Sri Lanka Oppn rejects unity govt offer, seeks Prez resignationPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overture came as armed troops looked to quell more demonstrations over what the government acknowledges is t...
05 Apr, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
Tamils seek power devolution in Sri Lanka's new ConstitutionThe Tamil minority seeks a power devolution arrangement to give autonomy to the traditional Tamil regions in the north and east of the isla...
26 Jan, 2016, 07.10 PM IST
Lanka's rival party members part of new consensus CabinetThe Cabinet of Sri Lanka's first ever national unity government led by Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in today with rival party min...
04 Sep, 2015, 04.25 PM IST
Lanka's main Tamil party TNA presses for Opposition status in ParliamentSri Lanka's main Tamil party TNA has staked claim for the status of main Opposition in the parliament, following an arrangement between the...
30 Aug, 2015, 10.52 AM IST
Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe dismisses allegations of being soft on LTTESri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe dismissed allegations by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that his alliance was sympatheti...
13 Aug, 2015, 06.20 PM IST
Tamil National Alliance asks Tamils to vote for federal solutionThe Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has issued its election manifesto for the next month's parliamentary election.
26 Jul, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Sri Lankan TULF party blames TNA for ignoring India's contributions to the peace processSri Lanka's TULF has blamed TNA for agreeing to South African mediation while overlooking India's contributions to the peace process.
20 Jun, 2015, 02.27 PM IST
Sushma Swaraj takes up humanitarian issue of fishermen's rights with Sri Lankan PM Ranil WickramasingheSwaraj also made it clear to Lankan PM that there was no comparison between the issues of Italian sailors and the fishermen.
07 Mar, 2015, 06.07 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 Lanka not interested in 13th Amendement implementation: Sri Lankan MP R SampanthanPM Modi said he was committed to implementation of not only 13th Amendment, but going beyond building upon it to ensure justice for Tamils
27 Aug, 2014, 09.42 PM IST
All stakeholders should work constructively in Sri Lanka: PM Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday urged Sri Lanka to ensure "equality, dignity, justice and self-respect" for its Tamil minority.
23 Aug, 2014, 03.14 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for homegrown solution for Tamil issueSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited main Tamil party leaders to join hands with him for national reconciliation.
21 Dec, 2013, 02.14 PM IST
India will stand by Lankan Tamils: Foreign Secretary tells TNAThe delegation, led by TNA leader and veteran Tamil politician R Sambanthan, included two party MPs M A Sumanthiran and Suresh Premachandra...
14 Nov, 2013, 03.20 PM IST
Sri Lanka’s military victory cannot substitute political reintegrationTamil Nadu politics willy nilly is once again on the verge of rocking India-Sri Lanka relations at a time when Colombo is basking in the gl...
27 Dec, 2012, 04.59 AM IST
- PM meets Tamil National Alliance delegation; says India fully with Sri Lankan Tamils
Manmohan Singh affirmed India's commitment for a political solution to the Sri Lankan Tamils issue during a meeting with TNA leaders.
11 Oct, 2012, 08.21 PM IST
- India to engage Lankan Tamil parties on ethic solution: Report
India plans to directly invite Sri Lankan ethnic parties, including the pro-LTTE TNA, for parleys to resolve the Tamil issue in the country.
11 Jun, 2010, 04.44 PM IST
- Panel on Lanka devolution package may study overseas models
A proposal for a study to Northern Ireland & Spain has been mooted by some quarters, though no decision has been taken.
26 Dec, 2007, 03.28 PM IST