Lankan Tamil Row

Well-known Tamil film director R Seenu Ramasamy has tweeted that his life is in danger and has sought help from Chief Minister E Palaniswami. "I feel my life is in danger. Chief Minister Sir should help. Urgent," he tweeted. The director says he started getting threatening calls and messages after he appealed to popular actor Vijay Sethupathi to op...

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi's daughter received a rape threat on social media today, as controversy over her father's initial acceptance of a starring role in "800" - a biopic on Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan - refuses to die down

Family members of five Tamil Nadu fishermen, sentenced to death in a drug trafficking case by a Sri Lankan court, and representatives of fishermen association would meet state Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today to press for securing their release.

At least 32 Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters off the coast of the Delft islet in Jaffna.

A decision on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would attend CHOGM is still pending.

Petrol bombs were hurled at two post offices in Chennai early this morning, allegedly by protesters demanding India boycott the Commonwealth Games meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo next month over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils. No major damage was however reported.

The assembly was once again to make our stand very clear - The Sri Lankan authorities should be tried by an independent international court. Economic sanctions to be imposed against the sri Lankan government and the central government should take notice of the emotions of the people of Tamil Nadu and act in accordance to the resolution that was pas...

The DMK, which walked out of the UPA government last week over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, finds itself in a spot of embarrassment after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today pointed out that an Indian Premier League (IPL) team owned by M Karunanidhi's grand-nephew has two Sri Lankan players, including the captain.

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.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asserted that government stands for a political solution to the issue of ethnic Tamils.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that DMK will not precipitate a political crisis for UPA government. Speaking on the Lankan issue, Pranab Mukherjee said that he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have repeatedly told Sri Lanka that ethnic crisis can be solved only politically. ...

Well-known Tamil film director R Seenu Ramasamy has tweeted that his life is in danger and has sought help from Chief Minister E Palaniswami. "I feel my life is in danger. Chief Minister Sir should help. Urgent," he tweeted. The director says he started getting threatening calls and messages after he appealed to popular actor Vijay Sethupathi to op...

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi's daughter received a rape threat on social media today, as controversy over her father's initial acceptance of a starring role in "800" - a biopic on Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan - refuses to die down

Family members of five Tamil Nadu fishermen, sentenced to death in a drug trafficking case by a Sri Lankan court, and representatives of fishermen association would meet state Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today to press for securing their release.

At least 32 Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters off the coast of the Delft islet in Jaffna.

A decision on whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would attend CHOGM is still pending.

Petrol bombs were hurled at two post offices in Chennai early this morning, allegedly by protesters demanding India boycott the Commonwealth Games meeting scheduled to be held in Colombo next month over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils. No major damage was however reported.

The assembly was once again to make our stand very clear - The Sri Lankan authorities should be tried by an independent international court. Economic sanctions to be imposed against the sri Lankan government and the central government should take notice of the emotions of the people of Tamil Nadu and act in accordance to the resolution that was pas...

The DMK, which walked out of the UPA government last week over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, finds itself in a spot of embarrassment after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today pointed out that an Indian Premier League (IPL) team owned by M Karunanidhi's grand-nephew has two Sri Lankan players, including the captain.

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.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asserted that government stands for a political solution to the issue of ethnic Tamils.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday assured External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that DMK will not precipitate a political crisis for UPA government. Speaking on the Lankan issue, Pranab Mukherjee said that he and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have repeatedly told Sri Lanka that ethnic crisis can be solved only politically. ...