Manmohan, Rajapaksa discuss Tamil situation, bilateral ties (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday met Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and pressed him for an early solution to the decades-long ethnic issue and stressed ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa, Manmohan to meet for talks
September 20th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 20 (IANS) India Thursday will press Sri Lanka to speed up an inclusive solution to the decades-long ethnic issue when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President Mahinda ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa to meet Manmohan Thursday
September 19th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Wednesday night for a three-day official visit during which he is to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ... Read more...
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Amid Tamil Nadu unrest, Manmohan to meet Rajapaksa
September 18th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here Thursday, and is expected to press for a viable political solution in the ... Read more...
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Assam violence unprecedented, government to blame: Advani (Lead)
August 8th, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday termed the violence in Assam "unprecedented" and said the central government was to blame for ... Read more...
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Onus on Mizoram to take back tribal refugees: Tripura
February 26th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar Saturday put the onus of taking back the 37,000 Reang tribal refugees on the Mizoram government, and called on the ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa assures Krishna of empowering ethnic Tamils (Second Lead)
January 17th, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday assured Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna that he was committed to giving local powers to the ethnic Tamils for ... Read more...
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Krishna holds talks with Sri Lankan president, PM
January 17th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 17 (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday held a breakfast meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the second day of his four-day visit to ... Read more...
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Reconciliation ministry mooted in Sri Lanka (Lead)
January 11th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) An advisor to the Sri Lankan president has suggested setting up a temporary ministry to fast-track the reconciliation process following the end of the dragging ... Read more...
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Krishna to visit Sri Lanka Jan 16
January 7th, 2012 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will leave here Jan 16 on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka during which he will discuss the progress in ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to formulate political solution: Tamil party
September 18th, 2011 - 12:01 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 17 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has agreed to formulate a political solution to the ethnic issue very soon, a key minority Tamil political party said Saturday.
The ... Read more...
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Krishna launches Northern Railway line in Sri Lanka
November 28th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Nov 28 (ANI): Indian External Affairs S.M Krishna has inaugurated the Northern Railway lines for which New Delhi has pledged a 800-million dollars credit that will spur the reconstruction ... Read more...
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India opens consulate in Jaffna, launches Northern Railway line (Lead)
November 27th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) Pushing for national reconciliation in Sri Lanka, India Saturday opened its consulate in Jaffna, the Tamil heartland, and inaugurated the Northern Railway lines for which New Delhi has ... Read more...
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Indian consulate opens in Jaffna
November 27th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jaffna, Nov 27 (IANS) India opened its consulate in this Tamil heartland Saturday, with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna using the occasion to call for national reconciliation in post-war Sri Lanka.On the ... Read more...
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India now wary of Tamil issue, says daily (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
November 27th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) Indian leaders are becoming wary of the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka, now that the war in the island nation is over, a daily said Saturday.Referring to earlier ... Read more...
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India, Sri Lanka now understand Tamil ethnic issues: Lankan daily
November 27th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Sri Lanka is drawing plenty of media interest in the island nation, with a leading daily Saturday saying that political ... Read more...
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Krishna asks Pak to dismantle terror machine working from its territory
November 26th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Nov.26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna has asked Pakistan to dismantle the terror machine operating from its territory and to bring all perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack to speedy ... Read more...
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Krishna hopeful about taking India-Sri Lanka bilateral talks forward
November 25th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI
Onboard Special Aircraft, Nov.25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday said that he was looking forward to his four-day visit to Sri Lanka and expressed hope about taking bilateral ties ... Read more...
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S.M. Krishna in Colombo for bilateral talks
November 25th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Nov.25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna arrived in Colombo on a four-day visit on Thursday evening to hold bilateral talks with the Sri Lankan leadership.Krishna and his Sri Lankan counterpart ... Read more...
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Multi-cultural Malaysia can handle ethnic issues: PM (Lead)
October 27th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Minu Jain
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday he was confident that Malaysia, a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country and home to 2.1 million people of ... Read more...
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Malaysia can handle its ethnic issue, says PM
October 27th, 2010 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
By Minu Jain
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 27 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday he was confident that Malaysia had the ability to handle its ethnic issue."Like India, Malaysia is multi-cultural ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to focus on devolution (Lead)
October 15th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India Friday urged Sri Lanka to speed up the process of devolution of powers to Tamil-speaking minorities and offered to help in the development of the ... Read more...
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India to send an official to Sri Lanka
July 27th, 2010 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has decided to send an official of the external affairs ministry to Sri Lanka to consult the Indian high commissioner there and assess ... Read more...
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Karunanidhi wants assessment of Sri Lankan Tamils’ rehabilitation
July 17th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has suggested sending an Indian envoy to Sri Lanka to assess the progress on rehabilitation of Tamils living in refugee ... Read more...
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PM assures Karunanidhi on Sri Lankan Tamils issue
July 16th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi that his government will do all that it can to enable the Sri Lankan Tamils ... Read more...
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India, Sri Lanka sign seven pacts to boost bilateral cooperation
June 9th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): The visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here on Wednesday, and the duo witnessed the signing of seven pacts to ... Read more...
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India, Sri Lanka sign 7 pacts, discuss Tamil settlement (Lead)
June 9th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India and Sri Lanka Wednesday inked seven agreements, including key pacts on security and power, as Colombo reassured New Delhi about its plans to quickly resettle ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu MPs to call on Rajapaksa
June 9th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi /Chennai, June 9 (ANI): A lawmakers' delegation from Tamil Nadu will call on visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Wednesday.Led by former Union Minister T R ... Read more...
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Manmohan, Rajapaksa discuss Tamil settlement issue
June 9th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday discussed with Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa India's concerns on the plight of displaced Tamils and pressed for a political settlement ... Read more...
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Strike demanding truce in Sri Lanka hits Tamil Nadu
April 23rd, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) A dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK seeking an end to fighting in Sri Lanka virtually crippled life in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, residents and witnesses ... Read more...
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Advani seeks immediate ends of war by Colombo
April 22nd, 2009 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Calling for an immediate end to the war in Sri Lanka, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Wednesday blamed the Indian government ... Read more...
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BJP forms new front in Tamil Nadu
April 18th, 2009 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday formed a front in Tamil Nadu with the Janata Party, Nadalum Makkal Katchi (NMK) and All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) ... Read more...
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I have no ambition to be PM, says Jayalalitha (Lead)
April 14th, 2009 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 14 (IANS) AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha Tuesday denied she had prime ministerial ambitions, and asserted that the alliance led by her would sweep Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats.
Asked ... Read more...
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Tamil leaders meet Manmohan Singh on Sri Lankan Tamil issue
December 4th, 2008 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 4 (ANI): An all-party delegation from Tamil Nadu led by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today to seek the intervention of Central ... Read more...
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Pranab Mukherjee says military solution cannot resolve ethnic issue in Sri Lanka
October 28th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Oct 28 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has ruled out military action as solution to the ethic conflict in Sri Lanka.
Talking to reporters here on Monday, Mukherjee said, "India ... Read more...
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