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Rameswaram: A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered release of 30 fishermen from Rameswaram, arrested last month by Island Navy on charges of poaching, according to Fishermen Association sources here. President of Pamban Fishermen’s Association U Arulanandam said they have received a communication stating that a...
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi today said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for ‘Eelam Tamils’ though he insisted his party was not bothered about withdrawing support to the coalition. “DMK has now come out of Central government...
By Ajaz Ashraf The ongoing furious debate over the myriad issues arising from the Tamil question in Sri Lanka smacks of incredible hypocrisy and gross simplification of complexities inherent in the 21st century brand of Indian politics. Perhaps nothing is more hypocritical than the trite assertion...
The Eelam may be a rhetorical excess that is unavoidable in Tamil Nadu’s competitive politics, but the sentiment behind the state’s voice is no different from that of the international community. Except for Eelam, everything else Tamil Nadu said has been more or less consistent with...
Chennai: MDMK chief Vaiko on Wednesday sought criminal prosecution of a Sri Lankan envoy under sedition charges for allegedly trying to instigate north Indians against the people of Tamil Nadu. Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam has blatantly violated “diplomatic immunity” by reportedly sending email to...
Chennai: Joining issue with his arch rival and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, DMK president M Karunanidhi today said the tiny islet of Katchatheevu was ceded to Sri Lanka by the Indira Gandhi government in 1974 despite strong protest from the then ruling DMK. “The DMK...
Chennai: Stepping up pressure on the UPA government on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Tamil Nadu today demanded that India move a resolution in the UN Security Council for a referendum for separate Tamil Eelam and stop calling Colombo a friendly nation. The Tamil Nadu Assembly...
Colombo: Sri Lankan Navy today intercepted a boat carrying 97 Tamil-origin Lankans, including 40 children, believed to be on their way to Australia illegally. Naval spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that they were nabbed off the coast of Oluvil on the island nation’s eastern coast this...
Chennai: Voicing concern over increased attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu government today asked the Centre to initiate diplomatic steps to check it and urged for withdrawal of the 1974 agreement ceding Katchatheevu islet to the island nation. Replying to a special call attention on...
Colombo: A batch of 95 Tamil women soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army held their passing out parade at Security Force Headquarters in the former LTTE stronghold of Kilinochchi in the north. This was the first time the Army saw such a large group of Tamil...
