UN resolution won't change ties with India, US: Colombo
Sri Lanka on Thursday said its friendly ties with India and the US will not change despite a resolution being moved against it at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Acting Media Minister Laksman Ya
India votes against Sri Lanka, then mollifies Colombo
India on Thursday voted for a US-backed resolution urging Sri Lanka to probe rights abuses in the war on the Tamil Tigers, but quickly emphasised that Colombo's sovereignty must be respected.
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SL envoy apologises to TN MPs
Lankan high commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam was forced to apologise on Thursday for asking India to probe politicians sympathetic to LTTE. His apology came even as the issue rocked Rajya Sabha with me
Don't support US-backed resolution on Lanka: Swamy to govt
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said India should not support the US-backed UN resolution for an inquiry into human rights violations by Sri Lankan army following alleged surfacin
Elders raise objections to Lankan envoy's remarks
Members from Tamil Nadu in Rajya Sabha on Thursday raised strong objections to the reported remarks of Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam against MPs of the state and demanded a catego
Sri Lanka rejects latest war crimes video
Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected a new video aired on Britain's Channel 4 which levelled fresh allegations of war crimes against the country's leadership and military.
In response to the video "Sri Lan
Rajiv Gandhi killer Nalini Sriharan's 'A' class prison facilities restored
The Madras High Court on Thursday restored 'A' class facilities in terms of food, drinking water and a bed to Nalini Sriharan who is serving a life sentence at Vellore women's jail for her involvement
LTTE's Prabhakaran was shot dead after 'surrender'
Just a day after the world reacted in horror to a video showing the body of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son, with five close-range gun wounds to the chest, it has emerged the Tiger
Sri Lanka army film to refute war crimes charges
Sri Lanka's military is preparing its own documentary on its final battle with Tamil rebels as a response to allegations of war crimes, army chief Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said.
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Sri Lanka war crimes: Uproar in Parliament, govt seeks to mollify opposition
The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Tuesday as opposition parties demanded to know the government's stand on atrocities on Sri Lankan Tamils after a picture of a bullet-ridden body of a boy said to be th