Indian officials met in 'secret' with the LTTE ahead of Sri Lanka's 2002 truce although New Delhi considered the Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, Norwegian cabinet minister Erik Solheim has revealed.

Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be 'put in its place', reveals a Norwegian government sponsored study on w

Sri Lanka's government on Thursday sought to dismiss war crimes allegations as propaganda from its defeated rivals, as it came under further pressure ahead of a Commonwealth summit.

A spokesman for

Criticising the government's decision to stop war crimes cases against the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, the Australian Tamil community on Wednesday said they felt betrayed and disappointed.

When Tamil Tigers were routed on the battlefield two years ago, the Sri Lankan government believed it had crushed the 25-year rebellion for a separate Tamil homeland.

But evidence surfacing in a

The Sri Lankan military has stepped up its operation to arrest thousands of army deserters, many of whom have been linked to criminal activities in the country.

An operation is underway to arrest 60

The government on Friday released the last batch of some 1,800 former LTTE guerrillas who underwent rehabilitation after the end of a three-decade ethnic conflict in May 2009, officials said.

The re

Sri Lanka is planning to set up a power grid connection between the island nation and India which is facing growing requirement for electricity, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasa

Rajiv Gandhi assassins Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, facing the death row, on Friday appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa to intervene in the matter even as their hanging may take

DMK chief M. Karunanidhi on Friday appealed to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to intervene and save the lives of three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, saying appeals by Tam