DMK flags delimitation concerns as Kanimozhi moves motion against three bills amid delimitation rowDMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Thursday moved a motion in the Lok Sabha opposing three key government bills, including the Constitution (1...
16 Apr, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin kicks-off statewide anti-delimitation agitation, burns copy of proposed billTamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has initiated a statewide protest against the proposed delimitation bill. He burned a copy of the bill ...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.52 AM 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
NHRC notice to Tamil Nadu over plight of refugees from MyanmarRefugees from Myanmar, left "wandering on the streets" of Chennai looking for accommodation, has caught the attention of the National Human...
07 Sep, 2015, 08.05 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
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
- 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