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: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday voiced concern over the plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka and said her country was looking at some innovative and creative ideas to break the impasse over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Hillary, who called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at the secretariat in Chennai, told her that US was looking at some innovative and creative ideas to...
07:59 PM, Jul 20, 2011
Chennai: Hitting out at Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for slamming his party's efforts on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said her comments were "unwarranted" and "aimed at diverting the attention of the people." Jayalalithaa had not criticised Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpaksa and the Lankan government but "instead have criticised me and DMK on the issue," Karunanidhi said. The criticism was "totally unwarranted and sheer...
10:50 PM, Jun 12, 2011
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday urged National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon to take up with Sri Lanka the issue of rehabilitation of displaced Tamils in the island nation and ensure they were allowed to live with dignity and equal rights on par with the Sinhalese. Jayalalithaa also conveyed to Menon her concern over recurring attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan defence forces and sought restoration...
09:40 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government will hold a "crucial" round of talks with the main Tamil party TNA on May 23 in a bid to find a political settlement to the grievances of the minority ethnic community in Sri Lanka, a media report said on Saturday. The talks have entered a "crucial" stage. The government has discussed setting up of a second chamber or a senate in the legislature at...
08:18 PM, May 14, 2011
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Saturday questioned whether AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa was qualified to criticise DMK on the Lankan Tamils issue when the party has taken several initiatives in their interests. Writing in his party organ "Murasoli", Karunanidhi said he wondered on what basis Jayalalithaa would ask him to tender a 'public apology' on the matter and listed the various steps taken by his party for the...
10:42 PM, Apr 23, 2011
Washington: A US-based Tamil advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa seeking $30 million in damages for the alleged extra-judicial killings in the decades-old civil war. The lawsuit was filed by Bruce Fein, a Washington-based attorney, on behalf of Tamils Against Genocide (TAG) in a district court in District of Columbia. "Rajapaksa will not escape the long arm of justice secured by the Torture Victims...
08:04 AM, Jan 29, 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
Panel was appointed to look into the allegations of human rights abuses during the last months war against LTTE. ...
06:40 PM, Jun 24, 2010
Panel to investigate allegations of human rights violations in war against LTTE. ...
12:44 PM, Jun 23, 2010
Military parade marks the one-year anniversary of victory over the LTTE. ...
04:19 PM, Jun 18, 2010
Sri Lankan president urged to give political package to ethnic minority this year. ...
05:41 PM, Jun 09, 2010
The island nation is hoping to use the glitz of a Bollywood awards ceremony to emerge from the devastation. ...
08:21 PM, Jun 04, 2010
LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed by the Lankan army on May 18, 2009. ...
12:00 PM, May 17, 2010
The actor is chief guest at IIFA Awards event in Colombo. ...
06:43 PM, Apr 25, 2010
With Tamils in Sri Lanka beaten, the time has come for India to intervene. ...
12:23 PM, Feb 09, 2010
Sri Lankan Tamils want a political solution for the ethnic conflict. ...
10:54 AM, Jan 26, 2010
The video had been shot by a Sri Lankan soldier in January 2009. ...
03:23 AM, Jan 08, 2010
Tamils say Rajapaksa's government killed surrendering LTTE leaders. ...
03:12 PM, Dec 14, 2009
New Delhi seeks role in island nation's post-war reconstruction. ...
08:37 PM, Oct 18, 2009
