Sri Lanka has dismissed the resolution calling it 'ill-timed, ill-conceived and borne out of ignorance'. ...
11:56 PM, Mar 23, 2012
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
Colombo: Jailed former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was on Friday sentenced to spend three more years in prison after a court convicted him for alleging that the powerful brother of the country's President had ordered the execution of surrendering Tamil rebels. Fonseka, a member of Parliament, was found guilty by a split 2-1 decision by the High Court in the 'white flag' case, for violating emergency regulations by...
03:09 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Oslo: Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be "put in its place", reveals a Norwegian government sponsored study on why the peace process failed in the island nation. The exhaustive document, released here on Friday, shows that New Delhi's sympathy lay with Colombo vis-a-vis the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as the peace process began...
06:01 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Anguished by what they say is New Delhi's apathy, Indians jailed in Sri Lanka want Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to intervene and seek their extradition to India. A spokesman for 34 Indian prisoners -- 27 from Tamil Nadu and seven from Kerala -- said they were being ignored though India and Sri Lanka signed a pact in June on exchange of sentenced convicts. An almost sobbing...
03:51 PM, Nov 03, 2011
Colombo: An Indian army team has undertaken a visit to Tamil dominated Wanni region in northern Sri Lanka, which was once a battlefront between the government forces and the rebel LTTE during the three decades ethnic conflict, the military said on Wednesday. The representative delegation of the Indian Army Higher Command Course-2011 is currently touring Sri Lanka, country's Army said. The 16-member delegation is led by Air Commodore P R...
05:03 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Chennai: Voicing concern over Sri Lanka government "not doing enough" for the Tamils there, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he would ensure that they get justice. "We are concerned that enough is not being done for Sri Lankan Tamils by the government there," the AICC General Secretary said during a brief interaction with a group of intellectuals in Chennai. Gandhi said he would take up the matter with...
02:53 PM, Dec 22, 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
Tamils have been fleeing Sri Lanka after the LTTE war. ...
11:54 AM, Jan 06, 2010
Rahman was being conferred a Honorary Doctorate by Anna University. ...
10:17 PM, Aug 01, 2009
AIADMK chief promises to resolve the problems faced by the Lankan Tamils. ...
12:18 AM, Apr 26, 2009
Team to set up an operation theatre and an independent clinical lab. ...
05:28 PM, Mar 09, 2009
She wants the Centre to declare an immediate ceasefire in Sri Lanka. ...
10:05 AM, Mar 09, 2009
AIADMK would launch a hunger strike across Tamil Nadu on March 10. ...
04:14 PM, Mar 05, 2009
The balancing act is turning too tricky for K Karunanidhi's government. ...
10:19 AM, Feb 04, 2009
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