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Govt not taking honest position on Sri Lankan issue: CPI


CPI accused the government of not taking an honest position on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue and asked...

Both Houses disrupted over Sri Lanka issue


Both Houses were disrupted on Thursday as the DMK and the AIADMK took up the issue of the killing of...

Trinamool to support govt on Lankan Tamils issue


UPA`s estranged ally Trinamool Congress today sprang a surprise by promising to support the governme...

Drama of convenience: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar


Terming as a `drama of convenience` the DMK pulling out of UPA, Art of Living Founder Sri Sri Ravi S...

Early LS polls inevitable: Sukhbir


The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Tuesday said early elections to the Lok Sabha were inevitable after th...

CPI (M) for full autonomy for Lankan Tamils


Describing as "state of uncertainty" the situation at the Centre in the aftermath of DMK`s pullout d...

Centre tries to placate DMK on Lankan Tamils issue


Union Minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday said a final decision on a US resolution on the issue will...

Lanka crimes: CPI(M) wants India to press for credible probe


India should press for a credible and independent probe into the alleged war crimes by Sri Lankan fo...

DMK-backed strike evokes partial response


A dawn-to-dusk general strike called on Tuesday by a DMK-backed group in Tamil Nadu evoked partial r...

Govt under attack in LS over plight of ethnic Tamils issue


During a debate on the issue, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said India should also caution other neighbo...

Accountability must for rights violations in SL: India


In the wake of fresh allegations of rights violations against ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, India on W...

Sri Lankan President rules out autonomy for Tamils


Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ruled out greater political autonomy for Tamils, saying e...

Lanka completes rehabilitation of displaced Tamils


The foreign ministers held wide-ranging talks on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of the 19-...

Sri Lanka should treat Tamils with equality: MP CM to Rajapaksa


MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said it was expected from Sri Lanka to treat Tamil...

‘Cong also wants Tamils to live safely in Lanka’


The Centre and Congress wanted Tamils to live safely and lead a secure life with equal rights in Sri...

‘Ready to do more for Tamil area reconstruction’


SM Krishna used his visit to this former LTTE bastion to assure the war-weary Tamils of northern Sri...

Court asks govt to enact law to protect refugees


A Delhi court has asked the Centre to enact a law to protect refugees and their rights while refus...

Work out an arrangement with Tamils: India to SL


India pressed the Mahinda Rajapaksa government to come to a "political arrangement" with the minori...

India steps up assistance to Sri Lanka`s Tamils


India will increase its assistance to Sri Lanka, particularly in the central tea growing region wh...

Forget the past for Sri Lanka`s good: MP


A Sri Lankan MP said there was no question of Colombo merging northern, eastern parts.

India assures all help to war-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka


India Tuesday assured Sri Lanka`s war-displaced Tamils of all kind of assistance, as Foreign Secre...

Lanka Tamils should no longer be presumed refugees


Sri Lankan Tamils should no longer automatically qualify for refugee status in other lands followi...

Lawmakers urge Lankan govt to free innocent Tamils


Nearly 10,000 are in govt custody after Lankan forces crushed LTTE in 2009.

Sarath Fonseka warns of serious fallout if resettlement delayed


Sri Lanka`s detained former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka on Tuesday warned that any delay in the resett...

Sri Lanka protests British Foreign Secretary’s address to Tamils


Sri Lanka lodged a protest with Britain on Wednesday over Foreign Secretary David Miliband`s decisio...

1200 displaced Tamils to be resettled in Kilinochchi


Over a year after Kilinochchi was liberated from the LTTE, the Sri Lankan Army on Tuesday started t...

Sri Lanka’s oppn Tamils, Muslim parties vow to stay united


Sri Lanka`s opposition Tamil and Muslim parties on Monday pledged to continue their alliance in the ...

Lanka starts resettling some 42,000 displaced Tamils


Nearly 42,000 ethnic Tamils displaced by the war against LTTE were sent to their homes in war-ravage...

Govt`s approach to displaced SL Tamils partisan: CPI-M


The CPI(M) Monday took exception to a delegation of MPs only from the ruling coalition visiting Sri ...

Lanka govt denies food shortage in relief camps


Sri Lankan government has denied allegations by an opposition member on food scarcity in camps for d...

Sri Lanka vows anew to resettle displaced Tamils quickly


Sri Lanka`s Prime Minister vowed anew that Colombo would quickly resettle civilians still in state-r...

Krishna talks resettlement with Lankan foreign minister


External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met his Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama here and ...

Tamils still coming to India, but it is now a trickle


More than two months after the Tamil Tigers were decimated, Tamils are still fleeing Sri Lanka to co...