Parties sympathise with Lankan pilgrims’ plight
With the pro-Tamil outfits attacking Sri Lankan pilgrims in the state, the DMK on Tuesday said it was only opposed to India’s training defence personnel from the island nation while the CPI(M) express
India reassures Lanka on safety
As political parties in Tamil Nadu continue to raise the pitch on not allowing Sri Lankans armed forces to train in India or force the early return of football teams from the state to their home coun
Sri Lanka warns its citizen against visiting Tamil Nadu
Sri Lanka on Monday issued a travel advisory asking its citizen not to visit Tamil Nadu until further notice in the wake of 'increasing number of instances of intimidation' of Sri Lankans in the state
Parties join cry to stop Rajapaksa visit
Over three years have passed since the fall of the LTTE and the failure of the Eelam war, but the Lankan Tamil issue continues to rage in multiple forms across the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu.
The lat
DMK wants training programme for Lankan personnel scrapped
Key UPA ally DMK on Tuesday demanded that the Centre should immediately scrap the training programme for Sri Lankan Army personnel in the country, arguing that such exercises create doubts in the mind
Tamil outfits target Lankan pilgrims for second day
Sri Lankan pilgrims were targeted for the second day on Tuesday with three buses carrying them to the Tiruchirapalli airport attacked by activists of Tamil outfits.
Sticks and stones were hurled by t
CM suspends official for allowing SL soccer team play match
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Sunday suspended a stadium officer here for allowing a Sri Lankan football team to play a friendly tie, terming it as an insult to Tamils and directed that
Vasan opposes SL men training
Union shipping minister G.K. Vasan on Saturday said the state unit of the Congress is of the firm view that Sri Lankan army personnel should not be trained in India.
Demanding that the two Lankan ar
M&M to expand businesses in Sri Lanka; to launch 2-wheelers
Diversified conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra is embarking on a major expansion drive for its range of businesses in Sri Lanka, the largest vehicle export market for the group, by foraying into two-whe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit India
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit India later in September, primarily to lay the foundation stone of a Centre for Buddhist Studies in Madhya Pradesh's Sanchi, home to some of the vi