Sri Lankan Officers Training

• 150 protesters arrested for entering training college where Lankan military officers were being trained

  Nearly 150 protesters belonging to the Naam Tamizhar Katchi, a pro-Tamil party, were arrested today as they attempted to enter the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

• Supreme Court refuses to ban training of Sri Lankan defence officers

  The Supreme Court has refused to ban the training of Sri Lankan defence officers in India, an issue that every political party in Tamil Nadu has opposed. A Public Interest Litigation or PIL was dismissed by the judges who said "It is a matter of foreign policy. We won't interfere with the policy matters."

• India will continue to train Sri Lankan defence personnel

  India will continue to train Sri Lankan defence personnel at its establishments, Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said today, notwithstanding opposition by parties from Tamil Nadu. The minister's statement came against the backdrop of the demand by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha to expel two such Lankan officers from Defen...

• More Sri Lankan officers arrive in India for training

  Despite Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's strong objection to Sri Lankan defence officers being trained anywhere in India, sources have told NDTV that four officers have landed in Chennai from Colombo and have left for Kolkata by a connecting flight to undergo an AN32 engine fitter course.

• Full text of Jayalalithaa's letter to the Prime Minister

  In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu". Please find the full text of Jayalalithaa's to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: "You may recal...

• Sri Lankan defence ties: Jayalalithaa accuses Centre of 'callous' attitude

  In one of her strongest protests to the Centre over the presence and training of Sri Lankan defence officers in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has accused the UPA government of showing "utter disrespect to the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu".

• Sri Lankan military officers in Tamil Nadu spark protests

  Close on the heels of the recent objection raised by Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to the training of Sri Lankan airmen at the Indian Air Force station in Tambaram, Chennai, two Lankan officers - Rear Admiral SN Ranasinghe and Major General Jayasularaaga Dias - have arrived at the hill station of Coonoor, sparking protests.