India to closely monitor any move by Mahinda Rajapaksa that undermines security & economic interestsIndia, following the re-election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and the family's consolidation of power, is keeping a ...
14 Aug, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
Ex-LTTE members demand solution of Tamil issueA group of former LTTE members have sought solution to the Tamil issue in accordance with the promises made by Sri Lankan government.
05 Aug, 2015, 10.28 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa fears LTTE revival in Sri LankaMahinda Rajapaksa, who is mounting a political comeback, has expressed fears that the separatist Tamil Tigers could regroup and revive terr...
30 May, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
Modi-Sirisena meet will mark new beginning for Sri Lankan Tamils: Pon RadhakrishnanThe meeting between the two leaders to be held in New Delhi would be a historical one in establishing cordial relationship between the neig...
14 Feb, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
US offers to engage with Sri Lanka on human rights, inclusivityDays before the polls, the US Secretary of State had also spoken with former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and highlighted "the im...
12 Jan, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
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."
10 Jan, 2015, 03.29 PM IST
Sri Lanka Presidential polls: PM Narendra Modi congratulates Maithripala Sirisena on poll victory"I spoke to Shri Maithripala Sirisena and congratulated him. I congratulate the people of Sri Lanka on the peaceful and democratic poll pro...
09 Jan, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Monitors, rights group call for violence-free Sri Lanka pollsPolitical parties must refrain from using state or private media for its campaign untill the polling day, they stressed.
07 Jan, 2015, 04.47 PM IST
Salman Khurshid to visit Sri Lanka from tomorrow for bilateral talksApart from holding talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart G L Peiris, Khurshid will call on President Mahinda Rajapaksa and meet other senio...
06 Oct, 2013, 01.42 PM IST
No compromise in DMK stand on Sri Lanka issue: M KarunanidhiSome always opposed to DMK had been making such charges that DMK was back with Congress and that it had washed its hands off the Sri Lankan...
29 Jun, 2013, 10.28 PM IST
India asks Sri Lanka not to take any step regarding provincial powersSalman Khurshid telephoned his Sri Lankan counterpart G L Peiris and also raised the issue of 26 Indian fishermen who are in detention.
17 May, 2013, 04.19 PM IST
- Rao to take up fishermen killing with Colombo today
However, the protest appears to have failed to cut any ice with the Sri Lankan government, as another fisherman was killed soon after.
29 Jan, 2011, 03.40 AM IST
- Fisherman killed in Palk Strait, uproar in Chennai
India summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam to lodge a strong protest over the killing of a fisherman by the Lankan Navy...
14 Jan, 2011, 02.02 AM IST
Indo-Lankan pact was the cure: ChoCho Ramaswamy, editor, Thuglak & political commentator, discusses the fallout of the latest Lankan developments in Tamil Nadu and what the ...
19 May, 2009, 04.57 AM IST
- Lanka govt 'more at fault' than LTTE: Chidambaram
Stating that the Sri Lankan Tamils issue was a humanitarian one and there was need to protect the lives of the people, he said India had as...
23 Apr, 2009, 05.10 PM IST
- Jaya's fast with an eye on LS polls, says Karunanidhi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday charged AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa with going on a day's fast on Sri Lankan Tamils issue w...
09 Mar, 2009, 05.59 PM IST
- DMK's resignation drama may backfire
The DMK has painted itself into a corner on the Sri Lankan issue.
21 Oct, 2008, 03.45 AM IST