Colombo: Sri Lankan security forces are set to launch a drive to arrest around 50,000 military deserters amidst reports of their involvement in crime and other illegal activities. Military officials said the deserters would be arrested and prosecuted. In the past, military coordinated with police to apprehend the deserters and the same method is likely to be repeated. The military had earlier offered deserters several amnesties to surrender both during...
06:47 PM, Dec 14, 2010
New Delhi: Sri Lanka has reacted strongly to Britain's Channel 4 airing a video of war crimes - which shows Lankan army personnel stripping and executing who LTTE claims are Tamil sympathisers. Britain's Channel 4 had aired a shocking video of the Lankan army carrying out war crimes on Thursday. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is touring Britain has called the video false and said the country will take...
09:04 AM, Dec 03, 2010
Tiruvananthapuram: A documentary screened a few days back at a hall in the heart of Trivandrum city has sparked suspicion that the LTTE might be regrouping in parts of Kerala. The film exhibitors were questioned by the Kerala Police who fear that it could be a garb for the outfit to regroup. Mullaiteevu Saga, a film about Tamil genocide in Sri Lanka towards the end of the civil war has...
08:43 AM, Dec 03, 2010
The general who led the war against the LTTE was found guilty of making irregular purchases by a military court. ...
11:48 AM, Oct 01, 2010
Colombo: Already stripped off his military rank and medals, former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was on Friday held guilty of corruption charges by a second court martial and sentenced to a prison term of three years. Now an opposition lawmaker, Fonseka, who led Sri Lankan Army to a spectacular victory over the LTTE last year, was found guilty of corruption in defence deals at a hearing held today,...
08:28 PM, Sep 17, 2010
Colombo: A Sri Lankan military court on Friday stripped the country's war hero and former Army chief Sarath Fonseka of his rank and medals after finding him guilty of dabbling in politics, while in service. The 59-year-old General was convicted by the first court martial against him, which began deliberations five months back. He faces another military court on charges of corruption in defence deals. The three-member military court ruled...
06:55 PM, Aug 13, 2010
Panel was appointed to look into the allegations of human rights abuses during the last months war against LTTE. ...
06:40 PM, Jun 24, 2010
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A year and nearly a month to the day - and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa marked "Victory day" last Friday with the island's biggest ...
10:14 AM, Jun 23, 2010
Tamil groups in Europe and the US still carry the ideology of the LTTE, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother. ...
06:14 PM, Jun 21, 2010
Douglas Devananda was declared a proclaimed offender and an absconder by a Chennai court for murder and rioting. ...
09:54 AM, Jun 14, 2010
!['Pro-LTTE' elements blast rail track in TN]( "'Pro-LTTE' elements blast rail track in TN")
Leaflets condemning the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa were found from the blast spot. ...
10:05 AM, Jun 12, 2010
Sri Lankan minister Douglas Devananda is an accused in a shootout and murder case in India. ...
10:52 PM, Jun 10, 2010
The DMK MP will meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and discuss the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils. ...
10:45 PM, Jun 08, 2010
The island nation is hoping to use the glitz of a Bollywood awards ceremony to emerge from the devastation. ...
08:21 PM, Jun 04, 2010
UN plans to probe the alleged atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan army against the LTTE. ...
06:43 PM, May 24, 2010
Brussels-based International Crisis Group said that if Sri Lanka does not comply, sanctions must be imposed on it. ...
12:44 PM, May 18, 2010
LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed by the Lankan army on May 18, 2009. ...
12:00 PM, May 17, 2010
Rebel group was first outlawed in India in 1992 after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination. ...
04:40 PM, May 14, 2010
The Govt's decision has been conveyed to the Indian Mission in Kuala Lumpur where she is staying presently. ...
12:41 PM, May 10, 2010
Immigration officials had last month deported Parvathi Ammal to Malaysia when she came to Chennai for treatment. ...
11:21 AM, May 03, 2010
