Parliament on Tuesday witnessed repeated adjournments during Question Hour as DMK and AIADMK disrupted proceedings in both the Houses on the issues of ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka ...
12:24 PM, Mar 19, 2013
Downplaying the DMK decision to pull out of the Congress-led UPA coalition in protest against the government's position on a US-backed United Nations resolution against Sri Lanka, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that the government is stable and will continue to stay in power. ...
12:16 PM, Mar 19, 2013
A revised version of the US resolution draft accessed by Amnesty from the UNHRC intranet is a watered down version of the original. The draft 'Encourages' rather than 'Urges' Sri Lanka to accept an independent international probe. ...
11:35 AM, 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 Council (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
The dancer won the best choreography for Kamal Haasan's multilingual spy-thriller 'Vishwaroopam'. ...
11:58 PM, Mar 18, 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
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
Lokesh Rahul's 62 off 37 balls helped Karnataka trounce Kerala by 83 runs in their South Zone T20 cricket match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. ...
04:03 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The DMK and the AIADMK have stepped up pressure on the Centre over war crimes in Sri Lanka. After DMK chief Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, too, has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding that the government takes a strong and courageous stand against Sri Lanka at the UN and move amendments to the US-backed resolution. "Don't just support the US-backed resolution on Lankan Tamils issue at UNHRC,...
12:18 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasada Kariyawasam on Monday compared the protests in Tamil Nadu against war crimes in Sri Lanka to terrorism and said the country will oppose any resolution against its army. Talking to CNN-IBN, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner said, "Resolution on Sri Lanka in UN is uncalled for. We don't think there is a need for international community to get involved in Sri Lanka at this point."...
11:28 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Members from other associations will also take part in the hunger strike called on March 19. ...
05:06 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Tamil Nadu Police has arrested 12 people on Sunday in connection with the assault of a Sri Lankan monk in Thanjavur. The monk, who is on a study tour, was assaulted by members of outfits protesting against alleged atrocities on Lankan Tamils. ...
12:59 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday offered his support in protecting Sri Lanka's national sovereignty, hinting at Beijing's backing to stave off a US-backed resolution against the country at UN Rights Council. ...
08:44 AM, Mar 17, 2013
A day after a Sri Lankan court ordered their release, 34 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who were taken into custody by the Island Navy for trespassing into their waters, arrived at Rameswaram on Satirday night. The fishermen along with their five boats were earlier handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line by the Lankan Navy, officials said. ...
01:13 AM, Mar 17, 2013
A 63-year-old priest of a church in Coimbatore was arrested on Saturday on charges of attempting to outrage the modesty of a woman during prayers. John Mark, the priest of CSI Church, was arrested on a complaint from the 48-year-old woman, police said. ...
11:00 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The Sri Lanka issue has once again reached the Centre's door. DMK chief Karunanidhi said that the government has not yet responded to his threat of pulling out of the UPA government over the Lanka human rights issue. He has demanded that India must push for changes in the UN resolution on Lanka demanding an independent enquiry into alleged war crimes by the Lankan Army. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 16, 2013
Colleges in Tamil Nadu have been asked to remain closed till further orders in view of the growing student protests on alleged human rights violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka. The protests are significant as Tamil parties try to put pressure on India to vote against Lanka in the UN human rights council later this month. ...
08:40 AM, Mar 16, 2013
A key witness in the 2G trial has testified in favour of DMK MP and accused Kanimozhi. P Amritam, the Chief Financial Officer of KTV told the court that Kanimozhi joined KTV at her father Karunanidhi's behest and that she was not involved in the company's day to day affairs. ...
06:16 PM, Mar 15, 2013
A day after India lodged a strong protest against detention of its fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, a court in the island nation on Friday ordered the release of 34 fishermen, officials of a fishermen association here said. ...
06:01 PM, Mar 15, 2013
