusive language unbecoming of a high-up of her position, employees say.

There is a senior politico who is quite outspoken about his hope and ambition to be the next Number Two when the yahapalanaya falls which he says is a cinch. 

This politico, a member of the top team is well-known for his involvement in ‘political contracts’.

A Green stalwart having his political base in the city and now in the throes of a crisis castigated a very high state banking authority at a recent high-level party meeting, they say.

Following reports that there is an unprecedented increase in the amounts of heroin and Kerala ganja being smuggled into the country, the intelligence sleuths who went into action on the orders of the main office, had uncovered the details of this lat

The story about forcing the school principal to kneel down spread fast across the country and the angry reactions from the people from all walks of life unnerved those involved in the incident.

All arrangements had been made to accord a red carpet welcome with all state honours to the visiting head of government from Lion-city.

It is a fact that has received general acceptance that our UN envoy Ravinath has ably and consistently protected the country’s image at the OHCHR in Geneva in the recent past. 

Electioneering requires money and the candidates liberally spend to buy votes despite taboos imposed by election laws. 

There is a local poll candidate in the central province distributing one lotus flower bud to each household in his area. 

This character is a secretarial one of a very high political authority and his main job is promoting and fostering national unity and harmony.  

This was a public rally of a main political party held in a city suburb with the party leader in the chair. 

Seven important posts in a key ministry had fallen vacant and in keeping with the recruitment procedure the vacancies were duly advertised. 

This lovely one, a greenhorn at Diyawanna shifted to a constituency away from her home turf, had organized a pocket meeting in a residential premises located close to the place where fauna is prominently showcased. 

This politico, a quiet type, had been a longstanding loyalist of Number Two. However, his loyalty did not pay dividends when assigning portfolios; of course, he got a portfolio, but not the one he aspired to. 

A group of candidates from a political party yet to bloom now in the fray in a district in the South has reportedly made an appeal to the party leadership not to allow a fire-breathing dainty one – a well- known character in the district &ndash