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November 28th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 28 (IANS) Tamil film director Ameer said Friday that allegations that he and a friend hosted a party to celebrate Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's birthday were "baseless"."Both Seeman and ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 9:33 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 25 (ANI): Top leaders from Tamil Nadu will meet Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on December 04 to discuss the Sri Lankan issue.
The decision was taken at an all-party ...
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November 24th, 2008 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 24 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday said that he has called for an all party meet on Tuesday to discuss Sri Lanka situation.
He said that ...
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November 19th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 19 (ANI): Prominent political leader of Tamil Nadu Vaiko observed a day- long fast on Wednesday to protest against the alleged killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka and Sri ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 9:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 18 (ANI): Dalit Panther of India (DPI), a regional political party of Tamil Nadu, took out a massive rally in Chennai on Tuesday to protest against the military offensive ...
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November 17th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
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Chennai, Nov 17 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (CPI) convened an ''All-Party Meeting'' in Chennai on Monday to decide their further course of action after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa''s ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday again called for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka, saying the military in the island nation was killing "innocent Tamils" in the ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Coimbatore/Chennai, Nov 16 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi on Sunday reiterated his demand of ceasefire between the Sri Lankan forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Sri Lanakan ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 10 (IANS) Central minister E.V.K.S. Elangovan of the Congress, which is aligned to Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, Monday endorsed Leader of Opposition J. Jayalalitha's stand against the Tamil Tigers - ...
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November 7th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi altered his stand on the issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka Friday and called for cessation of hostilities from both the warring ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday inspected 2,000 tonnes of relief material being sent for the Tamil minority in the war-torn northern part of Sri Lanka.International Red ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 6 (IANS) MDMK leaders Vaiko and M. Kannappan, detained Oct 21 for making speeches allegedly in support of the banned Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers, were released from judicial custody here ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Nov 5 (IANS) A Congress functionary Wednesday urged the Madras High Court to cancel the conditional bail of movie directors Seeman and Ameer, who were arrested for making allegedly ...
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November 1st, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Nov 1 (IANS) Even as the Tamil film industry drummed up support for the ethnic minority in Sri Lanka Saturday, PMK chief S. Ramadoss, one of the staunch supporters of the ...
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October 26th, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu), Oct 26 (IANS) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday asserted that India has always helped the Tamil minority's struggle for more powers in Sri Lanka and denied arming the ...
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October 25th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Oct 25 (IANS) Tamil movie directors Seeman and Ameer, arrested on charges of sedition for supporting an armed struggle for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka, Saturday said ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Fourteen DMK Lok Sabha MPs, including central ministers T.R. Baalu and A. Raja, handed over post-dated resignation letters to party head and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Even as the central government asked Sri Lanka to halt its military offensive against the Tamil Tigers, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK announced Friday that four of its Rajya ...
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October 6th, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to condemn Sri Lanka's "genocide" of the island's Tamil minority."The chief minister stressed that the Sri ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Sept.30 (ANI): The Government of Sri Lanka has claimed it is closing in on the Tamil Tiger stronghold of Kilinochchi.
Amid fierce fighting in recent days, the military says it will ...
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September 30th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
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Colombo, Sept.30 (ANI): The Government of Sri Lanka has claimed it''s closing in on Tamil Tiger stronghold.
Amid fierce fighting in recent days, the military says it will soon take the rebel ...
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August 12th, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka may win the battle against the Tamil Tigers but not the war as "they haven't got the Tamil population on their side", India's National Security ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
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By M.R. Narayan Swamy
Colombo, Aug 1 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Sri Lanka Friday under an imposing security blanket, flying from the international airport to nearby Colombo in an ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
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On Board PM’s Special Flight, Aug 1 (IANS) India favours “maximum devolution” for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka and feels that Colombo is slowly moving towards a federal power structure, a ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
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Colombo, June 26 (IANS) Sri Lankan troops, backed by heavy artillery and aerial bombing, Thursday captured new territories including a village held by the Tamil Tigers in the northwestern district of Mannar, ...
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June 6th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Kuala Lumpur, June 6 (IANS) Jailed Hindu activist K. Vasantha Kumar has been allowed to attend the funeral of his uncle, media reports said Friday. A tearful Kumar of the Hindu Rights ...
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June 1st, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Colombo, May 31 (Xinhua) An explosion jolted the Sri Lankan capital Saturday night and three people might have been injured, officials and the local media said. Officials from the Media Centre for ...
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June 1st, 2008 - 9:25 am ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Colombo, May 31 (Xinhua) At least two people were killed and nine injured in a hand grenade explosion in the Sri Lankan capital Saturday night, defence officials said. The officials said the ...
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April 6th, 2008 - 5:25 pm ICT by admin
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Colombo, Apr.6 (ANI): At least 11 people, including a senior Sri Lankan government minister, were killed in a suicide bombing near Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday.
Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle ...
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March 29th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin
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Kuala Lumpur, March 29 (IANS) Jailed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader M. Manoharan will not be released though he has been elected to the Malaysian parliament, Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar ...
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