Commonwealth Meet In Sri Lanka

• British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade stopped by Tamil protestors in Jaffna

  British Prime Minister David Cameron's motorcade was stopped today by Tamil protestors in Sri Lanka's Jaffna, a district which bore the main brunt of the country's ethnic conflict in 2009. 40,000 Tamil civilians were allegedly killed in the final days of the ethnic violence. At Jaffna's Kannagi camp for about 500 people yet to be resettled after t...

• Chennai: 300 activists protesting against Commonwealth meet arrested

  Around 300 workers of the 'Viduthalai Chiruthaaigal Katchi', including its founder Thol Thirumavalavan, were arrested today for staging a 'rail roko' in parts of Tamil Nadu demanding removal of Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth.

• Prime Minister has respect for sentiments of Tamilians, says minister Vasan

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by deciding to skip the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka has respected the sentiments of people of Tamil Nadu, Shipping Minister G K Vasan has said.

• Colombo summit challenges Commonwealth values

  As the CHOGM or Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting gets underway today in the Sri Lankan capital, this question poses a major challenge to several world leaders in attendance.

• Salman Khurshid arrives in Sri Lanka for Commonwealth Summit

  Notwithstanding the demand of political parties in Tamil Nadu for complete boycott, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in Colombo today on a five-day visit to represent India at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Summit.

• British Foreign Secretary in Colombo for Commonwealth meet

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrived in Colombo today ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) starting on Friday.

• Torture claims cast shadow over Sri Lanka's Commonwealth summit

  Allegations of abuses against ethnic minority Tamils in Sri Lanka four years after the army won a civil war against separatist rebels have put pressure on the government as it prepares to host a Commonwealth summit.

• Tamil Nadu reiterates demand for India's total boycott of Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today moved a resolution in a special session of the state assembly demanding India's "complete boycott" of the Commonwealth meet in Colombo.

• Mauritius PM to boycott Sri Lanka Commonwealth meet

  The prime minister of Mauritius announced on Tuesday he will stay away from this week's Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka because of the host's poor human rights record.

• Bandh over Commonwealth meet in Tamil Nadu passes off peacefully

  The day-long bandh called by pro-Eelam outfits in Tamil Nadu today against India's participation in the Commonwealth Summit hosted by Sri Lanka passed off peacefully without disrupting normal life by and large.

• Commonwealth meet row: Vaiko, 250 MDMK workers arrested during 'rail roko' protest

  MDMK chief Vaiko and around 250 of his party workers were arrested in Madurai this morning for staging a 'rail roko' protest.

• Commonwealth summit: Pro-Eelam outfits give dawn-to-dusk bandh call for Tuesday

  India's participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has triggered protests in Tamil Nadu.

• Australian Prime Minister won't join Commonwealth summit boycott

  Australia's prime minister has rejected calls that he should join his Indian and Canadian counterparts in boycotting a British Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka this week over concerns about the island nation's human rights record.

• Australian, New Zealand legislators leave Sri Lanka following detention ahead of Commonwealth summit

  In a joint statement, they said human rights abuses in Sri Lanka are so serious that the CHOGM meeting should be scrapped.

• PM Manmohan Singh's absence not a setback for Colombo summit: Sri Lanka

  Sri Lanka today said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision not to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) summit in Colombo was not a setback and it understood the domestic political compulsions behind the move.