Sri Lankan Tamil party refuses to join talks

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 02:11

Sri Lanka`s main minority Tamil political party has decided to continue boycotting a parliament process aimed at reaching a political solution after the end of a three-decade-old conflict, a Tamil legislator said Wednesday.

Sri Lanka war dead count improper: Tamil party

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 19:18

Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party on Wednesday said a census to ascertain the number of dead and disappeared in the country`s nearly three-decade-long civil war was not being conducted properly.

Sushil put Indian wrestling on the world map: TNA star Angle

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 18:15

Kurt Angle would not have even imagined an Indian grappler finishing on the podium in the Olympic Games had it not been for Sushil Kumar`s historic bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games, which made the TNA impact wrestling legend stand up and take notice of the country.

Lanka: TNA to stay away from CHOGM summit

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 20:11

In another blow for the vexed Commonwealth summit to be held here next month, Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party today said it would boycott the event.

SL Tamils issue: TNA Parliamentarian calls on BJP leaders

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 00:16

Coming out in full support of the demands for boycotting Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Colombo, TNA leader and Lankan Parliamentarian R Sambanthan on Tuesday urged India to press for the 13th amendment to empower Lankans in the island nation.

Lanka SC gives 2 weeks to TNA to respond to petitions

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 21:41

Sri Lanka`s Supreme Court on Wednesday gave two weeks time to the country`s main Tamil party TNA to respond to petitions alleging that its election manifesto for northern provincial polls supported self determination for Tamils.

Chidambaram lauds TNA for securing resounding mandate in polls

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 19:44

P Chidambaram lauded Tamil National Alliance for securing a "resounding mandate" in elections for the Northern province in Sri Lanka.

Karunanidhi hails TNA`s victory in provincial council polls

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 15:59

DMK`s M Karunanidhi hailed the victory of the Tamil National Alliance in the provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former Tamil Tigers-ruled northern province in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka`s Tamils vote under the shadow of guns

Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2013, 00:02

Tamil voters in northern Sri Lanka are set to elect their first ever semi-autonomous council on Saturday, in a post-war power-sharing exercise already marred by allegations of army intimidation and harassment.

TNA urges police and land powers for north

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 20:58

Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party, TNA has renewed its demand for police and land control powers for the northern province where provincial council elections will be held on September 21.

TNA delegation leaves for India on Lanka 13A talks

Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 16:11

Faced with the prospect of having to face a dilution of the northern provincial council powers, a delegation of Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party TNA on Sunday left for Delhi to hold urgent consultations with Indian leadership.