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Amid Crisis, 12 More Sri Lankan Nationals Arrive In Tamil Nadu
Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.
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Lankans Flee To India Amid Country's Worst Economic Meltdown: 10 Points
As Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis, with electricity blackouts and shortage of essential goods leading to massive protests, its nationals have started seeking refuge in India.
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Tamil Nadu Extends Covid Relief To Non-Camp Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee Families
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday launched a scheme to provide monetary assistance of Rs 4,000 each to 13,553 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee families living outside refugee camps to alleviate their difficulties in view of COVID-19.
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Tamil Refugees' Citizenship, Farm Laws Discussed In MK Stalin-PM Meet
"Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru @mkstalin met PM @narendramodi," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted and posted pictures of their meeting.
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DMK Will Continue To Fight Against Citizenship Amendment Act: MK Stalin
DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday said his party would continue to urge the union government to scrap the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and confer citizenship on Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in India.
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Centre To Ensure Tamil Refugees In Sri Lanka Live In Peace: Rajnath Singh
Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a "personal relationship" with Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the central government is committed to ensuring that Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace, equality and dignity.
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Dual Citizenship For Sri Lankan Refugees Possible: Tamil Nadu Minister
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday told the state assembly that dual citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees was "possible" and that wants the centre to sign a pact with Sri Lanka to facilitate it.
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Sri Lankan Refugee Seeks Mercy Killing If Not Given Indian Citizenship
A Sri Lankan refugee in Salem district in Tamil Nadu created a flutter on Monday by seeking mercy killing if he was not granted an Indian citizenship.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Urges Centre To Grant Citizenship To Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and national award winning lyricist Vairamuthu on Tuesday batted for providing citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the country for more than three decades.
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Consider Citizenship For Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday urged the centre to consider giving citizenship to more than a lakh Sri Lankan Tamils living in the country as refugees for more than three decades.
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Need "Serious Dialogues" For Repatriation Of Sri Lankan Refugees: Envoy
Sri Lanka is seeking "serious dialogues" with India for repatriation of Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu, its envoy on Friday said while asserting that his country wants them to be resettled back home with provision of housing and livelihood.
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Failed Asylum Seekers Safe To Return Home: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that failed asylum seekers held in Australian-run detention centres in the South Pacific will not face prosecution or harm if they return home.
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Rana Daggubati's War Film Ghazi Will Release Early Next Year
"The makers have locked February 24, 2017 as release date. The film will simultaneously release in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi," a source from the film's unit revealed
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We Will Seek Dual Citizenship For Lankan Tamils, Says Jayalalithaa
AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asserted her party would take "continuous steps" to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual citizenship for refugees from the island nation living in the state.
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Vaiko, Ramadoss Slam Tamil Nadu Government Over Sri Lankan Refugee's Suicide
MDMK general secretary Vaiko and PMK chief S Ramadoss today hit out at the Tamil Nadu government over the suicide of a Tamil Sri Lankan refugee in Madurai district and demanded appropriate action in the case.
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Amid Crisis, 12 More Sri Lankan Nationals Arrive In Tamil Nadu
Hit by the economic crisis in their country, 12 more Sri Lankan nationals arrived here on Tuesday, officials said.
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Lankans Flee To India Amid Country's Worst Economic Meltdown: 10 Points
As Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis, with electricity blackouts and shortage of essential goods leading to massive protests, its nationals have started seeking refuge in India.
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Tamil Nadu Extends Covid Relief To Non-Camp Sri Lankan Tamil Refugee Families
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday launched a scheme to provide monetary assistance of Rs 4,000 each to 13,553 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee families living outside refugee camps to alleviate their difficulties in view of COVID-19.
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Tamil Refugees' Citizenship, Farm Laws Discussed In MK Stalin-PM Meet
"Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru @mkstalin met PM @narendramodi," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted and posted pictures of their meeting.
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DMK Will Continue To Fight Against Citizenship Amendment Act: MK Stalin
DMK chief MK Stalin on Sunday said his party would continue to urge the union government to scrap the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act and confer citizenship on Sri Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in India.
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Centre To Ensure Tamil Refugees In Sri Lanka Live In Peace: Rajnath Singh
Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a "personal relationship" with Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the central government is committed to ensuring that Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace, equality and dignity.
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Dual Citizenship For Sri Lankan Refugees Possible: Tamil Nadu Minister
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday told the state assembly that dual citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees was "possible" and that wants the centre to sign a pact with Sri Lanka to facilitate it.
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Sri Lankan Refugee Seeks Mercy Killing If Not Given Indian Citizenship
A Sri Lankan refugee in Salem district in Tamil Nadu created a flutter on Monday by seeking mercy killing if he was not granted an Indian citizenship.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Urges Centre To Grant Citizenship To Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and national award winning lyricist Vairamuthu on Tuesday batted for providing citizenship to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the country for more than three decades.
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Consider Citizenship For Over 1 Lakh Lankan Tamils: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Tuesday urged the centre to consider giving citizenship to more than a lakh Sri Lankan Tamils living in the country as refugees for more than three decades.
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Need "Serious Dialogues" For Repatriation Of Sri Lankan Refugees: Envoy
Sri Lanka is seeking "serious dialogues" with India for repatriation of Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu, its envoy on Friday said while asserting that his country wants them to be resettled back home with provision of housing and livelihood.
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Failed Asylum Seekers Safe To Return Home: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday that failed asylum seekers held in Australian-run detention centres in the South Pacific will not face prosecution or harm if they return home.
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Rana Daggubati's War Film Ghazi Will Release Early Next Year
"The makers have locked February 24, 2017 as release date. The film will simultaneously release in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi," a source from the film's unit revealed
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We Will Seek Dual Citizenship For Lankan Tamils, Says Jayalalithaa
AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asserted her party would take "continuous steps" to attain a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka and demand that the Centre grant dual citizenship for refugees from the island nation living in the state.
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Vaiko, Ramadoss Slam Tamil Nadu Government Over Sri Lankan Refugee's Suicide
MDMK general secretary Vaiko and PMK chief S Ramadoss today hit out at the Tamil Nadu government over the suicide of a Tamil Sri Lankan refugee in Madurai district and demanded appropriate action in the case.
