PM reminds Rajapaksa India’s key role in Geneva
March 24th, 2012 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) India played a key role to introduce "an element of balance" in the US-sponsored resolution in Geneva on Sri Lanka rights violations, Prime Minister ... 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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Rajapaksa assures Krishna of power-devolution to Tamils
January 17th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is committed to devolving powers to ethnic Tamils by pursuing the 13th amendment to the constitution, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. ... Read more...
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Colombo mulling power sharing with Tamils: Peiris
May 17th, 2011 - 11:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Sri Lanka Tuesday said it was working towards bridging a gap in its constitution for sharing power with the minority Tamils, for which it is ... Read more...
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Krishna in Sri Lanka, to push for devolution (Lead)
November 25th, 2010 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 25 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna arrived here Thursday on a three-day visit during which India is expected to push for the devolution of powers and renew a $1.7 ... Read more...
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Meet Tamil aspirations to end violence: India tells Sri Lanka
July 10th, 2009 - 1:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A Closure to the cycle of violence in Sri Lanka is only possible after initiation of a political process that allows the aspirations of the Tamils within ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka agrees to allow relief ship
June 24th, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Sri Lanka has agreed to allow a ship to off-load its contents, relief material sent by Tamil diaspora, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said here Wednesday ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to address ‘root causes’
May 23rd, 2009 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) With Sri Lanka's war against Tamil Tigers coming to an end, India's new External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Saturday urged Colombo to address the "root cause ... Read more...
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NSA, Menon to meet Rajapaksa, press for political solution (Lead)
May 20th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India will offer to help rehabilitate Tamil civilians and press for "effective devolution" of powers when National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon meet ... Read more...
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India demands political solution for Lankan Tamils
May 19th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 19 (ANI): Reiterating New Delhi's stand for a political solution to the issue of minority rights, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan government ... Read more...
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India to send special envoys to Sri Lanka: Mukherjee
May 19th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) With Sri Lanka's military offensive against the Tamil Tigers coming to an end, India said Tuesday it would send send special envoys to Colombo and is also ... Read more...
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India to provide relief to those affected in Sri Lankan conflict
May 18th, 2009 - 7:56 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called up Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and assured him of providing relief to those affected by the tragic conflict ... Read more...
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Time to address root causes of Sri Lankan conflict: India
May 18th, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Now that the "conventional conflict" in Sri Lanka has ended with the killing of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, India Monday said it was time to address root ... Read more...
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Allow Red Cross to evacuate civilians, India tells Sri Lanka (Lead)
March 1st, 2009 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) India Sunday asserted that a permanent solution to the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka lay in proper devolution of power, and not through military success.
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Tamil supporters protest over Sri Lankan issue in Mumbai
March 1st, 2009 - 10:10 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar 1 (ANI): Tamil supporters took to the street on Sunday demanding the intervention of the United Nations (UN) to ensure safety of the Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka.The protesters ... Read more...
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Solution to problem in Sri Lanka lies in devolution of power: Mukherjee
March 1st, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar 1 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said that the military option would not solve the Lankan issue and implementation of the 13 th amendment to ... Read more...
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Parliament adjourned following Tamil lawmakers protest
February 18th, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned for 25 minutes on Wednesday after Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) lawmakers raised a hue and ... Read more...
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India-Sri Lanka accord sabotaged by governments in Colombo: Kumaratunga
February 18th, 2009 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Successive governments in Colombo have spiked the provisions of the 1987 India-Sri Lanka accord aimed at devolving powers to provinces in the island nation, former Sri Lankan ... Read more...
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India asks Sri Lanka to ensure the safety of Tamil civilians
February 6th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said though President Rajapakse has assured the safety of its civilians, but Colombo should make efforts to achieve the devolution ... Read more...
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Don’t put civilian lives in danger, India tells Sri Lanka (Lead)
February 5th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Voicing “deep concern” over the “difficult situation” in Sri Lanka, India Thursday asked Colombo not to put the lives of thousands of civilians trapped in the war ... Read more...
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End second-class treatment of Tamils, Sri Lanka urged
January 28th, 2009 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 28 (IANS) If Sri Lanka's Sinhalese majority doesn't accommodate the aspirations of Tamils, the LTTE-led insurgency could stage a comeback, warns a Canadian daily.In an editorial Tuesday, the respected Globe ... Read more...
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Restrain your fishermen, Rajapaksa tells Manmohan
August 1st, 2008 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Colombo, Aug 1 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure that Indian fishermen did not breach the maritime boundary between the two ... Read more...
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India planting RAW agents in Sri Lankan provincial councils: JVP
March 9th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by admin
Colombo, March 9 (IANS) India is planning to plant agents of its intelligence agency in the provincial councils to be set up in the Tamil-speaking northeast of Sri Lanka, the Janatha Vimukthi ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan Buddhist party slams anti-Indian move
February 28th, 2008 - 11:29 pm ICT by admin
Colombo, Feb 26 (IANS) A Sri Lankan Buddhist party has condemned the anti-India campaign of the ultra nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) saying that such a campaign will prevent India from supporting ... Read more...
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International Crisis Group asks LTTE to give up separatism
February 22nd, 2008 - 12:18 am ICT by admin
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Feb 21 (IANS) An international peace advocacy group has asked the Tamil Tiger rebels to eschew terrorism, formally abandon separatism, and announce an intention to negotiate a political settlement ... Read more...
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