Uproar over issues relating to Sri Lankan Tamils and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's remarks against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav led to the adjournment of Parliament for an hour on Wednesday. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Agitating against continuing war crimes against Tamils in Sri Lanka, students on Wednesday staged a protest at Chennai's Marina Beach. The students are holding the protest in a peaceful manner and carried placards on the Marina beach. ...
11:20 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that the government intends to amend the resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes, but was still holding talks with other parties to come to a conclusion. "The position of the party is that we intend to amend the resolution. The opinion among other parties so far is divided. We will continue to speak to other parties to come to a consensus," Chidambaram said....
10:56 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The DMK has ruled out any compromise saying it is ending the nine-year alliance with the Congress with a heavy heart over the UN resolution on Sri Lanka. "There is no question of reconsidering when the resolution is to be passed day after tomorrow as there are just two days left now. In no ways is India helping the Tamils," DMK leader TKS Elangovan said. ...
09:12 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The UPA government is still working on a resolution on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue in a desperate last ditch effort to get the DMK back on board. But a breakthrough looks unlikely at the moment. The UPA government is likely to move amendments to the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC. But moving the amendments is no easy task and will involve hectic lobbying. ...
07:58 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The DMK, the second largest constituent of the ruling coalition, the UPA, has officially withdrawn support from it. A delegation of DMK leaders, led by TR Baalu, handed over the letter of withdrawal of support from the UPA to President Pranab Mukherjee at 10.30 pm on Tuesday. The UPA is in minority in Parliament now. The coalition government will be more than ever at the mercy of powerful but fickle...
10:58 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Sri Lanka coasted to a seven-wicket series-clinching victory on the 4th day of the final Test in Colombo after Herath took career-best figures of seven for 89. ...
10:35 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The government is preparing its own resolution on Sri Lanka that will be vetted by the DMK. "Draft is a work in progress. We don't have a final position. We are in the process of looking at all proposals," said External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. ...
10:26 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Government has finalised its draft resolution on Sri Lankan Tamil issue that will be brought in Parliament after one more meeting, sources said on Tuesday. The resolution will be vetted by the DMK, which pulled out of the UPA government as a protest against government not taking up its concerns in the proposed UN resolution against Sri Lanka. ...
09:26 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the second biggest constituent of the ruling government, severed ties with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) on Tuesday, but the move posed no immediate threat to the minority government, which said it is "stable and will continue to stay in power". The M Karunanidhi-led DMK, which, for days had been threatening to pull out from the UPA in protest against government not taking up its...
09:08 PM, Mar 19, 2013
The DMK has decided to stall Parliament to force the UPA Government to vote in favour of the US-sponsored resolution. ...
10:36 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Standing firm on its stand for a very strong resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), the DMK has decided to stall both houses of Parliament on Tuesday to force the Congress-led UPA Government to vote in favour of the US-sponsored resolution. DMK leaders have given a notice for suspension of question hour in both houses of Parliament. ...
10:11 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Birthday boy Rangana Herath got rid of well set Mominul Haque for 37 and then dismissed Nasir Hossain to leave Bangladesh reeling. ...
09:23 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Ahead of the vote on a resolution on alleged human rights violations by Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council, the DMK has threatened to pull its ministers out of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Cabinet and could consider extending outside support to the government after three top ministers failed to satisfy M Karunanidhi with the wording of the resolution. ...
08:01 AM, Mar 19, 2013
The Centre is in touch with Tamil Nadu government over an attack on a Buddhist monk at Chennai central station and the attackers have been identified. "With reference to an incident of an attack on Venerable Udhathalawinne Wangeesa Thero, a Buddhist monk, at the Chennai Central Station earlier today, the Government of India is touch with Tamil Nadu Govt. ...
11:13 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Sri Lankan opposition parties on Monday called for the formation of an all party committee to prevent an anti-Lanka resolution being passed at the UN human rights body. "We have to think of ways to escape this (resolution). We will tell the government to call an all party meeting and give a time frame to implement the LLRC recommendations," Ranil Wickremesinghe, the main opposition leader told reporters. ...
09:00 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Sri Lanka on Monday asked India to provide necessary security to Lankan people and property there following continued protests especially in Tamil Nadu. Karunathilake Amunugama, Lanka's Ministry of External Affairs' Secretary said Colombo has lodged a formal request with the Indian authorities in this connection. ...
08:48 PM, Mar 18, 2013
There has been no breakthrough in talks between the Congress and the DMK over the Sri Lankan war crimes issue, sources said on Monday evening. Congress leaders P Chidambaram, AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad had met M Karunanidhi at his residence in the evening to sort matters out after the latter threatened to pull out his ministers from the UPA Cabinet if his demands on the issue were not...
08:16 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Following backlash from DMK supremo M Karunanidhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over human rights violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka, India on Monday called off Defence Secretary-level talks with the island country, which were slated to begin on March 23. The Congress had also sent its leaders to placate Karunanidhi, who wants the words 'genocide' and 'Eelam' added to the US-sponsored resolution in UNHRC against Sri Lanka....
07:50 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Shaken up by DMK chief M Karunanidhi's threat of pulling out his ministers from the UPA Cabinet if his demands on the UNHRC vote against Sri Lanka are not met, the Congress on Monday sent its leaders to placate him. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad met Karunanidhi at his residence in an attempt to bridge differences between...
06:43 PM, Mar 18, 2013
