Jayalalithaa Sri Lanka

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  Sri Lanka North Council Aborts Motion To Congratulate Jayalalithaa

  Sri Lanka's Tamil-controlled Northern Provincial Council's attempt to adopt a motion to congratulate J Jayalalithaa for becoming the Tamil Nadu chief minister has been aborted.

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  Act on UN Resolution on Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa Urges PM Narendra Modi

  Hours after getting a resolution passed in the Assembly today on the Sri Lankan issue, seeking an international probe into allegations of war crimes in that country, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urged PM Modi to take immediate action over it.

• Need Firm, Clear Warning to Sri Lanka: Jayalalithaa to PM Modi

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday urged the central government to give a "firm, clear, unequivocal" message to Sri Lanka to end the arrests of Indian fishermen in the sea.

• Sri Lanka 'Happy' Jayalalithaa Lost Clout in New Delhi

  Sri Lanka today said it is pleased that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has lost any bargaining power with the Narendra Modi government because of the majority BJP has on its own in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha election.

• 20 Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan navy

  Twenty local fishermen were today arrested by the Sri Lankan navy when they were fishing near Katchatheevu, an islet in the Palk Strait, fishermen representatives said.

• Chorus mounts against India's offer to train Sri Lankan naval officials

  After stepping up attacks on the Union government over India's participation in the CHOGM meet in Sri Lanka last month, chorus is mounting in Tamil Nadu among opposition parties over the country's offer to train Sri Lankan Naval personnel.

• Jayalalithaa slams India's offer to train Sri Lankan Naval officials

  Expressing dismay at India's offer to train Sri Lankan Naval officials, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has demanded that the Prime Minister review this "insensitive policy of defence co-operation" as it was in "utter disregard" of sentiments of people of the state.

• Jayalalithaa urges PM to push for Indian fishermen's release in Sri Lanka

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up with Sri Lanka the release of 97 Indian fishermen in custody there.

• Jayalalithaa writes to PM about Sri Lankan players in IPL matches: Full text of letter

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has written to the Prime Minister stating categorically that the Sri Lankan cricketers in the Indian Premier League will not be allowed to play matches in her state.

• Attack on fishermen by Lankan navy aimed at browbeating India says Jayalalithaa

  Taking a serious view of the attack and firing on fishermen allegedly by Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said these incidents were aimed at intimidating and browbeating India from raising the Tamil issue at the international fora.

• Sri Lankan defence ties: Jayalalithaa accuses Centre of 'callous' attitude

  In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Sri Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu".

• Jayalalithaa reiterates demand to send Sri Lankan airmen back

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has once again asked the centre to send back the nine Sri Lankan Air force personnel who are being trained in India. She said, "the Indian empire should pounce like a tiger. Sadly India is submissive to Sri Lanka like a mouse".

• India should take tough action against Lanka: Jayalalithaa

  Describing India's concerns on safety of its fishermen as having fallen on 'deaf ears' of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take a "strong stand" against Colombo and "convey its serious apprehension through tough words and action".