Lankan court orders release of 35 TN fishermen

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 14:12

A Sri Lankan court Monday ordered the release of 35 fishermen who were arrested by the Lankan Navy last month, officials said.

Moderate polling in Sri Lankan provincial elections

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 09:10

Voter turnout was moderate in elections to Sri Lanka`s three provincial councils, including the Tamil-majority Northern Province, where ballotting took place Saturday.

Sri Lankan MP claims not allowed to participate in Ganesh festival

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 08:35

A Sri Lankan MP claimed he was denied permission to participate in a Ganesh Chathurthi procession.

Indian observers in Sri Lanka`s northern provincial polls

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 00:11

Five Indians will be among other foreign observers for a crucial provincial polls in Sri Lanka`s Tamil-dominated north scheduled for September 21 after a gap of 25 years.

Sri Lankan forces harass Tamils who met UN official?

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 14:43

The Sri Lankan government should investigate allegations that security forces harassed people who met UN human rights chief Navi Pillay in that country, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

India urges Sri Lanka for early return of fishermen

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 08:43

India on Monday urged Sri Lanka for the early return of Indian fishermen held in its jails and also stressed on the need for Colombo to stand by its commitment not to dilute the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces.

Sri Lanka will like Manmohan Singh to participate in CHOGM meet: Peiris

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 23:19

Sri Lanka said it would like Manmohan Singh to attend the upcoming CHOGM meeting in Colombo despite opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu.

Centre spares no steps to protect Lankan Tamils: Narayanasamy

Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 23:58

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assured Tamil Nadu government that there was no change in the stand of the Centre on reconciliation and devolution of political powers to ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka.

`No change in Centre`s stand on SL Tamil`s issue`

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 10:59

PM Manmohan Singh has informed CM J Jayalalithaa that New Delhi will work towards ensuring that Tamils are "masters of their own destiny within framework of a united Sri Lanka."

Seeking support in RS polls does not mean DMK has aligned again with Cong: Stalin

Last Updated: Monday, July 1, 2013, 00:25

DMK on Sunday asserted its seeking Congress support in the Rajya Sabha polls did not mean that they had aligned again with that party.

Pro-Eelam activists storm military campus, cane-charged

Last Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 23:14

Around 250 workers of pro-Eelam Tamil outfit protested against training of Sri Lankan armed forces personnel at an Army campus near here, leading to a police lathicharge and arrest of 120 of them.