Sri Lankan army illegally encroaching lands of Tamils, says DMK chief Karunanidhi
Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2013
DMK president M Karunanidhi today alleged efforts were being made to takeover lands belonging to ethnic Tamils by Sri Lankan army and sought the intervention of India and the United Nations in this matter.
Sri Lanka blames India for protracted war
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 10, 2013
Sri Lanka today blamed India for the Tamil separatist war which dragged for 30 years on the island.
Blog: Why the Congress may not find partners in Tamil Nadu
Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday March 27, 2013
The Congress party might find it difficult to get a political partner in Tamil Nadu after the UPA's failure to toughen a resolution moved by the US against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its perceived role in waterin...
Political poster war in Tamil Nadu over Sri Lankan issue
Written by Uma Sudhir | Sunday March 24, 2013
A political poster war is playing out in Tamil Nadu over the Sri Lankan issue. Ironically, rival parties are groups are using the same face, of a 12-year-old boy, to score political points. Balachandran, son of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, has ...
Attacks on Sri Lanka will not defeat or intimidate us, says President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Press Trust of India | Saturday March 23, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has criticised the US-sponsored UNHRC resolution against his country and said the such "attacks would not defeat or intimidate us".
Blog: 'India, our second home, has let us down'
J Sam Daniel Stalin | Saturday March 23, 2013
A sense of disappointment and betrayal by world community dominates the hearts and minds of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, a day after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a watered down resolution against Sri Lanka.
Blog: Programmer analyst on why he is a part of protest against Sri Lanka
Written by Rm. Vignesh Chellappan | Friday March 22, 2013
The resolution laid by US should have stronger and bigger words for the safer living of our brothers and sisters.
Chairperson's mike broken, Rajya Sabha session ends with unruly scenes
Edited by Sindhu Manjesh (with inputs from Agencies) | Friday March 22, 2013
Shouting slogans, squatting on the floor, trooping to the well of the house, and damaging the Chairperson's mike - this was how some of our MPs thought fit to protest against the government today. The DMK and AIADMK MPs were protesting against the go...
India votes against Sri Lanka; not good enough, says Karunanidhi
Reported by Noopur Tiwari (with inputs from agencies); Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Thursday March 21, 2013
India was among 25 countries that voted against Sri Lanka today at the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. However, contrary to the government's announcement yesterday, India did not move any amendments to the resolution sponsored by the US.
Voting begins on UN resolution on Sri Lanka
Reported by Noopur Tiwari; Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Thursday March 21, 2013
The UN Human Rights Council has begun voting on the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka in Geneva today. Sources have told NDTV that India will move an amendment to the resolution calling for a "Credible and independent investigation which is acce...
Blog: Infosys employee on why he joined protests against Lanka
Lalith Raja MS | Thursday March 21, 2013
Finally, a group that has been endlessly and mindlessly accused as the sole reason behind price rise, skyrocketing house rents and wayward lifestyle, has come out of plush air conditioned office cubicles to the streets to join hands and express solid...
Karunanidhi blames India for weak UN resolution on Sri Lanka
Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Wednesday March 20, 2013
DMK chief M Karunanidhi who quit the Prime Minister's coalition has blamed India for what he describes as a weak UN resolution against Sri Lanka. A vote on the resolution, which is sponsored by the US and deals with alleged atrocities against the co...
UN readies for vote on Sri Lanka: five-point cheatsheet
Reported by Noopur Tiwari; edited by Mala Das | Wednesday March 20, 2013
The United Nations is gearing up for a vote on Sri Lanka this week that will hold it accountable for alleged war crimes against its ethnic Tamil population during the final phases of the bloody civilian war against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tami...
DMK withdrawing support: History could turn full circle
Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 19, 2013
With DMK's withdrawal of from the UPA today, history could turn full circle 15 years after Congress pulled down the United Front coalition demanding withdrawal of DMK ministers from the government.
Why DMK may be using Sri Lanka to dump the Congress
Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday March 20, 2013
Fireworks at the DMK headquarters in Chennai this morning celebrated the announcement by president M Karunanidhi that the party was dropping out of the Congress-led UPA coalition.
