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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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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