Security alert across Tamil Nadu
A security alert has been sounded across Tamil Nadu following an attack on two Post Offices in Chennai…
Commonwealth Observer Mission releases report on Northern Provincial Election
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has issued the report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial…
Madras high court rules: Can’t ask Centre to stay off Commonwealth meet.
Sympathy and sentiment cannot be a ground to pass judicial orders, and the court was not inclined to…
The Diaspora Regroups
Seated at a desk piled high with court documents and yellowed newspapers, Visvanathan Rudrakumaran remembers leaving Sri…
Prison cells are infested with rats,beds, mats and pillows are often lacking
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo says in some Sri Lankan prisons, cells…
‘Waterloo Suresh’ gets two years prison for helping terrorists
As a boy, Suresh Sriskandarajah escaped the civil war in northern Sri Lanka and fled to Canada, where he…
India can’t let down elected people in Northern Province: Khurshid
India on Monday kept up the suspense on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the CHOGM…
British High Commission denies reports of Prince Charles laying foundation stone
The British High Commission in Colombo has denied reports that Prince Charles will inaugurate the new University of Central…
Channel Four, CNN and ABC to air white van stories
Leena Manimekalai, a critically-acclaimed independent Indian film-maker, is set to feature exclusive material from her documentary feature White…
Ananthi seeks justice
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Northern Provincial Council member Anandi Sasitharan says she hopes the court will give her justice…