Strident Tamil Nadu Limits India’s Options in Sri Lanka
Two US foreign policy scholars, Mark J Gabrielson and Joan Johnson-Freese, have said that Tamil Nadu’s strident opposition to closer relations with Sri Lanka will...
Wigneswaran to address PUCL meet in Chennai
Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province C.V. Wigneswaran will deliver a lecture on civil liberties in South Asia at an event organised by the...
Documentary on disappearances at Al Jazeera Film Festival
Indian filmmaker Leena Manimekalai will screen her documentary feature White Van Stories that highlights forced disappearances in Sri Lanka, at the 10th Al Jazeera International...
Indian Tamil party leader accuses BJP government of acting against Tamils
Slamming BJP government's policy vis-a-vis Sri Lanka, party's Tamil Nadu ally MDMK today said that it was acting against the minority Tamils and warned that...
India conveys concern at China presence in Sri Lanka
India has expressed serious concern to Sri Lanka over China’s increasing military presence on the island, it is reliably learnt. Official sources in New Delhi...
Ananthy Sasitharan urges more time from OISL
Northern Provincial Council (NPC) councillor, Ms Ananthy Sasitharan, wrote to the OHRC Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) on 23 October 2014, asking that more time be...
Kamalesh Sharma in Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will visit Sri Lanka from 25-29 October 2014 to brief the current Commonwealth Chair-in-Office, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on the achievement of...
30 expat Tamils to contest Canadian local polls
More than 30 expatriate Tamils of Lankan origin are contesting the Local Government polls in the Ontario Province, Canada next Monday (27). According to informed...
Tamil Civil Society Forum defends majority councillors position
Tamil Civil Society Forum Opinion on the Appropriateness of the Northern Provincial Council Passing a Resolution on Genocide ...
China does not want to step into India’s sphere of influence
China does not want to overstep into India’s sphere of influence by bringing Sri Lanka and Maldives into the maritime New Silk Road, according to...
Sri Lankans alleged of spying for Pakistan charged in Indian court
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), probing the alleged espionage attempts by Pakistan’s notorious spy agency ISI, filed a preliminary chargesheet against three Sri Lankan nationals...
Closer security ties with Lanka will be seen as major diplomatic blunder
The National Committee Head of the Naam Tamilar Party ( NTP ), Ayyanathan, on Wednesday said that the NDA Government must not commit a major...
‘Politically Vulnerable’ ahead of early Sri Lanka polls
Nearly two years ahead of schedule, Sri Lanka will go to the polls in January, with Mahinda Rajapaksa set to run for a third term;...
TNA says genocide acts did take place
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), in a special statement today, has noted that acts specified in article 2 of the Genocide Convention of 1948 have undeniably...
Snap polls cast doubt on Pope’s visit
The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka on Tuesday asked the government to clarify its plans for a snap presidential election, amid fears the polls will...