Ranga-Billa Case: How the brutal murder of a brother and sister shocked the nation, inspired Raakh series and changed India’s criminal investigations foreverA brutal 1978 Delhi crime, the Ranga-Billa case, saw siblings Geeta and Sanjay Chopra tragically murdered after accepting a lift. Their dea...
20 Jun, 2026, 01.57 PM IST
Her husband died, then 2 sons, & then brother, all within 7 years; yet Odisha’s tribal daughter, once renamed by her schoolteacher, fought through grief to rise to India’s highest officePresident Droupadi Murmu's journey from a remote village in Odisha to India's highest constitutional office is a remarkable story of resili...
20 Jun, 2026, 01.18 PM IST
He used his airline to rescue refugees from Pakistan, donated 300 acres to India: Meet the Tamil Nadu Padma awardee who gave everything to the nationTamil Nadu industrialist Dr. R.M. Alagappa Chettiar, a visionary beyond business, utilized his private airline for crucial refugee rescue o...
20 Jun, 2026, 01.14 PM IST
"This victory is just a trailer:" MK Stalin after 131st Amendment Bill failed to pass Lok SabhaTamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin celebrated the defeat of the Women's Reservation Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha. He declared this a vi...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.28 PM IST
Delimitation bill makes Tamils refugees in their own land: StalinTamil Nadu CM MK Stalin burned a copy of the proposed delimitation bill, labeling it a "black law" and accusing the Centre of attempting to...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
Tamil Nadu extends COVID-19 relief to non-camp Sri Lankan Tamil refugee familiesThe initiative, being launched for the first time, aims to extend the cash assistance scheme being implemented for rice ration cardholders ...
19 Jun, 2021, 05.44 PM IST
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
DMK walks out of Assembly as Governor promises to push for dual citizenship for Lankan Tamil refugees"This Government has supported CAA and because of that, the Bill got passed into law, and because of that Sri Lankan Tamils and minorities ...
06 Jan, 2020, 11.40 AM 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
Give Indian citizenship to Tamil refugees: Demand in Rajya SabhaAIADMK demanded construction of a medical college and hospital on the unused land of Hindustan Photo Films at Udhagamandalam in Nilgiris di...
10 Jul, 2019, 12.57 PM IST
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.
14 May, 2015, 04.41 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
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
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
- Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa announces welfare measures for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees
Jayalalithaa today ordered extension of the government's comprehensive health insurance scheme to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees.
24 Mar, 2012, 02.56 PM IST