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Probe Agency ED To Question Lankan Woman Over Attempt To Revive Terror Group
The Enforcement Directorate has secured permission from a Chennai court to interrogate Sri Lankan woman, Letchumanan Mary Franciska, in connection with a money laundering probe linked to an alleged attempt to revive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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Impostors Raising Funds By Claiming LTTE Chief Is Alive, Says His Family
A "mafia gang" which wants to use Prabhakaran as a "brand name", collects funds from Tamils living around the world is operating at a major scale, said Karthic Manoharan, the son of Prabhakaran's elder brother Velupillai Manoharan.
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Sri Lanka Files Appeal Against UK's Move To Remove LTTE From Terror List
Sri Lanka has appealed against a judgement from Britain's Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission, which has delisted the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a proscribed terrorist organisation.
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"A Grave Threat": Ban On LTTE Extended For 5 Years, Says Home Ministry
The central government has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for five years with immediate effect, a notification issued by the Union Home ministry said today.
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Sri Lanka Arrests 7 For Plan To Observe LTTE Chief's Birth Anniversary
Seven persons, including a former councillor, were arrested on Monday in Sri Lanka for planning to publicly commemorate killed LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's 64th birth anniversary, police said.
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United Nations Probe Sought On Torture By Sri Lankan Security Forces
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) should visit Sri Lanka and conduct an independent investigation into the continued abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the security forces, a former member of the United Nations (UN) special panel has said.
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Ex-LTTE Man Detained In Pune For Travelling With Fake Passport
A Sri Lankan national, who was allegedly a member of LTTE, was detained by immigration officials at the Pune Airport today while he was about to board a flight to Germany using a fake Indian passport.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Unofficial Ban On Tamil National Anthem On Independence Day
Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lanka's national anthem was on Thursday sung in Tamil at a ceremony in Colombo to mark the country's Independence Day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the ethnic minority community.
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Tamil Nadu Can't Free Rajiv Gandhi Killers Without Consulting Centre: Supreme Court
Rajiv Gandhi's killers cannot be freed by Tamil Nadu without the Centre being consulted, the Supreme Court said today.
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Sri Lankan Police Warns Against Commemorating LTTE Heroes' Day
Sri Lankan police today warned against organising events eulogising the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after posters commemorating the Heroes' Day tomorrow surfaced in the country's Tamil-dominated North.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Ban on Pro-LTTE Groups, Wants Them to Shun Violence
Sri Lanka today said it has lifted a ban imposed on eight Tamil diaspora groups for their links with the LTTE as part of efforts to reconcile with the ethnic minority community.
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Tamil Prisoners End Hunger Strike in Sri Lanka
Over 200 Tamil political prisoners, who were on hunger strike in Sri Lanka to protest against being jailed for years without trial, today ended their fast following an assurance from President Maithripala Sirisena that their grievances would be addressed.
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Sri Lankan Leader Writes to President Sirisena for Release of Tamil Inmates
A day after inmates began a hunger strike demanding their release in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated Northern Province, the chief minister has demanded expediting of pending cases against over 200 Tamil political prisoners languishing in several jails.
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Tourists Replace Rebels as Sri Lanka National Park Blooms
Lokaiya Peremadasa shudders as he recalls the havoc Tamil rebels used to wreak on his beloved wildlife park during Sri Lanka's brutal 37-year-long civil war.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Calls for Probe Into Sri Lanka's Alleged War Crimes
The Tamil Nadu assembly today adopted a resolution for an international probe against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed in 2009, coming just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sri Lankan government deciding to renew efforts to resolve the ethic issue in the is...
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Probe Agency ED To Question Lankan Woman Over Attempt To Revive Terror Group
The Enforcement Directorate has secured permission from a Chennai court to interrogate Sri Lankan woman, Letchumanan Mary Franciska, in connection with a money laundering probe linked to an alleged attempt to revive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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Impostors Raising Funds By Claiming LTTE Chief Is Alive, Says His Family
A "mafia gang" which wants to use Prabhakaran as a "brand name", collects funds from Tamils living around the world is operating at a major scale, said Karthic Manoharan, the son of Prabhakaran's elder brother Velupillai Manoharan.
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Sri Lanka Files Appeal Against UK's Move To Remove LTTE From Terror List
Sri Lanka has appealed against a judgement from Britain's Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission, which has delisted the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a proscribed terrorist organisation.
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"A Grave Threat": Ban On LTTE Extended For 5 Years, Says Home Ministry
The central government has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for five years with immediate effect, a notification issued by the Union Home ministry said today.
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Sri Lanka Arrests 7 For Plan To Observe LTTE Chief's Birth Anniversary
Seven persons, including a former councillor, were arrested on Monday in Sri Lanka for planning to publicly commemorate killed LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran's 64th birth anniversary, police said.
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United Nations Probe Sought On Torture By Sri Lankan Security Forces
The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) should visit Sri Lanka and conduct an independent investigation into the continued abductions, torture and sexual violence committed by the security forces, a former member of the United Nations (UN) special panel has said.
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Ex-LTTE Man Detained In Pune For Travelling With Fake Passport
A Sri Lankan national, who was allegedly a member of LTTE, was detained by immigration officials at the Pune Airport today while he was about to board a flight to Germany using a fake Indian passport.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Unofficial Ban On Tamil National Anthem On Independence Day
Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lanka's national anthem was on Thursday sung in Tamil at a ceremony in Colombo to mark the country's Independence Day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the ethnic minority community.
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Tamil Nadu Can't Free Rajiv Gandhi Killers Without Consulting Centre: Supreme Court
Rajiv Gandhi's killers cannot be freed by Tamil Nadu without the Centre being consulted, the Supreme Court said today.
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Sri Lankan Police Warns Against Commemorating LTTE Heroes' Day
Sri Lankan police today warned against organising events eulogising the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after posters commemorating the Heroes' Day tomorrow surfaced in the country's Tamil-dominated North.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Ban on Pro-LTTE Groups, Wants Them to Shun Violence
Sri Lanka today said it has lifted a ban imposed on eight Tamil diaspora groups for their links with the LTTE as part of efforts to reconcile with the ethnic minority community.
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Tamil Prisoners End Hunger Strike in Sri Lanka
Over 200 Tamil political prisoners, who were on hunger strike in Sri Lanka to protest against being jailed for years without trial, today ended their fast following an assurance from President Maithripala Sirisena that their grievances would be addressed.
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Sri Lankan Leader Writes to President Sirisena for Release of Tamil Inmates
A day after inmates began a hunger strike demanding their release in Sri Lanka's Tamil dominated Northern Province, the chief minister has demanded expediting of pending cases against over 200 Tamil political prisoners languishing in several jails.
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Tourists Replace Rebels as Sri Lanka National Park Blooms
Lokaiya Peremadasa shudders as he recalls the havoc Tamil rebels used to wreak on his beloved wildlife park during Sri Lanka's brutal 37-year-long civil war.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Calls for Probe Into Sri Lanka's Alleged War Crimes
The Tamil Nadu assembly today adopted a resolution for an international probe against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed in 2009, coming just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sri Lankan government deciding to renew efforts to resolve the ethic issue in the is...
