175 Sri Lankan tourists to return following protests (Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) One hundred and seventy-five Sri Lankan tourists were safely escorted by police to Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli airport Tuesday when Tamil activists staged demonstrations against their visit. ... Read more...
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Travel advisory: India assures safety to visiting Sri Lankans (Lead)
September 4th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Amid reports of attack on buses carrying Sri Lankan pilgrims in Tamil Nadu and a travel advisory issued by Colombo, the government Tuesday assured that ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka issues travel warning for southern India
September 4th, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Sep 4 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has issued a travel warning to Sri Lankans visiting southern India following a spate of incidents targeting Sri Lankan nationals, the external ... Read more...
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150 Sri Lankans headed for Australia detained in Kerala
June 5th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam (Kerala), June 5 (IANS) Around 150 Sri Lankans headed for Australia by sea were apprehended in Kollam by Kerala police and 27 of them, including six children, were Tuesday ... Read more...
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150 Sri Lankans caught on illegal trip to Australia
June 4th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kollam, June 4 (IANS) Some 150 Sri Lankans were caught following an aborted attempt to reach Australia on a boat from here, police said Monday.According to police, some locals got ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka frees all Indian fishermen after EAM steps in
February 18th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): A day after External Affairs Minister S M Krishna expressed India's deep concern at the detention of nearly 136 fishermen in Jaffna district, Sri Lanka on Friday ... Read more...
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India concerned, hopes Sri Lanka will free arrested fishermen
February 17th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Conveying its "deep concern" over the detention of 136 Indian fishermen in Jaffna, India Thursday asked the Sri Lankan government to take "necessary" steps to set ... Read more...
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Krishna expresses India’s concern at detention of fishermen by Lankan Navy
February 17th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday spoke to his Sri Lankan counterpart G.L. Peiris and expressed India's deep concern at the detention of nearly 136 fishermen ... Read more...
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2 Bangladeshis, Nepali held for human trafficking
January 7th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A gang running a human trafficking racket was busted and five people, including two Bangladeshi and one Nepali nationals, were arrested here, police said Friday.The arrested Indian ... Read more...
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Canadian Government to discuss ways to halt Lankan Tamil migrant rush
September 14th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Sept.14 (ANI): Having been warned eight months ago about a sudden rush of Lankan Tamil refugees, the Stephen Harper-led Conservative Government in Canada is likely to discuss and decide next week ... Read more...
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Surgeons remove 18 nails from tortured Sri Lankan maid
August 27th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 27 (DPA) A team of surgeons in Colombo removed 18 nails Friday from a Sri Lankan woman allegedly tortured in Saudi Arabia by her employer, a spokesman for the hospital ... Read more...
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Goa police on lookout for LTTE cadres, sympathisers
April 21st, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 21 (IANS) Police are keeping an eye on Sri Lankan Tamils possibly working on fishing trawlers and in the mushrooming hotel industry in coastal Goa after the union home ministry ... Read more...
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Australia blocks asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan
April 9th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, April 9 (IANS) Australia Friday announced a suspension of the processing of new asylum applications from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
The suspension has taken place due to "the evolving circumstances in these ... Read more...
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German police arrest six Tamil separatists
March 5th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Karlsruhe (Germany), March 5 (DPA) German police have arrested six leading Tamil separatists, the federal prosecution agency said Friday.
The men - three German and three Sri Lankan nationals - are suspected of ... Read more...
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Lawyers protest attacks on Sri Lankan Tamils
February 2nd, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 2 (IANS) More than 5,000 lawyers across Tamil Nadu Monday staged protests denouncing Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil Tigers which they said had caused civilian deaths and suffering.According to ... Read more...
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Italian police arrest over 30 Tamil Tiger suspects
June 19th, 2008 - 1:55 am ICT by IANS
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Naples (Italy), June 19 (DPA) Italian police Wednesday arrested at least 30 people suspected of obtaining finance for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group. The suspects, all Sri Lanka citizens, were picked ... Read more...
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10 Sri Lankan fishermen caught off Chennai coast
April 12th, 2008 - 5:13 am ICT by admin
(Lead)Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Ten Sri Lankan nationals were nabbed off the coast of Chennai by Indian fishermen after a mid-sea fracas Friday. "We are in the process of getting them remanded ... Read more...
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10 Sri Lankan fishermen caught off Chennai coast
April 11th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) Ten Sri Lankan fishermen were Friday arrested off the Chennai coast and detained for questioning. The Sinhala-speaking fishermen were on two mechanised boats that were flying "fake" Indian ... Read more...
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