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  Rajiv Gandhi sent troops to Sri Lanka on his own: Natwar Singh

  Politics | August 01, 2014 11:47 IST

  New Delhi: Then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi decided to send Indian troops to Sri Lanka in 1987 without consulting his officials, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh has said.In an interview to Headlines Today over

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  Rajapaksa wants world leaders to see Sri Lanka's reality

  World | July 20, 2014 20:56 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said he wishes to see more foreign leaders visiting his country to experience the island's post conflict progress.Rajapaksa commented on the progress of the country while receiving the

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  Is LTTE trying to revive movement using Malaysia as transit point?

  World | July 05, 2014 15:12 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities are on the hunt for more members of the outlawed LTTE after a crackdown on the Tamil militant group led to the arrest of seven persons in the last two months

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  Mahinda Rajpaksa heads to Bolivia for G77 summit

  World | June 12, 2014 21:17 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today headed towards Bolivia to attend a G77 summit, at a time when the parliament is set to discuss the impending international probe on alleged human rights violations during

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  Govt. extends LTTE ban by five years; terms it threat to India

  India | May 15, 2014 21:35 IST

  New Delhi: The 23-year-old ban imposed on terror group LTTE has been extended by five years by the Government which said the outfit is a threat to India's sovereignty and integrity.The Home Ministry said the

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  Legal redress for 423 designated for terror link in Lanka

  World | April 09, 2014 21:03 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lankan military today said legal redress would be available for 423 individuals, including 32 Sri Lankans currently residing in India, designated as financiers of terrorism in the country.  Sri Lanka last week banned

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  Would rename country United States of India: MDMK manifesto

  Politics | March 22, 2014 14:53 IST

  Chennai: The MDMK has promised in its manifesto released Saturday that it would rename the country as the United States of India if it takes part in government formation after the Lok Sabha polls.The party,

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  Lanka to issue absence certificates for disappeared persons

  World | March 05, 2014 16:33 IST

  Colombo: As many as 16,000 Sri Lankans - who disappeared during the war against the LTTE - will be issued certificates of absence instead of death certificates, head of a probe panel said today.“We have

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  Sri Lankan family finds mass grave in garden in north

  World | March 01, 2014 16:21 IST

  Colombo: A Sri Lankan family has found the remains of at least nine bodies buried in the garden of their home in the former stronghold of the vanquished LTTE in the north, police said today.Senior

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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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  Will seek international rights probe if Lanka fails: David Cameron

  World | November 16, 2013 20:43 IST

  Colombo: After an unprecedented visit to Jaffna, UK Prime Minister David Saturday today set a deadline of March for Sri Lanka to set up an independent inquiry commission failing which he will move the UN

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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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  Karunanidhi slams 'denial' of visa to documentary maker

  India | November 06, 2013 21:38 IST

  Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi today described as “cheap tactics” the reported denial of visa to a UK documentary film-maker who had released videos of alleged war-time atrocities against Tamils by the Sri Lankan Army.India

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  Lanka's first elected Tamil CM to be sworn in tomorrow

  World | October 06, 2013 17:33 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka's first elected Tamil chief minister C V Wigneswaran will be sworn in by the President tomorrow after his party secured an emphatic victory in the historic provincial polls in the former LTTE

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  UN system failed during final days of Lankan ethnic war: Ban

  World | September 26, 2013 8:41 IST

  United Nations : In a rare admission of “systemic failure” of the UN, its chief has said the world body had failed during the final stages of Sri Lanka's ethnic war in 2009 that saw

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  Polling on in three Sri Lankan provinces

  World | September 21, 2013 12:17 IST

  Colombo : Ballotting began Saturday to elect members of three provincial councils, including the Tamil-majority Northern Province, in Sri Lanka.Over four million people are eligible to vote.All arrangements have been made by the election secretariat

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  Lanka to release 107 rehabilitated LTTE cadres

  World | September 08, 2013 17:46 IST

  Colombo: Sri Lanka will release a total of 107 rehabilitated LTTE cadres tomorrow, leaving only 232 former Tamil rebels to be reintegrated into the society.  The country's rehabilitation officials said today the 107 former Tamil

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  Pillay to take issue of missing Tamilians with Rajapaksa

  World | August 28, 2013 11:56 IST

  Colombo:  UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has assured the relatives of Tamil people who disappeared during Sri Lanka's war with the LTTE that their grievances would be taken up with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.  Pillay,

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  Former LTTE man deported to Sri Lanka

  India | July 30, 2013 13:29 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 30: Mumbai crime branch Monday handed over 35-year-old former member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Theva Satesh Kumar to Sri Lanka.Crime branch officers had arrested Theva when he was leaving to