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  PM Modi visits Jaffna, seeks respect for all citizens in Lanka

  World | March 14, 2015 21:00 IST

  Jaffna: 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

  Politics | December 20, 2014 23:28 IST

  Chennai: 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 | October 13, 2014 18:25 IST

  Jaffna: 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

  Politics | April 16, 2014 19:14 IST

  Kanyakumari (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 | 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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  India's presence in CHOGM not dilution of stand on Tamils

  World | November 13, 2013 18:31 IST

  Colombo: 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 | April 02, 2013 10:26 IST

  Chennai,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

  Politics | March 20, 2013 22:24 IST

  New 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 | March 19, 2013 15:48 IST

  New 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 | July 25, 2011 18:52 IST

  Colombo, 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

  Politics | April 08, 2011 8:39 IST

  Chennai, 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

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