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Working To Address Post-Ethnic War Issues: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To S Jaishankar
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris has told his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar that his country is working to address the post-ethnic war issues, including releasing LTTE prisoners and revisiting a controversial anti-terror law.
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Mass Grave Discovered In Sri Lanka's Former War Zone
A mass grave with 38 skeletons has been discovered in Sri Lanka's former war zone where the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels were engaged in pitched battles in 2009, officials said today.
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India, Sri Lanka Files Among 195 Documents Destroyed In Britain
Around 195 files including documents relating to relations between India and Sri Lanka at the peak of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) led civil war have been destroyed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), sparking concern among archivists and researchers.
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'We Just Followed Orders': Disabled Army Veterans Fight For Rights
Colonel Anil Kaul, 66, has written several letters to the army headquarters, but says he is still to receive a satisfactory response. He is a war veteran, who lost his right eye and left hand while saving 250 soldiers in a rescue mission in Sri Lanka's Jaffna in 1987. He got a Vir Chakra for his bravery, but says that the institutional support need...
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Cross-Border Terror Core Issue For SAARC: Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickramasinghe
Asserting a war was not an option between India and Pakistan, Sri Lanka today said cross-border terrorism was a core issue on the table for SAARC and the members of the eight-nation grouping have to discuss it and its impact before moving forward.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Calls for Probe Into Sri Lanka's Alleged War Crimes
The Tamil Nadu assembly today adopted a resolution for an international probe against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed in 2009, coming just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sri Lankan government deciding to renew efforts to resolve the ethic issue in the is...
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Yuvraj Singh, Are You Ready For Shoaib Malik's Challenge?
A little war of sorts is brewing between Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. But before you jump to any conclusions, this war has nothing to do with the sport and will most definitely not be held on a cricket pitch.
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Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report
Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.
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PM Modi Visits Jaffna, Seeks Respect for All Citizens in Sri Lanka
Making a historic visit to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, a region once ravaged by strife, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for equitable development and respect for all citizens in the island nation, seen as an oblique reference to Tamils who had suffered during the war between the LTTE and forces.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejects demand for probe into war crimes
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today rejected British PM David Cameron's demand for an international inquiry and said Sri Lanka must be trusted to conduct its own probe.
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British TV crew blocked from reaching Sri Lanka's former war zone
British television journalists who have reported on war crimes allegations in Sri Lanka were stopped from reaching the north of the country on Wednesday by protesters who blocked their train, the TV station and local police said.
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Portion of memorial built in honour of Tamil martyrs in Sri Lanka demolished
Days after its inauguration, officials today demolished the compound wall and removed a park at the Mullivaaikal Memorial, built in honour of Tamil martyrs in the war in Sri Lanka.
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Tamil Nadu: Memorial for Sri Lankan Tamil war victims opens
A memorial for Tamil victims of the 2009 Eelam war in Sri Lanka was unveiled in Thanjavur today by World Tamil Confederation President and noted pro-Tamil leader Pazha Nedumaran.
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Boycott Sri Lanka Commonwealth meet, Tamil Nadu tells PM
Tamil Nadu has asked the Centre to boycott the Commonwealth meet in Colombo next month over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils and the arrest of fishermen from the state for straying into Lankan waters.
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Supply of war ships to Sri Lanka: Madras High Court directs cabinet secretary to respond
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India to respond to three queries on the proposed sale of two war ships to Sri Lanka before October 8. The court wants to know about the "mechanism and arrangement" of these ships, why the sale at a time there are strained relations between both countries, ...
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Working To Address Post-Ethnic War Issues: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister To S Jaishankar
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G L Peiris has told his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar that his country is working to address the post-ethnic war issues, including releasing LTTE prisoners and revisiting a controversial anti-terror law.
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Mass Grave Discovered In Sri Lanka's Former War Zone
A mass grave with 38 skeletons has been discovered in Sri Lanka's former war zone where the government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels were engaged in pitched battles in 2009, officials said today.
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India, Sri Lanka Files Among 195 Documents Destroyed In Britain
Around 195 files including documents relating to relations between India and Sri Lanka at the peak of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) led civil war have been destroyed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), sparking concern among archivists and researchers.
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'We Just Followed Orders': Disabled Army Veterans Fight For Rights
Colonel Anil Kaul, 66, has written several letters to the army headquarters, but says he is still to receive a satisfactory response. He is a war veteran, who lost his right eye and left hand while saving 250 soldiers in a rescue mission in Sri Lanka's Jaffna in 1987. He got a Vir Chakra for his bravery, but says that the institutional support need...
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Cross-Border Terror Core Issue For SAARC: Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickramasinghe
Asserting a war was not an option between India and Pakistan, Sri Lanka today said cross-border terrorism was a core issue on the table for SAARC and the members of the eight-nation grouping have to discuss it and its impact before moving forward.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Calls for Probe Into Sri Lanka's Alleged War Crimes
The Tamil Nadu assembly today adopted a resolution for an international probe against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violations and war crimes committed in 2009, coming just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Sri Lankan government deciding to renew efforts to resolve the ethic issue in the is...
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Yuvraj Singh, Are You Ready For Shoaib Malik's Challenge?
A little war of sorts is brewing between Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. But before you jump to any conclusions, this war has nothing to do with the sport and will most definitely not be held on a cricket pitch.
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Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report
Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.
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PM Modi Visits Jaffna, Seeks Respect for All Citizens in Sri Lanka
Making a historic visit to Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka, a region once ravaged by strife, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for equitable development and respect for all citizens in the island nation, seen as an oblique reference to Tamils who had suffered during the war between the LTTE and forces.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa rejects demand for probe into war crimes
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today rejected British PM David Cameron's demand for an international inquiry and said Sri Lanka must be trusted to conduct its own probe.
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British TV crew blocked from reaching Sri Lanka's former war zone
British television journalists who have reported on war crimes allegations in Sri Lanka were stopped from reaching the north of the country on Wednesday by protesters who blocked their train, the TV station and local police said.
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Portion of memorial built in honour of Tamil martyrs in Sri Lanka demolished
Days after its inauguration, officials today demolished the compound wall and removed a park at the Mullivaaikal Memorial, built in honour of Tamil martyrs in the war in Sri Lanka.
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Tamil Nadu: Memorial for Sri Lankan Tamil war victims opens
A memorial for Tamil victims of the 2009 Eelam war in Sri Lanka was unveiled in Thanjavur today by World Tamil Confederation President and noted pro-Tamil leader Pazha Nedumaran.
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Boycott Sri Lanka Commonwealth meet, Tamil Nadu tells PM
Tamil Nadu has asked the Centre to boycott the Commonwealth meet in Colombo next month over Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes against Lankan Tamils and the arrest of fishermen from the state for straying into Lankan waters.
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Supply of war ships to Sri Lanka: Madras High Court directs cabinet secretary to respond
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India to respond to three queries on the proposed sale of two war ships to Sri Lanka before October 8. The court wants to know about the "mechanism and arrangement" of these ships, why the sale at a time there are strained relations between both countries, ...
