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Govt not taking honest position on Sri Lankan issu

Last Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013, 20:56

CPI on Saturday accused the government of not taking an honest position on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue and asked it respond to the resolution adopted by the Tamil Nadu assembly.

Swamy demands Vaiko`s arrest over remarks against Lankan envoy

Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 20:52

Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday termed MDMK chief Vaiko`s remarks against Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam as "scurrilous" and demanded his arrest.

IPL matches in TN only if no SL players, umpires, officials: Jayalalithaa

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 15:20

Jayalalithaa said IPL matches would be permitted in TN only if there were no Sri Lankan players, umpires, officials or support staff in these matches.

Jaya, Karuna want India to skip Colombo CHOGM

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 14:21

DMK on Monday demanded that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo in November.

Sri Lanka may pull its mission out of Tamil Nadu

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 20:57

Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a media report said on Sunday.

Vaiko seeks fresh Assembly resolution on Tamils issue

Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 15:09

MDMK chief Vaiko on Saturday requested Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to adopt a resolution in state Assembly on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

`Centre, DMK didn`t do enough for SL Tamils`

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 19:03

With India voting against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, BJP Thursday said the government and DMK should spell out the steps they had taken to prevent attacks on ethnic Tamils during the war against LTTE.

India votes against Sri Lanka, UNHRC adopts resolution

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 09:51

UNHRC began voting on resolution to press Sri Lankan government for a more thorough probe of accusations of mass murder of civilians by the Lankan army during the war against Tamil separatists in 2009.

Mamata to support govt on Lankan Tamils issue

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 21:12

UPA`s estranged ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday sprang a surprise by promising to support the Centre on whatever stand it took on Sri Lankan Tamils issue at the UNHRC.

Protests over Sri Lankan Tamils issue continue in TN

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 16:07

Protests over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue continued all over the state on Wednesday with CPI(M) and BJP also holding agitations.

Indian role in US resolution forced our exit: Karunanidhi

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:35

DMK president M Karunanidhi said on Wednesday that his party quit the UPA after India helped in watering down the US resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC in Geneva.

Govt, parties in talks on resolution on Sri Lankan Tamils

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 12:40

The government said it was talking to political parties on a resolution concerning the Sri Lankan Tamil issue in Parliament, but the move was not linked to the withdrawal of support by the DMK to the UPA.