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From protest to politics: How Tamil Nadu’s melthundu became an identity markerA simple shoulder cloth, the melthundu, has a rich history in Tamil Nadu. It began as a gesture of respect, was later used to challenge cas...- Sri Lanka forms committee for repatriation of Tamil refugees from IndiaThe committee appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe's Office is headed by Chandima Wickramasinghe, Additional Secretary to the Presid...
- TN government requests Centre to ban Amazon's 'The Family Man 2' over Eelam Tamils portrayalEarlier, Naam Tamilar Katchi top leader Seeman also demanded to cancel the airing.
- Why LTTE is dreaded even after its eclipseA representative of the transnational government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) met in Chennai to announce a ‘tree sapling planting programme’ to ma...
- Mass grave discovered in Sri Lanka's former war zoneSkeletal remains of around 38 people have been found during the ground digging to build a new construction at a site in Mannar.
- Sri Lanka's future lies on good international ties: SL prez Maithripala SirisenaI believe strongly that this country's future lies in reconciliation based on good governance policies, he said last night in a foreign pol...
- LTTE cannot revive its separatist movement in Lanka: OfficialThe LTTE cannot revive its separatist movement in Sri Lanka without its leader Velupillai Prabakaran, a senior Northern Province official t...
- R Sampanthan as Lankan opposition leader gives hope: DMK"Sampanthan being elected Leader of the Opposition at a time when Tamils were for long looking forward to a resurgence gives us all hope," ...
- Reconciliation with minority Tamil priority for new Sri Lankan government: President Maithripala SirisenaSirisena was addressing the 'War Hero's Day' celebrations at the Matara as the country marked the 6th anniversary of the end of the conflic...
- 2 councils in Sri Lanka's former war zone to go to polls on February 28The elections at the two councils could not be held in 2011 after a plea was filed in a court citing incompletion of the resettlement.
- Sirirsena no different from his predecessor Rajapaksa: Visvanathan Rudrakumaran'We have seen Presidents come and go and nothing has changed for the Tamils, it only got worse each time,' says Visvanathan Rudrakumaran.
- Hope springs quietly for Lankan refugees stranded in India"For over 20 years they have lived outside their country and now they are hopeful that conditions will improve to facilitate their return."
- Major human rights problems in Sri Lanka: USUS has said that Lanka's rights record in 2012 was tainted by "major human rights problems" including "involuntary disappearances".
- Vaiko seeks PM's intervention to save 19 Eelam Tamils in DubaiMDMK Leader Vaiko today appealed to PM Manmohan Singh for his intervention to save the lives of 19 Eelam Tamils currently living in Dubai.
- Pulling out of UPA has not changed anything for Tamils: M Karunanidhi, DMKKarunanidhi today said pulling out of UPA on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue has not changed anything for 'Eelam Tamils'.
- M Karunanidhi adept at playing to gallery on Sri Lankan Tamil issue: Political observersIt is no surprise then that he is trying to draw maximum mileage from the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, where his flipflops have been numerous.
- Separate Tamil nation will become a reality in Sri Lanka: M KarunanidhiTwo days after welcoming the idea of a referendum for a separate 'Eelam', DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday said the "blood spilt and the...
- India denies report of 'secret LTTE camps' in Tamil NaduThe Indian high commission denied a report in a newspaper today that 'terrorists' were being trained at three secret camps in Tamil Nadu.
- Prabhakaran waited for Indian election resultsPrabhakaran was waiting till May 16, the day results of Lok Sabha elections were known, to decide on his and LTTE's future, but it was too ...
- Vaiko keeps LTTE chief 'alive', for his own endsVaiko issues statement saying rebel leader V Prabhakaran is not dead.
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