New Delhi: A consensus appears to be emerging in the Lok Sabha that the House pass a resolution moved by the Chair against members of Team Anna for using derogatory language against Parliamentarians. During a debate on the alleged use of intemperate language by members of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's team against Parliamentarians, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav asked the Chair to move a resolution condemning this incident. The whole House,...
10:27 PM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why India voted in favour of the US resolution, which calls for Colombo to investigate human rights violations during its war with Tamil separatists. Here is the full text of the letter: "Thank you for your letter of March 19 regarding the ongoing session ofthe UN Human Rights Council and the introduction...
09:59 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: India played a key role to introduce "an element of balance" in the US-sponsored resolution in Geneva on Sri Lanka rights violations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said. In a letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Manmohan Singh said he had instructed the Indian delegation "to remain in close contact with its Sri Lanka counterparts in an attempt to find a positive way forward." "You would be aware that...
03:53 AM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday offered Sri Lanka an olive branch explaining India's vote against it at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The PM in his letter said that Delhi made every effort to ensure the resolution was balanced. The PM said that it is India's conviction that a meaningful devolution package would lead towards a lasting political solution. "I had instructed our delegation to...
07:06 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Colombo: Sri Lanka is blowing hot and cold against India following the passage of a resolution in Geneva that raised questions over rights violations during the war on the Tamil Tigers. While President Mahinda Rajapaksa warned that countries which voted for the resolution will have to worry about consequences of terrorism, a minister mildly praised India for dilution of the impact of the resolution. India was one of 24 nations...
02:48 PM, Mar 24, 2012
Colombo: 'India is a loser', the Sri Lankan media on Friday proclaimed in comments, a day after Colombo faced censure at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, saying New Delhi had failed to carry other South Asian nations with it on the issue. "India has failed to carry Asia, or at least South Asia with it. In other words, Sri Lanka has won against India in Asia," the pro-government...
01:58 PM, Mar 23, 2012
Sri Lanka is disappointed not just with India's stand but the resolution adopted at the UNHRC itself. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Washington: The White House has asked Sri Lanka to develop a comprehensive action plan for implementing steps on reconciliation and accountability as asked by a resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva. "The US urges the Sri Lankan government to develop a comprehensive action plan for implementing steps on reconciliation and accountability, as called for in the resolution, and to work with UN experts and its...
09:55 AM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: India voted in favor of a US-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka calling for Colombo to investigate human rights violations during the war with LTTE. While Colombo has called India's anti-Lanka vote a big disappointment, the opinion is divided back in India with some calling it a monumental error made under US pressure. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy said, "It's...
07:36 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday welcomed India's vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) but hit out against the "confusion and procrastination that preceded that decision". She also thanked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for India voting in favour of the resolution. In a statement issued here Jayalalithaa said, "The Government of India had been...
01:47 AM, Mar 23, 2012
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11:16 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Colombo: The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes on Thursday with 24 countries voting in favour, 15 against and eight abstaining. India also voted in favour of the US-backed resolution. Reacting to the adoption of the resolution, Sri Lanka said that it was a matter of "great satisfaction" for them that 15 countries voted with them "despite the...
06:52 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the resolution against Sri Lanka on alleged war crimes on Thursday with 24 countries, including India, voting in favour, 15 against and eight abstaining. Welcoming the move of India to vote in favour of the US-backed resolution, DMK MP Kanimozhi said that all the parties in Tamil Nadu were asking for it and the credit for it went to...
05:40 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: 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. The Indian government is facing immense pressure from the DMK and the AIADMK to vote for the resolution. Sources at the Ministry of External Affairs said India will be voting in favour of the proposal. However, Sri Lanka on Tuesday requested India to...
06:52 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Is the PM's decision to support an anti-Sri Lankan US-sponsored resolution at the UN a wise concession or an unfortunate mistake? ...
09:49 PM, Mar 20, 2012
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