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Lanka Prez Rajapaksa congratulates Nawaz Sharif on poll win


Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has congratulated Pakistan`s PML-N party chief Nawaz Sharif o...

30 TN fishermen released by Lankan court return home


Thirty fishermen, who were set free by a Sri Lankan court after being arrested by the island Navy la...

Singapore court jails Lankan for killing her Indian lover


A Singapore court has sentenced a former Sri Lankan domestic help to 10 years in jail for killing he...

Sri Lankan maid gets 10 years in jail for killing


A Sri Lankan maid working in Singapore was Monday jailed for 10 years for killing her Indian lover i...

15 Indian fishermen attacked by Lankan navy


Fifteen fishermen were on Monday attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy when they were fishing near D...

Locals attack 11 arrested Sri Lankan fishermen


Eleven Sri Lankan fishermen, who were arrested four days ago by the Indian Coast Guard for illegally...

1,000 Sri Lankan boat people returned by Australia


The Australian government repatriated 25 more Sri Lankans who tried to illegally migrate, bringing t...

Attacks on Sri Lankan monks were isolated incidents: Kantha


India has said that the recent attacks on Sri Lankan Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu were isolated inci...

Remand of arrested fishermen extended to Apr 26


The remand period of the 30 fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on April 5 has been extended t...

Sri Lanka Navy denies arresting Indian fishermen


Sri Lankan Navy on Sunday denied the arrest of nine Indian fishermen hailing from Pudukottai distric...

Lankan navy arrests 9 TN fishermen


Nine fishermen from Pudukottai district were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan navy when they wer...

Six fishermen attacked by Lankan Navy


On April 10, eight fishermen of the nearby Nagapattinam district were injured in two separate incide...

Four Tamil fishermen attacked by Sri Lankan Navy


Four fishermen from the district were allegedly attacked by Sri Lankan Navy personnel with wooden lo...

Chidambaram criticises BJP on Sri Lankan Tamils issue


Chidambaram further boasted of the Congress party`s commitment to raise voice against the 2009 genoc...

Jaya seeks PM intervention for release of TN fishermen


Deprecating repeated "onslaughts" by Sri Lankan Navy on Tamil Nadu fishermen, Jayalalithaa sought th...

Rameswaram fishermen to stay off sea indefinitely


Fishermen from Rameswaram will go on an indefinite strike from Monday demanding the release of 30 of...

India should have sought SL`s suspension from Commonwealth: BJP


Expressing support to cause of protecting Sri Lankan Tamils, BJP said India should have demanded Sri...

Centre`s stand on TN fishermen issue ‘discriminatory’: Karuna


DMK, which quit the UPA over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue on Sunday slammed the Centre for adopting "...

Govt not taking honest position on Sri Lankan issu


CPI on Saturday accused the government of not taking an honest position on the Sri Lankan Tamils iss...

Swamy demands Vaiko`s arrest over remarks against Lankan envoy


Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday termed MDMK chief Vaiko`s remarks against Sri L...

Sri Lankan court extends judicial remand of TN fishermen


A Sri Lankan court on Thursday extended to April 11, the judicial remand of 19 Indian fishermen who ...

US closely consulted with India on Lankan resolution: Robert Blake


US has worked with India throughout the process on US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at UNHRC, Ob...

`Arrest SL Navy men for atrocities on fishermen`


Opposition leader in the Assembly V Vaithilingam Tuesday urged the government to arrest Sri Lankan n...

IPL matches in TN only if no SL players, umpires, officials: Jayalalithaa


Jayalalithaa said IPL matches would be permitted in TN only if there were no Sri Lankan players, ump...

Tamil women soldiers recruited to Sri Lankan Army


A batch of 95 Tamil women soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army held their passing out parade at Security F...

Jaya, Karuna want India to skip Colombo CHOGM


DMK on Monday demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting schedu...

Sri Lanka may pull its mission out of Tamil Nadu


Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commi...

Vaiko seeks fresh Assembly resolution on Tamils issue


MDMK chief Vaiko on Saturday requested Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to adopt a resolution ...

`Centre, DMK didn`t do enough for SL Tamils`


With India voting against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, BJP Thursday said the government and DMK should sp...

Mamata to support govt on Lankan Tamils issue


UPA`s estranged ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday sprang a surprise by promisi...

Protests over Sri Lankan Tamils issue continue in TN


Protests over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue continued all over the state on Wednesday with CPI(M) and ...

Govt denies diluting US resolution on Sri Lanka


The government on Wednesday denied that it had diluted the US-sponsored resolution denouncing Sri La...

12 fishermen attacked by Sri Lankan naval personne


Twelve fishermen were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan Naval personnel in two separate incidents whe...

Reconsider decision to pull out from UPA: IUML to DMK


UPA ally IUML urged DMK chief M Karunanidhi to reconsider his decision of withdrawing support to UPA...

Indian role in US resolution forced our exit: Karunanidhi


DMK president M Karunanidhi said on Wednesday that his party quit the UPA after India helped in wate...

DMK MP faints in RS while raising Sri Lankan Tamil issue


DMK member Vasanthi Stanley on Wednesday fainted in the Rajya Sabha while strongly raising the Sri L...

Govt, parties in talks on resolution on Sri Lankan Tamils


The government said it was talking to political parties on a resolution concerning the Sri Lankan Ta...

No business in Parliament as DMK, AIADMK, SP create ruckus


Parliament failed to transact any business on Wednesday as DMK, AIADMK and Samajwadi Party created r...

DMK`s announcement of snapping ties unexpected: TN Cong


Congress on Tuesday described as "unexpected," DMK`s announcement to break ties with it as it said t...

Probe `atrocities` on Sri Lankan Tamils: Sonia


Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday denounced the "unspeakable atrocities" committed on Tamil...

Ready to discuss Sri Lankan Tamil issue in Parliament: Govt


DMK chief M Karunanidhi said in Chennai that his party was ready to reconsider its decision to pull ...

Five Sri Lankan fishermen remanded to judicial custody


The fishermen told `Q` branch and IB police they had drifted due to strong winds and were not aware ...

Sri Lankan Tamil issue forces repeated adjournment


Parliament on Tuesday witnessed repeated adjournments during Question Hour as DMK and AIADMK disrupt...

No threat to UPA from DMK on Lanka issue : Congress


Congress on Monday dismissed suggestions of any threat to the government in the wake of DMK’s threat...

Puducherry Assembly urges Centre to support US-backed resolution


The Puducherry Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to support the ...

Tamil Nadu students continue protests over Sri Lankan Tamil issue


Union Ministers AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad and P Chidambaram are likely to discuss the issue with D...

Sonia Gandhi to discuss Cong strategy with party MPs


Sonia Gandhi is expected to unveil Congress` strategy on Monday in the backdrop of opposition flak o...

Cong decries `maligning` of PM on Sri Lankan Tamils issue


Congress on Sunday decried "maligning" of the Prime Minister and party-led UPA government by pro-Tam...

Fishermen to boycott fishing demanding release of colleagues


Fishermen here have decided to boycott fishing indefinitely from Friday demanding release of 53 of t...

60 TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy


At least 60 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy personnel while fishing near ...