Lanka Tamil Issue

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin slammed the BJP for raising the Katchatheevu issue ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls and said that the issue has started to backfire now.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the Katchatheevu island issue and dared him to take back the island from Sri Lanka if he is "so concerned" about Tamil Nadu.

A tiny island between India and Sri Lanka on Palk Straight has become the hot button issue ahead of the general election in Tamil Nadu, where the BJP is trying to find a toehold.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of minority Tamils in the island nation.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday he was committed to devolution of power within a unitary state as a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic issue and underlined the need for Tamil diaspora's engagement.

India on Monday called for "immediate and credible action" for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment and holding of Provincial Council elections at the earliest in the crisis-hit island nation.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday urged the Centre to find a permanent solution to the Indian fishermen issue involving Sri Lanka through 'tangible mechanisms' and secure the immediate release of 21 fishermen

Prominent Tamil legislators from Sri Lanka have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking India's intervention in ensuring a lasting political solution to the long-standing Tamil issue and the implementation of the contentious 13th Amendment.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today urged the people of Tamil Nadu to punish the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the upcoming state assembly elections for abstaining from the UN Human Rights Council vote on Sri Lanka.

The issues related to Sri Lanka's Tamil community figured prominently in talks between PM Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa.

On the eve of her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg has told NDTV that the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan could not be solved only from a military standpoint, and that popular support was also important.

Raising the fishermen's issue with the Centre once again, the Tamil Nadu government has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in securing release of 25 fishermen and 119 fishing boats from Sri Lankan custody.

DMK President M Karunanidhi today hit back at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over Katchatheevu issue, refuting her charge that he did nothing to prevent the ceding of the island to Sri Lanka and questioned what she has been doing since 1991 when she promised to retrieve it.

Mounting an attack on arch rival and DMK president M Karunanidhi over the fishermen issue, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today accused him of being a "party" in India ceding Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka, by not moving court against the Centre's decision.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Colombo today on a two-day visit to hold talks with the top Sri Lankan leadership during which the issues of fishermen and Tamils' rights are likely to figure prominently.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin slammed the BJP for raising the Katchatheevu issue ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls and said that the issue has started to backfire now.

Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the Katchatheevu island issue and dared him to take back the island from Sri Lanka if he is "so concerned" about Tamil Nadu.

A tiny island between India and Sri Lanka on Palk Straight has become the hot button issue ahead of the general election in Tamil Nadu, where the BJP is trying to find a toehold.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of minority Tamils in the island nation.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday he was committed to devolution of power within a unitary state as a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic issue and underlined the need for Tamil diaspora's engagement.

India on Monday called for "immediate and credible action" for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment and holding of Provincial Council elections at the earliest in the crisis-hit island nation.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday urged the Centre to find a permanent solution to the Indian fishermen issue involving Sri Lanka through 'tangible mechanisms' and secure the immediate release of 21 fishermen

Prominent Tamil legislators from Sri Lanka have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking India's intervention in ensuring a lasting political solution to the long-standing Tamil issue and the implementation of the contentious 13th Amendment.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today urged the people of Tamil Nadu to punish the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the upcoming state assembly elections for abstaining from the UN Human Rights Council vote on Sri Lanka.

The issues related to Sri Lanka's Tamil community figured prominently in talks between PM Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa.

On the eve of her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg has told NDTV that the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan could not be solved only from a military standpoint, and that popular support was also important.

Raising the fishermen's issue with the Centre once again, the Tamil Nadu government has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in securing release of 25 fishermen and 119 fishing boats from Sri Lankan custody.

DMK President M Karunanidhi today hit back at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa over Katchatheevu issue, refuting her charge that he did nothing to prevent the ceding of the island to Sri Lanka and questioned what she has been doing since 1991 when she promised to retrieve it.

Mounting an attack on arch rival and DMK president M Karunanidhi over the fishermen issue, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today accused him of being a "party" in India ceding Katchatheevu islet to Sri Lanka, by not moving court against the Centre's decision.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Colombo today on a two-day visit to hold talks with the top Sri Lankan leadership during which the issues of fishermen and Tamils' rights are likely to figure prominently.