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  No meeting planned between PM Modi, Pakistan PM Abbasi at CHOGM today: MEA

  World | April 20, 2018 11:14 IST

  Prior to the prime minister's visit, the MEA had said last week that Modi was unlikely to have bilateral talks with the Pakistani premier at the summit.

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  Modi in London: PM holds bilateral talks with world leaders at CHOGM; Khalistan supporters stage protests

  World | April 19, 2018 21:37 IST

  Some groups protesting against atrocities in India during PM Modi's visit turned violent after a tricolour was torn down from one of the official flagpoles set up for all 53 Commonwealth countries.

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  Indo-Lanka ties in 2013 affected by Tamil issue

  World | December 29, 2013 16:27 IST

  Colombo: India-Sri Lanka ties in 2013 were affected by differences over alleged rights abuses in the war against the LTTE and giving political rights to Tamils, even as Colombo held provincial polls after 25 years

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  Countries should not dictate to Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa

  World | November 17, 2013 17:16 IST

  Colombo: A defiant President Mahinda Rajapaksa today once again rejected demands for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes during the military campaign against the LTTE, saying countries should not “dictate” to Sri Lanka.A day

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  Rights abuse charges haunt Rajapaksa, Cameron gives ultimatum

  World | November 16, 2013 21:08 IST

  Colombo: Human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated in the war against LTTE haunted President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the sidelines of the CHOGM summit with UK Prime Minister David Cameron today giving Sri Lanka an ultimatum to

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  PM's absence casts shadow over CHOGM beginning on Friday

  World | November 14, 2013 18:07 IST

  Colombo: The absence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his counterparts from Canada and Mauritius has cast a shadow over the three-day CHOGM summit that begins here tomorrow amid allegations of human rights violations against

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  Pro-Eelam outfits give dawn-to-dusk bandh call tomorrow

  India | November 11, 2013 16:27 IST

  Chennai: India's participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has triggered protests in Tamil Nadu and some pro-Eelam outfits have given for a day-long bandh call tomorrow demanding complete boycott of the meet.About

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  CHOGM: Manmohan tells Rajapaksa he is not coming

  India | November 10, 2013 16:59 IST

  New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today sent a letter of regret to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, explaining why he is not attending the Commonwealth summit in Colombo next week.The letter, whose contents

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  PM may not attend CHOGM summit in Sri Lanka

  India | November 08, 2013 22:19 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is unlikely to go to Sri Lanka to attend the CHOGM summit in view of the strong sentiments in Tamil Nadu against the visit.  At a meeting of the

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  Congress core group discusses PM's participation in CHOGM

  Politics | November 08, 2013 12:26 IST

  New Delhi: Amid the political controversy over India's participation in Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meet in Sri Lanka, Congress top brass today met to take a call on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should

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  Lankan capital to be under tight security for CHOGM

  World | November 05, 2013 23:30 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan police will deploy 20,000 police personnel to provide security for next week's Commonwealth summit here that will witness participation of the heads of government of over 50 countries.  The Commonwealth Heads of

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  CHOGM participation: PM to decide after considering relevant factors

  India | October 15, 2013 8:30 IST

  Chennai :  Breaking his silence over India's participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled at Colombo next month, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said a decision would be taken only after considering all

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  CHOGM: Karuna wants pro-Eelam leader to break indefinite fast

  India | October 04, 2013 14:08 IST

  Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi today urged a pro-Tamil outfit leader, on an indefinite fast here since the last three days to press for expelling Sri Lanka from Commonwealth of Nations and shifting a meeting

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  India should not participate in CHOGM: DMK

  Politics | August 17, 2013 15:41 IST

  Chennai: DMK today demanded that India not participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) in Colombo in November this year and warned of protests and hoisting of black flags state-wide if its demand

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  Karuna demands that India boycott CHOGM in Lanka

  India | May 10, 2013 13:58 IST

  Chennai, May 10: DMK president M Karunanidhi today described as “important” Queen Elizabeth II skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka in November and once again demanded that India boycott the meet. 

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  Commonwealth Group Initiated Steps Towards Reform

  World | October 30, 2011 18:43 IST

  Perth, Oct 30: Taking a step-by-step approach to reforms, the Commonwealth today agreed to adopt one third of the 106 recommendations of an eminent persons group to make the grouping more relevant in current times,