Sri Lankan Tamils

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.

Fourteen years after the Sri Lankan government declared LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran dead, former politician in Tamil Nadu Pazha Nedumaran today claimed that he is alive and healthy, and that he will soon make a public appearance.

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe on Thursday called for reconciliation and coexistence in the island nation, saying his government has initiated the process by talking to Sri Lankan Tamils and understanding their problems.

Narayan Jagadeesan on Monday surpassed Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara to register the most number of consecutive centuries in the history of List A cricket

Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags, and burning torches.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners after each of them spent over 10 years in jail for their alleged connections to the LTTE.

A young man, who fled Sri Lanka in a boat to India, jumped into the sea while nearing Tamil Nadu coast and swam till he reached the shore near Rameswaram, police said on Monday.

Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.

The Sri Lankan Navy has detained eight Indian fishermen from near Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, for alleged maritime boundary violation, officials said on Tuesday.

Searches were carried out by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) at 22 locations of Tamil Nadu in connection with the Sri Lankan narco mafia.

As Sri Lanka continues to reel under the effects of its worst economic crisis since independence, the Indian government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer, Bharat Petroleum has stepped up to refuel the country's aircrafts.

Beleaguered Sri Lankans fleeing the crisis-hit island republic and arriving in the country continued on Tuesday as eight persons, including children, belonging to two families landed in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram.

As many as 19 more Sri Lankan Tamils, including 6 women and 5 children, fled their country using a boat and arrived near here early on Sunday.

Chief Minister MK Stalin apprised Centre that Tamil Nadu is ready to ship essential commodities like rice and life saving drugs to Sri Lanka, considering welfare of Tamils and sought permission for its distribution through Indian High Commission.

As many as 12 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu have been arrested by the Sri Lankan navy for allegedly fishing in its waters, a Fisheries official here said on Sunday.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.

Fourteen years after the Sri Lankan government declared LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran dead, former politician in Tamil Nadu Pazha Nedumaran today claimed that he is alive and healthy, and that he will soon make a public appearance.

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe on Thursday called for reconciliation and coexistence in the island nation, saying his government has initiated the process by talking to Sri Lankan Tamils and understanding their problems.

Narayan Jagadeesan on Monday surpassed Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara to register the most number of consecutive centuries in the history of List A cricket

Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags, and burning torches.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners after each of them spent over 10 years in jail for their alleged connections to the LTTE.

A young man, who fled Sri Lanka in a boat to India, jumped into the sea while nearing Tamil Nadu coast and swam till he reached the shore near Rameswaram, police said on Monday.

Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.

The Sri Lankan Navy has detained eight Indian fishermen from near Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, for alleged maritime boundary violation, officials said on Tuesday.

Searches were carried out by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) at 22 locations of Tamil Nadu in connection with the Sri Lankan narco mafia.

As Sri Lanka continues to reel under the effects of its worst economic crisis since independence, the Indian government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer, Bharat Petroleum has stepped up to refuel the country's aircrafts.

Beleaguered Sri Lankans fleeing the crisis-hit island republic and arriving in the country continued on Tuesday as eight persons, including children, belonging to two families landed in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram.

As many as 19 more Sri Lankan Tamils, including 6 women and 5 children, fled their country using a boat and arrived near here early on Sunday.

Chief Minister MK Stalin apprised Centre that Tamil Nadu is ready to ship essential commodities like rice and life saving drugs to Sri Lanka, considering welfare of Tamils and sought permission for its distribution through Indian High Commission.

As many as 12 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu have been arrested by the Sri Lankan navy for allegedly fishing in its waters, a Fisheries official here said on Sunday.