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Congress top brass brainstorm on CHOGM

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 19:21

Congress top brass on Friday deliberated on India`s proposed participation in the Commonwealth Summit in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka denies refusing visas to human rights lawyers

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 17:05

Sri Lanka has denied claims by an international group of human rights lawyers that its delegation was barred from visiting the country ahead of the troubled CHOGM summit.

Karunanidhi insists PM should not attend CHOGM

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 13:55

As the Congress Core Group went into consultations to decide on the party`s stand in the country participating in CHOGM, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi on Friday stepped up pressure insisting that India should boycott the meet hosted by Colombo on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

Pro-Tamil outfits demand bandh on Nov 12

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 13:47

Twenty one pro-Tamil outfits pressing for India`s non-participation in the November 15 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet in Sri Lanka over the Lankan Tamils issue have demanded that the state government declare a bandh on Nov 12 to mount pressure on the Centre over taking part.

India’s CHOGM quandary: Congress Core Group meet ends

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 10:24

The Congress Core Group, headed by party president Sonia Gandhi, met on Friday to take a final decision on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should participate in Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) scheduled to be held in Colombo next week.

PM will take appropriate decision on CHOGM: Vasan

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 21:26

A strong votary of India`s boycott of the ensuing Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (COHGM) in Colombo, GK Vasan on Wednesday said the Prime Minister would take an "appropriate" decision on the issue.

PM`s decision will be our decision: Congress on CHOGM

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 20:56

Congress said it will back whatever decision PM takes on India`s pariticpation in Commonwealth Heads of Govt meeting in Sri Lanka later this month.

TN BJP to apprise leadership on anti-CHOGM sentiments

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 15:34

With the opposition BJP yet to spell out its stand on India`s participation in next week`s CHOGM in Sri Lanka, a three-member delegation of the Tamil Nadu unit left for Delhi to impress upon the party central leadership to press for India`s boycott.

CHOGM: Rajiv Gandhi`s statue vandalised in Tamil Nadu

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 13:24

Tension prevailed at Tirumuruganpoondi in nearby Tirupur district, where a statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was found vandalised in the early hours of today, drawing the ire of Congress workers.

Protest intensify in TN, Pondy demanding boycott of CHOGM

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 01:07

Pro-Tamil outfits and student groups on Monday stepped up protests in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry demanding the Centre to boycott next week Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka over the Lankan Tamils issue.

UK scraps contentious visa bond plan ahead of Cameron`s visit

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 00:44

The controversial 3,000-pound visa bond scheme for some "high risk" overseas visitors to the UK including those from India which was scheduled to be implemented on a pilot scale this month has been scrapped, it was officially stated on Monday.

Two more ministers want PM not to travel to Lanka for CHOGM

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 16:59

Voices within the Cabinet grew louder against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visiting Sri Lanka with two more ministers saying on Monday that he should not attend Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in view of alleged atrocities against ethnic Tamils.