MDMK and other groups protested outside the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission against alleged atrocities on Tamils in Sri Lanka. ...
03:56 PM, Mar 04, 2013
While the AIADMK and the Left parties accused the government on Wednesday of not doing anything for the Tamils in Sri Lanka, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said the government was committed to bringing justice to Lankan Tamils. During the debate on Sri Lankan war crimes in the Rajya Sabha, Khurshid said, "I reiterate the commitment of government to see the end of hostilities in Sri Lanka." ...
02:48 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Political analyst and 'Vaartha' bureau chief R Rajagopalan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on Rajapaksa visit protest. ...
06:40 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Chennai: Key UPA constituent DMK on Sunday night said India should press United Nations to undertake a "referendum" on the Eelam Tamils issue. "India should press United Nations to undertake a public vote on the Eelam Tamils issue. DMK will be supportive to the Centre if it takes a stand to pressurise the UN (in taking a referendum)," DMK President M Karunanidhi said. "The referendum was not only taken for...
10:31 AM, Nov 12, 2012
After some initial delays, 'Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum' is getting a shape now. The film starring Jai in the lead role, marks the directorial debut of Prem Sai, a former associate of Prabhu Deva. The hunt for the heroine started with Ananya initially and then considering the bilingual connectivity the idea was dropped, and then literally every name was discussed to pair opposite Jai. But the search never ended. A press...
03:51 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance on Thursday said it would consider joining a proposed Parliamentary Committee to find a political solution if the Mahinda Rajapaksa government removes the "negativity" and hand out an assurance that they would not be "cheated again". TNA Parliamentary Party leader R Sampanthan, who is leading a delegation of his party MPs, articulated the views after an hour-long meeting with External Affairs Minister S...
03:07 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Mannar: India on Tuesday launched an ambitious Rs 1,300 crore housing project in northern Sri Lanka to build brand new homes for about 43,000 ethnic Tamil families displaced due to the civil war in the country. The project, which is the second phase of the housing scheme, was launched in three districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Jaffna today on Mahatma Gandhi's 142nd birth anniversary by Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa...
09:04 PM, Oct 02, 2012
MDMK chief Vaiko and 700 of his party supporters were arrested near Sanchi on Friday as they protested against visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Has the Tamil issue compromised India's influence in Sri Lanka? Join CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar for a discussion in World View on Friday at 10 pm. ...
02:43 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: MDMK chief Vaiko and 700 of his party supporters were arrested in Chhindwara near Sanchi on Friday as they tried to enter the city to hold their protest against visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa who is scheduled to inaugurate a Buddhist University there. Vaiko had planned a black flag protest against Rajapaksa in Sanchi. However, the Madhya Pradesh police stopped them from entering the city on Thursday...
12:20 PM, Sep 21, 2012
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday reached Sanchi where he will inaugurate a Buddhist University. ...
11:33 AM, Sep 21, 2012
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris revealed in an interview with CNN-IBN that President Mahinda Rajapaksa was at no point in time apprehensive of his visit to India despite call for protests by certain political parties. ...
09:05 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was on Thursday night stopped by the Madhya Pradesh police from entering into Sanchi where the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to inaugurate a Buddhist University on Friday. Vaiko had called for a black flag demonstration in Sanchi against Rajapaksa for the alleged violation of rights of ethnic Tamils in the country during its war against the Liberation Tigers of Talim Eelam...
08:34 AM, Sep 21, 2012
Bhopal/New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse will be in New Delhi on Thursday on a brief visit during which he will hold talks with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the ethnic Tamil question and other issues of bilateral interest. In the first high-level interaction after India voted against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, Rajapakse will meet Mukherjee and hold talks with Singh over dinner on...
09:54 AM, Sep 19, 2012
New Delhi: Rejecting Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's appeal, MDMK leader Vaiko on Monday evening left for Sanchi where Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse is expected to arrive for a visit. Vaiko, a strong critic of Rajapakse, has held him responsible for the killing of civilian Tamils in the war against LTTE in 2009. Vaiko was accompanied by around 1000 supporters, who will hold a blackflag protest against...
11:53 AM, Sep 18, 2012
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday cautioned that separatist elements in the country have not given up yet, in a veiled reference to the Tamil Eelam supporters' conference held in Chennai recently. "Though we have ended terrorism, there is lot more remaining to be done. Forty years ago they passed a resolution seeking separation of the country. The conference held recently also boosts Eelam demand," Rajapaksa told a...
01:23 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Chennai: The first conference of the revived Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) on Sunday urged the Central government to bring forth a resolution in the United Nations (UN) for bestowing full rights to the Tamils in Sri Lanka to decide the political solution themselves, which they have been demanding. Of the 14 resolutions adopted at the conference, eight put forth requests to the UN to help the Lankan Tamils on...
12:36 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Chennai: Ratcheting up pressure on the Centre, UPA key ally DMK-organised pro-Eelam TESO meet on Sunday accused it of remaining "silent" to the sufferings of Sri Lankan Tamils and asked the government to play a more pro-active role to ensure their well-being, including moving a UN resolution. "...This conference points out to the Indian Government that a question has naturally arisen in the hearts of Tamils as to why it...
09:44 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday called for "short, medium and long-term solutions" to address the various aspects of Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Addressing a conclave at the Eelam Tamils Rights Protection Conference here, he said "the short-term and medium term solutions include resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced Tamils, besides reconstruction of infrastructural and civic facilities." "Long-term solution is a political solution which has been discussed and debated for...
04:30 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: In a welcome breather for the DMK, the Madras High Court on Sunday stayed the police order refusing permission to it to hold a pro-Eelam conference. The Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meeting at the YMCA will now go ahead, albeit subject to conditions. The entire meet is being seen as a desperate attempt by the DMK to assert itself as a champion of the Tamil cause in...
01:26 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Chennai: A day after Congress made it clear that it will not support the demand for Tamil Eelam, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday made a U-turn on his plan to raise the issue at the Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) meet on August 12. As of now, Tamil Eelam is an idea. But the main focus of the TESO conference on August 12 would be to discuss the ways...
12:50 PM, Jul 17, 2012
