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  Exclusive: Jaffna through the eyes of India TV reporter

  World | March 15, 2015 19:22 IST

  Jaffna: Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka has witnessed the bloodiest of violence in recent history. What used to be a LTTE governed territory till 2009 and it was only after almost a three decade long

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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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  Why no Indian PM dared to visit Jaffna before Modi ?

  India | March 14, 2015 19:16 IST

  Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the former war-torn Jaffna, the citadel of Tamils in Sri Lanka, six years after the war between LTTE and Sri Lankan army ended with the

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  PM Modi seeks a life of peace & dignity for Tamils in Sri Lanka

  World | March 14, 2015 10:06 IST

  Colombo: Breaking a 28-year-long hiatus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on an important visit to Sri Lanka with the message that India favoured a life of equality, justice, peace and dignity for Tamils in its

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  Lot of expectations from PM Modi's visit: Sri Lanka

  World | March 07, 2015 17:50 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka has a "lot of expectations" from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit next week, top political leaders here said on Saturday while highlighting that a bilateral trip by an Indian premier was long

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  Modi to visit Jaffna, address Parliament during Lanka visit

  World | March 05, 2015 19:41 IST

  Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit former LTTE-stronghold Jaffna in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated north and address the Parliament here during his three-day visit to the country next week.“The Indian Prime Minister will visit Jaffna

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  Lanka PM orders customs to release stock of Indian magazine

  World | February 18, 2015 16:44 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the customs to release the stock of the 30th anniversary issue of India's ‘Frontline' magazine that was seized for alleged breach of national security.  The magazine's

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  More than 1.70 lakh Lankan refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs: UNHCR

  India | January 13, 2015 14:08 IST

  Chennai: Even five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylum-seekers in other countries or Internally Displaced Persons within the

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  Sri Lanka to prosecute LTTE leader wanted for Rajiv Gandhi killing

  World | January 11, 2015 9:16 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka's new government will prosecute a top LTTE leader who is wanted in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, an official spokesman said on Saturday.Kumaran Pathmanathan, who is better known as

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  PMK should also quit NDA alliance: Swamy

  Politics | December 09, 2014 13:37 IST

  Chennai: A day after MDMK walked out of the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today suggested that another partner, PMK, which has been critical of the Narendra Modi Government, should

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  Vaiko celebrates Prabhakaran's 60th birth anniversary

  Politics | November 27, 2014 8:12 IST

  Chennai: NDA ally, MDMK chief Vaiko and pro-Tamil outfits yesterday celebrated the 60th birth anniversary of slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.While Vaiko celebrated the birth anniversary of Prabhakaran at a village in Tirupur District, Nam

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  Rajapaksa hits out at opposition for taking pro-Tamil stand

  World | October 20, 2014 8:48 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has hit out at the opposition for "working" with the pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora in a bid to oust him."They (opposition) are working with foreign forces to oust me. They

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  EU court annuls sanction on LTTE

  World | October 16, 2014 20:36 IST

  Brussels/London: An European Union court today struck down the 2006 sanctions slapped on the LTTE by the EU aimed at combating terrorism, but said the assets of the banned Tamil Tigers would remain frozen for

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  CBI wants to probe Lankan held for spying

  India | September 16, 2014 17:02 IST

  Chennai: CBI has filed a petition in an NIA court here seeking its nod to interrogate a Sri Lankan national held for allegedly spying for Pakistan.  “The CBI has sought court permission to interrogate Arun

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  Sri Lanka to counter allegations at UN Human Rights Council sessions

  World | September 07, 2014 14:33 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka will counter the charges of human rights violation during the final phase of its military campaign against the LTTE, at the UN Human Rights Council sessions beginning tomorrow in Geneva.The External Affairs

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  Vaiko allowed to argue before tribunal reviewing ban on LTTE

  Politics | September 04, 2014 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was Wednesday allowed to present his arguments before a special tribunal constituted by the Delhi High Court to look into the ban on LTTE as an “unlawful organization”.  The

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  Vaiko allowed to argue before tribunal reviewing ban on LTTE

  India | September 04, 2014 7:58 IST

  New Delhi: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was yesterday allowed to present his arguments before a special tribunal constituted by the Delhi High Court to look into the ban on LTTE as an “unlawful organization”.  The

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  Country remembers Rajiv Gandhi on 70th birth anniversary

  Politics | August 20, 2014 14:58 IST

  New Delhi: The country today fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari leading the nation in paying tributes to the departed leader.Mukherjee,

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  May add more international experts to Lanka warcrimes probe: Rajapaksa

  World | August 05, 2014 19:13 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said he may add three more international experts to an existing three-member panel probing the cases of missing persons during the three-decade war with the LTTE.Last month, Rajapaksa

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  There was an LTTE 'mole' in Gandhi family, claims Rajiv's close aide

  India | August 05, 2014 10:22 IST

  New Delhi: In a latest revelation made by a book, My Years with Rajiv and Sonia, written by a former close aide of the Gandhi family, a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) spy had