Tamils

Pranab rushes to Chennai, will meet Karuna

Mukherjee went to Chennai soon after talks with Basi Rajapaksa. ...  

India urges Lanka to end war with LTTE, again

India again urges Sri Lanka to find a political solution to ethnic dispute. ...  

Maran resigns over Tamil issue | Pranab visits SL

Maran met the DMK chief for the first time since his exit from the cabinet. ...  

SL sends team to brief India on war against LTTE

Over 2 lakh SL Tamil civilians have been displaced due to the latest fighting. ...  

Karunanidhi warns of TN MPs quitting over Lankan tangle

Parties have condemned Sri Lanka on the alleged mass murder of Tamils. ...  

Karunanidhi warns of TN MPs quitting over Lankan tangle

Parties have condemned Sri Lanka on the alleged mass murder of Tamils. ...  

Karunanidhi warns Centre over killing of Tamils in SL

Karunanidhi says he raised the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. ...  

Malaysian PM denounces Hindraf rally as 'disruptive'

Harare: Zimbabwe will play their first Test match in six years starting Thursday, with former captain Tatenda Taibu conceding that many of the problems that led to the team's voluntary withdrawal from the five-day game still persist. A boycott by senior players following a dispute with the board prompted Zimbabwe to begin a self-imposed exile from the Test arena in 2005, and Taibu says the rifts remain. I don't think...  

3,000 LTTE cadres left, chief maybe dead: Lanka

Nagpur: India made one change to the side that won against the Netherlands, bringing in pacer Munaf Patel in place of the out of form Piyush Chawla. For South Africa, Johan Botha has replaced injured spinner Imran Tahir. Teams: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel. South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim...  

Indians' loyalty in Malaysian govt shaken: Minister

Hambantota: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi wanted his openers to bat more positively in the World Cup after Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad both flopped against Kenya in the team's opening match on Wednesday. Afridi's haul of 5-16 in his fourth World Cup guided Pakistan to a comfortable 205-run victory over the 2003 semifinalist in Group A. Pakistan racked up 317-7, thanks to Umar Akmal's blistering 71 off 52 balls and...  

Malaysia drops murder charge against ethnic Indians

London: Former England captain Mike Gatting has backed Kevin Pietersen to be the current side's batting equivalent of Ian Botham when the South Africa-born shot-maker opens at the World Cup. Wicketkeeper Matt Prior, having won back his place in the squad from rival glove-man Steven Davies, had been a candidate to open although his previous stints at the top of the order had met with mixed success. And there were...  

Malaysia justifies ethnic Indians' arrest, snubs US

Bangalore: He made his debut as a leg-spinning all-rounder but Australian Cameron White says he has lost confidence in his bowling and has transformed into a middle-order batsman. White, who made his Test debut against India in Bangalore in 2008, said he has no time to get back to bowling as he is only concentrating on polishing his batting skills. "I am not bowling much to be honest. I am...  

Ethnic Indians charged with murder in Malaysia

Wellington: New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill has said that he is ready to bat at any position in the line-up. In the ongoing home series against Pakistan, Guptill has opened the innings for the Kiwis in all formats of the game and has done reasonably well. "It's what I'm comfortable with, so at the moment I'm happy with where I'm batting, but I'm also happy to bat at No 3....  

Malaysians don't want foreign interference: Minister

Melbourne: Tasmanian spinner Xavier Doherty was back in Australia's World Cup calculations on Saturday, just days after his state captain lambasted national selectors for casting him aside. Doherty was recalled to the Australian side for the third and fourth one-day internationals against England after fellow spinner Nathan Hauritz appeared to suffer a serious shoulder injury in Australia's 46-run win in Hobart on Friday. The 28-year-old Doherty played in the first...  

Indians in Malaysia fighting for rights: activist

Wellington: All-rounder Luke Woodcock and top-order batsman Jamie How were surprise inclusions in New Zealand's 15-man World Cup squad on Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Woodcock made his international debut in a recent Twenty20 match against Pakistan, while How was brought back into the national set-up for their tour of India late last year after an absence of two years. All-rounder Jacob Oram and pace bowler Hamish Bennett have also been named...  

UPA walks the tightrope over Malaysian protests

Cape Town: Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday defended Piyush Chawla's inclusion in India's 15-man World Cup squad, saying the legspinner's presence provides variety to the attack. Chawla has been a surprise inclusion in the squad, announced on Monday by the Kris Srikkanth-led selection committee in Chennai. "It is good to have Piyush in the side as he provides that variety to the attack. He is one guy who can bat...  

Ethnic Indians vs Malays or Hindus vs Muslims?

Tamils are protesting against equal rights being denied to them in Malaysia. ...  

Marginalised in Malaysia: The story of ethnic Indians

Here's how the Indian community has fared in Malaysia over the last 150 years. ...  

Lay off, Malaysian minister tells Karunanidhi

MK had urged Indian PM to take 'action' on bad treatment of Tamils in Malaysia. ...  

Karunanidhi asks PM to help Tamils in Malaysia

Karunanidhi has asked the PM to bring relief to protesting Tamils in Malaysia. ...