Chidambaram criticises BJP on Sri Lankan Tamils issue

Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 10:58

Chidambaram further boasted of the Congress party`s commitment to raise voice against the 2009 genocide by Sri Lanka.

Marked difference in post-conflict Lanka: Pakistan

Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 18:11

Pakistan on Thursday hailed Sri Lanka`s efforts in tackling terrorism, saying there was a "marked difference" in the country in its post-conflict phase of development.

Politics and sports should not be mixed: Lankan envoy

Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 14:41

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam expressed anxiety and concern over a plethora of issues, including safety of Sri Lankan cricket players and other visitors in Tamil Nadu.

Probe into LTTE crimes should start with Karuna: HRW

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 16:20

Sri Lanka should act on the call by a deputy minister to investigate war crimes by examining his own role in serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said.

Tamil Nadu advocates Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 20:59

The Tamil Nadu assembly Wednesday urged India to introduce a resolution in the UN Security Council seeking a referendum in Sri Lanka to carve out an independent Tamil Eelam state.

TN Assembly demands referendum for separate Tamil Eelam

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 14:09

Ratcheting up pressure over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Tamil Nadu Assembly today adopted a strongly-worded resolution asking the Centre to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly nation and slap sanctions on it while demanding a referendum for a separate Tamil Eelam.

Amid Sri Lanka heat, Indian envoy to Geneva called

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 23:15

India recalled its envoy in Geneva for consultations on US resolution on Sri Lanka as Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa sought tough stand and DMK`s Karunanidhi demanded probe into "genocide" of Tamils.

Swamy asks US to work with Sri Lanka on resolution at UNHRC

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 13:50

Subramanian Swamy has asked the Obama administration to undertake bilateral consultations with Colombo to work out a consensus on the draft of the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka proposed to be tabled in UNHRC.

Prabhakaran’s son was offered snacks, then executed

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 11:52

A series of photographs show Balachandran Prabhakaran, son of Villupillai Prabhakaran, who was head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Canada-based LTTE operatives extradited to US

Last Updated: Friday, December 28, 2012, 08:49

Two Canada-based LTTE operatives have been extradited to the US on charges of conspiring to acquire arms and ammunition.

Sri Lankan civil war: Ban says UN report to have ‘profound implications’

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 11:56

A damming UN report on its failure to protect civilians in Sri Lanka`s civil war will have ‘profound implications’ for the global body, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says.