Commonwealth Meet Row

• 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...

• Commonwealth meet row: Karunanidhi says will support 'any resolution' over boycott

  Asked whether his party's support to the Centre was issue-based, he said, "Support is not for Congress. (It is) issue-based support."

• 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 meet row: Vaiko urges traders to shut shops on November 12

  Vaiko urged the trading community to close down shops unmindful of the losses in the interest of the Tamil people.

• Commonwealth meet row: India yet to convey decision on Prime Minister's presence to Sri Lanka

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

• Lanka Commonwealth meet row: petrol bombs hurled at 2 Chennai post offices

  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.

• CWG opening ceremony row resolved

  The row over timing of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony was resolved on Saturday with the Group of Ministers deciding a 7 pm start for the event.