No progress on justice in Sri Lanka: Human Rights Watch
January 23rd, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 23 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has failed to advance justice and accountability for victims of the country's 25-year-old armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said Monday.While Sri ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka warns ex-Tamil rebels against revolting
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka has warned former Tamil Tiger rebels not to engage with any group which may be attempting to overthrow the government.The warning came after a ... Read more...
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Krishna wins Sri Lankan Tamil hearts with rehabilitation aid
January 19th, 2012 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Jan 19 (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna won the hearts of Sri Lankan Tamils with the rehabilitation programmes of the Indian government in the ... Read more...
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Krishna brings healing touch to Tamils (Lead)
January 18th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kilinochchi (Sri Lanka), Jan 18 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visited this former Tamil Tiger hub Wednesday and gifted medical equipment to a hospital, unveiled a renovated school ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to conduct census in March
January 4th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 4 (IANS) Sri Lanka will in March conduct its first nationwide census in 30 years, the government said Wednesday.It will collect data on economic status of people, occupation, ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka protests over LTTE stamps in France
January 3rd, 2012 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 3 (IANS) Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris Tuesday met French ambassador to Colombo Christine Robichon and lodged a protest over postage stamps issued in France with images ... Read more...
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‘Sri Lanka’s ties with China no threat to India’
December 29th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka's ruling party has said that the country's cooperation with China should not be viewed by India as a threat to the South Asian region.According ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka war report presented to parliament
December 16th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Dec 16 (IANS) A report on the three-decade-long ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka was Friday presented to parliament, making it a public document, an official said.Leader of the House ... Read more...
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Rajiv killers’ pleas adjourned till Jan 31
November 29th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court Tuesday adjourned till Jan 31, 2012, the hearing on the petitions by the three men convicted for assassinating former prime minister ... Read more...
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India funds railway line in Sri Lanka
November 21st, 2011 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 21 (IANS) India is funding a $150 million railway line to connect for the first time in decades the former war-torn north of Sri Lanka with the country's ... Read more...
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A Sri Lankan Tamil who could have made a difference (Comment)
November 19th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
If the Tamil Tigers had not assassinated him, K. Pathmanabha would have turned 60 Saturday. A Sri Lankan Tamil who embraced militancy in the 1970s, Nabha - as he was known ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka at ‘critical point’ post-LTTE, says politician (Interview)
November 15th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, Nov 15 (IANS) A prominent Sri Lankan politician who played a key role in the peace process says his country stands at "a critical point" when decision makers need ... Read more...
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India, LTTE met ’secretly’ before Sri Lanka truce: Eric Solheim
November 13th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, Nov 13 (IANS) Indian officials met in "secret" with the LTTE ahead of Sri Lanka's 2002 truce although New Delhi considered the Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, Norwegian ... Read more...
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India wanted LTTE ‘put in its place’: Norway report
November 11th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, Nov 11 (IANS) Even as it publicly advocated peace when the Sri Lankan conflict was raging, India quietly informed Norway that the LTTE must be "put in its ... Read more...
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Army housing complex inaugurated in Lucknow
November 8th, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 8 (IANS) A new housing complex for Indian Army personnel, comprising 570 dwelling units, was opened at the cantonment area here Tuesday, a statement said.Minister of State for ... Read more...
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Gender income gap widens in Sri Lanka
November 4th, 2011 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 4 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government should ensure better pay for women, rights activists said here Friday after Sri Lanka dropped 15 spots in the latest World Economic ... Read more...
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Rajiv killers’ pleas adjourned till Nov 29
October 28th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) The Madras High Court Friday adjourned till Nov 29 the hearing on the petitions by the three men convicted for assassinating former prime minister Rajiv ... Read more...
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Pakistan to help de-mining in Sri Lanka
October 25th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Oct 25 (IANS) Pakistan will help de-mine parts of Sri Lanka's Northern province, Xinhua reported Tuesday.A 10-member de-mining team from the Pakistani Army Engineering Corps is currently in the ... Read more...
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Five jailed by Hague court for helping LTTE
October 22nd, 2011 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Oct 22 (IANS) A court in The Hague Friday sentenced five ethnic Tamils to six years in prison for helping finance the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), EuAsiaNews ... Read more...
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Report on Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’ to be released
October 18th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Oct 18 (IANS) A report commissioned by the Sri Lankan government to probe allegations of war crimes will be released in mid-November, an official said Tuesday.The deadline for the ... Read more...
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Anna condemns attack on Prashant Bhushan, asks for security
October 12th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Oct 12 (IANS) Anna Hazare Wednesday condemned the attack on his team member and senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan and demanded security for his aides for "some ... Read more...
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Release Rajiv Gandhi killers, appeals Karunanidhi
October 6th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi ... Read more...
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LTTE front groups run weekend schools in Holland: Report
October 4th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Oct 4 (IANS) Front organisations of the vanquished Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) run some 20 schools on Saturdays in the Netherlands, Dutch media reported Tuesday.The revelations were ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka to free 1,200 former rebels
September 19th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 19 (IANS) Sri Lanka will free 1,200 more rehabilitated former Tamil Tiger guerrillas by September-end, Xinhua reported Monday.This would take to 17,000 the number of former members of ... Read more...
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Gandhi accused Nalini breaks down
September 7th, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Wednesday broke down as she was shifted back to Vellore jail ... Read more...
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Hanging of Rajiv killers stayed, Tamil Nadu assembly backs them
August 30th, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS) The Sep 9 hanging of the three men sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was stayed for eight weeks ... Read more...
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Assembly resolution on Rajiv killers not binding: Khurshid
August 30th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) The resolution passed by the Tamil Nadu assembly asking President Pratibha Patil to review the mercy petitions of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu Congress chief wants Rajiv killers hanged
August 27th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Congress Chief K.V. Thangkabalu Saturday said the law should take its course in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case and the three ... Read more...
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Rajiv Gandhi assassination: three to hang Sep 9 (Lead)
August 26th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The three men facing death penalty for the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi will be hanged Sep 9 in Tamil Nadu's Vellore ... Read more...
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Indian MPs slam Sri Lanka for ‘war crimes’ (Lead)
August 25th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Indian opposition Thursday accused Sri Lanka of ill treating Tamils even after crushing the Tamil Tigers, while a Communist leader also flayed New Delhi ... Read more...
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Will get Sri Lankan Tamils their rights: Jayalalithaa
August 11th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday declared that her government will not rest till Sri Lankan Tamils are rehabilitated, allowed to live in their own ... Read more...
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President rejects mercy petition of Rajiv killers (Lead)
August 11th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil has rejected the mercy petition of three men sentenced to death for involvement in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, an ... Read more...
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President rejects mercy petition of Gandhi killers
August 11th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil has rejected the mercy petition of three men sentenced to death for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, an ... Read more...
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Probe rights abuses, CPI-M tells Colombo
August 7th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday asked Sri Lanka to probe the "serious allegations" of rights abuses by its military in the war against the ... Read more...
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India for probe into rights abuses in Sri Lanka (Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) In a move that is bound to upset Colombo, India Thursday said it had sought a probe into alleged human rights abuses when the Sri ... Read more...
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