Tamils
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PM Modi visits Jaffna, seeks respect for all citizens in Lanka
World | Mar 14, 2015, 09:00 PM ISTJaffna: Making a historic visit to a region once ravaged by strife, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for equitable development and respect for all citizens in Sri Lanka, seen as an oblique reference to
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Tamils can only live with dignity in Modi's rule: Amit Shah
National | Dec 20, 2014, 11:28 PM ISTChennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's long rule is needed to save the dignity and self-respect of the people of Tamil Nadu and Tamils elsewhere, BJP president Amit Shah said Saturday.Addressing a public rally at Maraimalai
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Sri Lanka restores railway to Tamil heartland after 24 years
World | Oct 13, 2014, 06:25 PM ISTJaffna: A railway in Sri Lanka that runs through mine-fields and snake-infested jungle is to reopen on Monday, nearly a quarter of a century after a bloody ethnic conflict shut it down.Trains to the northern
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My husband sacrificed her life for Tamils, Sonia Gandhi tells TN rally
National | Apr 16, 2014, 07:14 PM ISTKanyakumari (Tamil Nadu): Dismissing as “false propaganda” that Congress was not concerned about Tamils in Sri Lanka, Sonia Gandhi today raised the emotional issue of her husband Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, saying the former prime minister
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PM's absence casts shadow over CHOGM beginning on Friday
World | Nov 14, 2013, 06:07 PM ISTColombo: 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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India's presence in CHOGM not dilution of stand on Tamils
World | Nov 13, 2013, 06:31 PM ISTColombo: Ignoring demands from political parties in Tamil Nadu for a total boycott, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived here today for the CHOGM summit, making it clear that India's participation is not in any
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Tamil film industry to fast on Lankan Tamils issue
Bollywood | Apr 02, 2013, 10:26 AM ISTChennai,Apr 2:The entire Kollywood would halt its activities in Chennai tomorrow and stage a day-long fast demanding the rehabilitation of Tamils displaced in Sri Lanka.Artistes, directors, producers, distributors and exhibitors would undertake the 'hunger-strike' at
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Parliament resolution on Sri Lankan Tamils goes up in thin air, only DMK, AIADMK lend support
National | Mar 20, 2013, 10:24 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 20: The all-party meeting convened by Government to explore the possibility of Parliament adopting a resolution against Sri Lanka tonight saw most parties opposing such a move, leaving no scope for it.At
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Lawyers march in Delhi, demand support for Tamils in Sri Lanka
India | Mar 19, 2013, 03:48 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 19 : A group of lawyers protested in Delhi today and demanded from the Indian government to support the UN resolution on war crimes against Sri Lanka.Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is
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Kumaratunga Asks Rajapaksa To Share Power With Tamils
World | Jul 25, 2011, 06:52 PM ISTColombo, Jul 25: Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has warned that the country may move towards renewed “anarchy” unless the leaders opt for reconciliation and reconstruction through dialogue. Kumaratunga, who was the President of
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Karuna Says DMK Maintained Consistent Stand On Tamils Issue
National | Apr 08, 2011, 08:39 AM ISTChennai, Apr 7 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said his party had maintained a consistent stand over Sri Lankan Tamils issue and hinted that AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa had taken up the