Dual citizenship for Tamil refugees is possible: Tamil Nadu govtRaising the issue, Leader of Opposition, M K Stalin said the government has been harping on giving dual citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil ref...
08 Jan, 2020, 05.39 PM IST
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar urges Centre to grant citizenship to over 1 lakh Sri Lankan Tamils"I request the Government of India to consider giving citizenship to more than one lakh Tamil Sri Lankans who are living in this country as...
10 Dec, 2019, 01.31 PM IST
DMK wants Tamil refugees in CABDMK MPs staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha on Monday after floor leader TR Baalu said the proposed bill did not include Lankan Tamils and th...
10 Dec, 2019, 08.38 AM IST
India committed to building 50,000 houses in Sri Lanka: govtIndia is committed to building 50,000 houses for internally displaced people in Sri Lanka, Lok Sabha was informed today.
08 Dec, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
India to build 50,000 houses for displaced people in Sri Lanka: GovernmentKiren Rijiju said the project envisages construction of new houses and is being implemented through two models, agency driven and owner-ben...
08 Dec, 2015, 02.16 PM IST
Five Sri Lankan refugees begin indefinite fastFive Sri Lankan refugees at the special camp in the Central Prison complex here began an indefinite fast today.
12 Sep, 2015, 02.33 PM IST
NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nsadu govt over Lankan refugee's deathThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Tamil Nadu government over the alleged custodial death of a Sri Lankan r...
08 Sep, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
Sri Lankan Tamils keen to shed refugee tag, return to homelandTamil Nadu government differs, says political atmosphere in Sri Lanka not ripe for the return of Tamil refugees.
28 Feb, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
DMK chief M Karunanidhi affirms commitment to welfare of Lankan TamilsKarunanidhi said he had as early as in 1956 proposed a resolution in the DMK General Council in favour of the Lankan Tamils and asked if Pa...
05 Feb, 2015, 01.14 PM IST
For Sri Lankan refugees, time may have come to returnThe Indian government is mulling the idea of sending Lankan Tamil refugees like Sujivani -over one lakh still live in India -back home to S...
05 Feb, 2015, 11.05 AM IST
Sri Lankan refugees repatriation: CM O Panneerselvam lashes out at M Karunanidhi for commentsQuoting the reported remarks of Sri Lankan MP Seenithamby Yogeswaran that the situation in the northeast was not 'conducive' for Tamils to ...
03 Feb, 2015, 03.38 PM IST
Withdraw proposal to send refugees back to Sri Lanka: MDMKErstwhile NDA ally MDMK today urged the Centre not to go ahead with the proposal for sending back Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to their countr...
01 Feb, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
Tamil Nadu CM asks Centre to defer meeting on repatriation of refugeesO Panneerselvam today termed Centre's decision to hold an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss repatriation of Lankan Tamil refugees as "pr...
28 Jan, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
More than 1.70 lakh Sri Lankan refugees,asylum-seekers,IDPs: UNHCREven five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylu...
13 Jan, 2015, 02.05 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
Citizenship to Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu: HC issues noticesThe Court ordered issue of notices to state and central governments on a PIL challenging denial of Indian citizenship to Lankan refugees in...
09 Oct, 2013, 10.41 PM IST
- Jaya announces Rs 1000 monthly dole to Lankan Tamil refugees
J Jayalalithaa today announced a monthly old age RPT old age dole of Rs 1000 to 5,544 Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in the state.
02 Aug, 2011, 01.27 PM IST