Tamil party sweeps polls in former LTTE-held region in Lanka
Colombo: Sri Lanka's main Tamil party on Sunday secured a landslide win in the historic provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former Tamil Tigers- ruled northern province, an o
Sri Lanka asks European Union to help stop LTTE funding
Colombo: Sri Lanka on Saturday asked for sustained vigilance on the part of the European Union to stop funding of the LTTE by the outfit's front organisations.
Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister GL
Contempt notice served on police
Chennai: The arrest of the Coonoor judicial magistrate on a rape complaint by a woman sub-inspector of police took a different turn with the Madras HC initiating suo motu contempt proceedings ag
Mahinda Rajapaksa woos Lankan Tamils ahead of polls in the north Colombo
Srilanka: In a bid to woo Lankan Tamils, President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday toured the former LTTE strongholds in the country's north ahead of the planned election in the region.
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12 fishermen injured in Lankan Navy attack
Rameswaram (TN): Twelve fishermen were today injured when they were attacked allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel for fishing in Lankan territorial waters, officials said.
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Act tough against Colombo: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa
Chennai: Slamming the Sri Lankan government over the ‘inhuman act’ of alleged cold blooded killing of slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sa
Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse's visit to India: Tirupati on high alert
Tirupati/Chennai: A thick security blanket has been thrown over this temple town in the wake of reports that some Tamil Nadu-based outfits may create trouble during the visit of Sri Lankan President
LTTE gold sneaking into India
Spurt in gold smuggling from Colombo after the ethnic war got over in Sri Lanka has forced some officials in Indian customs intelligence to believe that a lot of illegally-held gold is being smuggled
LTTE’s strong anti-India posture continues; Govt extends ban
Government has extended the ban on LTTE declaring that it continues to adopt a strong anti-India posture and pose a grave threat to the security of its citizens.
Caught Lankan Tamils sent to camps in Tirunelveli
As many as 123 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees from various camps in Tamil Nadu who were caught while trying to escape to Australia through the Sakthikulangara coast near Kollam in Kerala, were handed over