TNA to push for international probe into Lanka war crimes

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 14:30

Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party has said it will push for an independent international probe into alleged war crimes committed during the final phase of the civil war against the LTTE in 2009.

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.

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.

TNA picks Muslim for northern provincial council

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 22:34

The Tamil National Alliance, which won last week`s historic northern provincial elections in Sri Lanka, has named a Muslim and a women member of the party to fill two bonus seats.

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.

Tamil party sweeps polls in former LTTE-held region in Lanka

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 20:27

Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party on Sunday secured a landslide win in the historic provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former LTTE-ruled Northern Province.

Tamil party sweeps polls in former LTTE-held region in Lanka

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 17:47

Sri Lanka`s main Tamil party today secured a landslide win in the historic provincial council polls held after a gap of 25 years in the former LTTE-ruled Northern Province.

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 Lankan Tamil party sweeps provincial polls

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 09:52

Sri Lanka`s main minority Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), has swept to victory in the provincial council elections held in the Northern Province after 25 years, official results showed Sunday.

Sri Lankans told not to vote for Tamil group: NYT

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 13:59

Men wearing army uniforms and carrying guns are visiting houses in Sri Lanka`s Tamil-majority Northern Province to tell people not to vote for a Tamil alliance, the New York Times reported.

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.