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Karunanidhi calls off fast on Sri Lanka

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DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday called off his scheduled hunger strike after the Indian government said it intended to vote against Sri Lanka on a 'war crimes' resolution.

Karunanidhi made the

Human Rights Watch hails India

Human Rights Watch on Monday hailed India's decision to vote against Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva over a 'war crimes' resolution.

"The Indian government has done the right

SL envoy apologises to TN MPs

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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

AIADMK tears FM statement on Lanka

Amidst growing pressure from UPA ally DMK and Opposition AIADMK, foreign minister S.M. Krishna told Parliament Wednesday the government would take a stand on the issue of alleged human rights violatio

DMK threatens to pull out over Lanka resolution

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Hardening his demand that India should support the US resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC session, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday warned that his party executive might be summoned to

Don't support US-backed resolution on Lanka: Swamy to govt

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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

Sri Lanka envoy apologises to Indian MPs

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Sri Lanka's envoy to India on Thursday apologised to Indian MPs for his comments that sought to link those questioning Colombo's human rights record with the Tamil Tigers.

"I would like to apologise

Concerned over charges of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka: US

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Expressing concern over the new allegations of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, the United States has said it supported bringing to book all those responsible.

The US statement comes in the wake of

Need to keep implications in mind: Govt on UNHRC resolution on Lanka

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Amid pressure from various parties to support a UN resolution against Sri Lanka, Government on Wednesday made it clear that it will decide on its action keeping in mind the implications on the recon

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

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