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UNHRC adopts resolution against Sri Lanka's rights record; India abstains from votingWhile abstaining, India stressed that it will work with Sri Lanka and the international community to attain the related objectives of legit...- In Sri Lanka's own interest that expectations of Tamils for equality and justice are fulfilled: India at UNHRCIndia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Geneva, Ambassador Indramani Pandey made the statement on Friday at the interactive dialogue on...
- Lankan president says his govt will not succumb to UNHRC pressureThe UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution against Sri Lanka's rights record on March 23, giving the UN body a mandate to col...
- 'Very fair to say SL army committed genocide': former UN stafferBut Benjamin Dix also noted that "the Tamil leadership also failed the people in the last decade of the civil war".
- Looking at devolution of power to Tamils: Ranil WickremesingheIndia has been pressing Sri Lanka to implement the 13th amendment on devolution of powers to fulfil the aspirations of the ethnic Tamils.
- Tamil protest walk to urge UNHRC for international war crimes probeTwo hardline members of Sri Lanka's main Tamil party today started a five-day protest walk to demand an international war crimes probe.
- Sri Lanka keen to work with Tamil diaspora for reconciliationHe said Sirisena govt was keen to end Sri Lanka's international isolation which prevailed during former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's regim...
- UN refugee agency wants resumption of ferry service between India and Sri LankaThe UN refugee agency today appealed for the resumption of ferry services saying it would help in the return of Tamil refugees from India.
- Ex-Lankan president to head task force for reconciliation of Tamils: PM WickremesingheChandrika Kumaratunga will head a special presidential task force to identify urgent reconciliation needs of the minority Tamil community, ...
- Sri Lanka must achieve reconciliation expeditiously: IndiaThe Indian envoy asserted that while almost 5 years have elapsed since Lankan armed forces decisively defeated the dreaded LTTE, national r...
- India's abstention from voting against Sri Lanka was for good of Tamils: Sujatha Singh, Foreign SecretaryIndia today justified its abstention from voting on the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC, saying the decision was dri...
- We understand PM's compulsion for skipping meet: Prasad KariyawasamTo my mind our region would have benefited from Indian PM's presence in Colombo as top leaders from leading Commonwealth nations were prese...
- Assembly passes resolution seeking imposition of eco sanctionsTamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday adopted a unanimous resolution seeking imposition of economic sanctions against Sri Lanka by India on issu...
- Demand for separate Tamil state ends with Prabhakaran's deathVelupillai Prabhakaran's death not only means the end of LTTE but also the demand for a separate state for Tamil minorities in Sri Lanka fo...
- Lanka’s sovereign, can’t order it, says foreign ministerThe Sri Lankan crisis on Wednesday rocked Lok Sabha with two Tamil parties-the MDMK and UPA constituent PMK- seeking India’s intervention t...
- Pranab seeks Lankan assurance for safety of TamilsEfforts should be made by Lankan govt to ensure safety of Tamils.
- 'To protect rights of Tamils'PM asks Sri Lankan president to protect rights of Tamils.
- India asks Lanka to protect civiliansGovt shows grave concern on the effect of the ethnic conflict on civilians.
- India urges peaceful solution in Sri LankaSri Lanka and Tamil Tiger rebels must forego violence and return to the negotiating table to resolve their decades-old conflict, finance mi...
- Lanka fighting to be focus of Saarc summitIndia voiced concern on Wednesday over the first-ever air raid staged by Tamil Tiger rebels.
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