Welcome resolution passed by TN Assembly on SL: Actor Sarathkumar

Members of the Tamil film industry are on a one-day token fast in protest against the alleged human rights violations by the Sri Lankan government and Army. ...
11:22 PM, Apr 02, 2013

Marines row: Italian government has been fair, says Salman Khurshid

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said, "I think the Italian government has been very sensible. It took time to be persuaded. I have no problem to say that they have done a good job." ...
10:40 PM, Mar 29, 2013

There is no rift within DMK, says party leader Tiruchi Siva

DMK chief Karunanidhi's son MK Alagiri skipped the party's executive meeting and left for Madurai on Monday. While sources say Alagiri is upset with younger brother MK Stalin, Karunanidhi's political heir, for reportedly pushing their father to withdraw support to the UPA, party leader Tiruchi Siva played it down saying he skipped the meeting because he may be unwell. ...
03:10 PM, Mar 25, 2013

World View: Has India alienated Sri Lanka?

Hello and welcome to worldview with me Suhasini Haider, tonight India's vote on Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human rights council is our top focus. Joining us Sri Lanka's envoy to India Prasad Kariyawasam, In Jaffna, Padma Rao Sunderji, joining us over skype, In Geneva, there is Peter Splinter of the Amnesty International organization and in Delhi MK Bhadrakumar, former diplomat. All eyes were on the UN's human rights ...
02:48 PM, Mar 22, 2013

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

A day after the DMK pulled out of the UPA, the government scrambled to bring a consensus on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue but all efforts were in vain as the all-party meeting ended in complete disagreement. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 20, 2013

SL a sovereign nation, shouldn't interfere in its affairs: Yechury

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury said it is not right to order an independent nation's probe into the affairs of Sri Lanka. "No independent country can interfere in the affairs of another sovereign nation. Just last week we condemned Pakistan Assembly's resolution on Afzal Guru's hanging," he said. ...
03:58 PM, Mar 20, 2013

MP: Lankan President arrives in Sanchi, Vaiko detained

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday reached Sanchi where he will inaugurate a Buddhist University. ...
11:33 AM, Sep 21, 2012

Sri Lanka has resettled 3 lakh Tamils: Foreign Minister GL Peiris

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris revealed in an interview with CNN-IBN that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was at no point in time apprehensive of his visit to India despite call for protests by certain political parties. ...
09:05 AM, Sep 21, 2012

Is there a Western bias against Sri Lanka on UN vote?

Sri Lanka has dismissed the resolution calling it 'ill-timed, ill-conceived and borne out of ignorance'. ...
11:56 PM, Mar 23, 2012

Is there a Western bias against Sri Lanka on UN vote?

The UN Human Rights Council will on Thursday debate on a US resolution urging Colombo to probe alleged violations during its war with Tamil separatists. Sri Lanka has dismissed the resolution calling it 'ill-timed, ill-conceived and borne out of ignorance'. Do you agree? Join Suhasini Haidar in World View this week to discuss the issue. ...
11:57 AM, Mar 22, 2012

Sri Lanka slams war crime videos

Sri Lankan President's spokesperson Bandula Jayasekara has yet again criticised the video aired by Channel 4 documenting alleged War crimes. ...
10:32 AM, Mar 18, 2012

Lanka assures resettlement of Tamil refugees

India is committed to helping build 50,000 houses in the Tamil dominated north and east. ...
10:46 PM, Jun 09, 2010

Sri Lanka must solve the Tamil issue: Kanimozhi

The DMK MP will meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and discuss the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils. ...
10:45 PM, Jun 08, 2010

Lankan refugees stranded off Indonesian coast

Tamils have been fleeing Sri Lanka after the LTTE war. ...
11:54 AM, Jan 06, 2010