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Karunanidhi’s 12 crores for Lankan refugees

NDTV Correspondent, Tuesday November 3, 2009, Chennai

In a bid to deflect criticism from the Opposition, the DMK government has allotted Rs 12 crore to make the Lankan refugees' living conditions better.

Lanka opens up refugee camps

Press Trust of India, Tuesday December 1, 2009, Colombo

The government on Tuesday allowed nearly 1.30 lakh Tamil civilians housed in refugees camps in northern Sri Lanka to visit their relatives as authorities lifted restrictions on their movement. Some 3 lakh Tamils were housed in the refugees’ camps after the final stage of the government's military operations that defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels in May.

Jaffna to host Tamil diaspora meet

Press Trust of India, Tuesday December 1, 2009, Colombo

Tamil professionals from across the world will converge in Jaffna next month to discuss ways to facilitate and expedite the development process in the war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka. A seminar will be held at the Jaffna University on January 12 for the Tamil diaspora to meet and formulate programmes for development, the state-owned 'Daily News' reported.

Lanka editor held over military rift story

Agence-France Presse, Monday October 19, 2009, Colombo

A Sri Lankan editor was arrested for reporting on an alleged rift between a senior military commander and the government after the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels, police and his newspaper said on Sunday. Chandana Sirimalwatte was held for questioning after police raided the offices of his "Lanka" newspaper, a spokesman for the paper said.

More Indian funds for Lankan Tamils

NDTV Correspondent, Sunday October 18, 2009, Chennai

Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that India will, if required, allocate more funds to Sri Lanka for the rehabilitation of over 2.5 lakh Tamils displaced by the war against LTTE. Chidambaram made the announcement after a brief meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday. He said that the discussion centred on the visit of a delegation of MPs to Sri Lanka last week.

Lanka to resettle 58,000 Tamils in 15 days

Press Trust of India, Wednesday October 14, 2009, Chennai

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has assured the Indian MPs' delegation that 58,000 of the 2.53 lakh internally displaced Tamils in Lanka would be sent home from camps by the end of October and the rest in a phased manner, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Wednesday.

Inside relief camps for Sri Lanka’s Tamils

NDTV Correspondent, Thursday October 15, 2009, Chennai

The report submitted by the Indian delegation of MPs that visited Lankan Tamils in relief camps in Sri Lanka is disturbing. These camps have so far been out of bounds for the international media and even the red cross.

Separate LTTE cadres from IDPs: Lanka Oppn

Press Trust of India, Thursday September 3, 2009, Colombo

The government should separate the 25,000 suspected LTTE cadres likely to be present in camps for the war-displaced in northern Sri Lanka and resettle the rest, the Opposition said on Thursday and cautioned against treating the Tamil refugees as "criminals".

How India helped destroy LTTE

NDTV Correspondent, Saturday August 22, 2009, New Delhi

New Delhi had maintained that it will not give any offensive weapons to Sri Lanka. But a new book, written by NDTV's defence editor Nitin Gokhale, who had extensively reported the war for the channel, reveals that India had actively if covertly helped the Sri Lankan military to scour out and destroy the LTTE.

Female suicide bomber on the run in Lanka

Press Trust of India, Monday August 10, 2009, Colombo

Sri Lanka has issued an alert for a 25-year-old suspected female suicide bomber, seen frequenting busy commercial area of Colombo to carry out a possible 'mission'. The Sri Lanka Terrorist Investigation Division has urgently sought public cooperation to provide any information to help arrest the female suicide bomber, Abdul Shalam Fatima Yasmin, an official statement said.

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