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India-Sri Lanka Ferry Service Truly Big Step: S Jaishankar
The launch of a passenger ferry service from Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in Sri Lanka is a "truly big step" for boosting people-to-people contacts, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.
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3 Arrested For Holding Remembrance Event For Ex-LTTE Terrorist, Get Bail
Tamil National People's Front Jaffna District MP and two others, who were arrested in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna on Thursday for holding a memorial to commemorate the death anniversary of former LTTE terrorist were released on bail, police said.
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Maithripala Sirisena Inducts 7 Ministers, Including A Tamil From Jaffna
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today inducted seven new ministers in his government, including a Tamil who is the only elected representative of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party from Jaffna, the capital of northern district.
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Sri Lankan Tamils To Break Over 1000 Coconuts To Bless Hillary Clinton
A group of Sri Lankan Tamils in Jaffna will break over 1,000 coconuts and light as many candles to bless Hillary Clinton, saying the Democratic presidential candidate's win would be important for the future of the minority community.
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Tamil Students Of Jaffna Varsity Shot Dead By Lankan Police
Two Tamil students were today gunned down by police in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated former war-zone Northern Province's Jaffna city, prompting authorities to arrest and suspend five policemen.
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3 More Tamil Nadu Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy
Three fishermen from Tamil Nadu were today arrested by Sri Lankan navy personnel allegedly while fishing near Neduntheevu, a small island off Jaffna in the north of the neighbouring nation.
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4 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy
Four Indian fishermen were today arrested by Sri Lankan Naval personnel while allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu, a small island near Jaffna in the north of the neighbouring nation.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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Sri Lanka's Icon of Colonial Rule Rises From The Rubble
As an army of labourers churns out limestone bricks, archeologist Prashantha Mandawala reflects on the ambitious task of restoring Sri Lanka's centuries-old Jaffna fort, destroyed by ethnic war.
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Sri Lanka Soldiers Jailed for 25 Years for Gang-Rape in 2010
A Sri Lankan court today sentenced four government soldiers to 25 years in prison each for the gang rape of a 27-year-old Tamil mother of two in the island's former war zone in 2010.
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Sri Lanka's War Widows Pin Hopes on New President
Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka's Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not welcome even in their homeland.
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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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PM Narendra Modi Visits Jaffna in Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived this afternoon in Jaffna, the first Indian PM to set foot in this war ravaged town in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated Northern Province, a day after he urged the country's new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority.
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Troops Reduction in Tamil Areas in Future, Indicates Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has indicated reduction of army presence in Tamil areas "as time goes on".
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Sri Lankan Navy Arrests 14 Tamil Nadu Fishermen on Charges of Poaching
The Sri Lankan navy today arrested 14 Tamil Nadu fishermen near Jaffna Peninsula, on charges of poaching in Sri Lankan waters.
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India-Sri Lanka Ferry Service Truly Big Step: S Jaishankar
The launch of a passenger ferry service from Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in Sri Lanka is a "truly big step" for boosting people-to-people contacts, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday.
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3 Arrested For Holding Remembrance Event For Ex-LTTE Terrorist, Get Bail
Tamil National People's Front Jaffna District MP and two others, who were arrested in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna on Thursday for holding a memorial to commemorate the death anniversary of former LTTE terrorist were released on bail, police said.
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Maithripala Sirisena Inducts 7 Ministers, Including A Tamil From Jaffna
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today inducted seven new ministers in his government, including a Tamil who is the only elected representative of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party from Jaffna, the capital of northern district.
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Sri Lankan Tamils To Break Over 1000 Coconuts To Bless Hillary Clinton
A group of Sri Lankan Tamils in Jaffna will break over 1,000 coconuts and light as many candles to bless Hillary Clinton, saying the Democratic presidential candidate's win would be important for the future of the minority community.
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Tamil Students Of Jaffna Varsity Shot Dead By Lankan Police
Two Tamil students were today gunned down by police in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated former war-zone Northern Province's Jaffna city, prompting authorities to arrest and suspend five policemen.
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3 More Tamil Nadu Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy
Three fishermen from Tamil Nadu were today arrested by Sri Lankan navy personnel allegedly while fishing near Neduntheevu, a small island off Jaffna in the north of the neighbouring nation.
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4 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Arrested By Sri Lankan Navy
Four Indian fishermen were today arrested by Sri Lankan Naval personnel while allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu, a small island near Jaffna in the north of the neighbouring nation.
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Former Tamil Politician Claims Second Torture Camp Found in Sri Lanka
An illegal detention centre similar to the one discovered by UN experts in eastern Sri Lanka has been found in the country's northern Jaffna district, a former Tamil lawmaker has said, alleging that civil war detainees including Tamils were tortured in the camps.
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Sri Lanka's Icon of Colonial Rule Rises From The Rubble
As an army of labourers churns out limestone bricks, archeologist Prashantha Mandawala reflects on the ambitious task of restoring Sri Lanka's centuries-old Jaffna fort, destroyed by ethnic war.
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Sri Lanka Soldiers Jailed for 25 Years for Gang-Rape in 2010
A Sri Lankan court today sentenced four government soldiers to 25 years in prison each for the gang rape of a 27-year-old Tamil mother of two in the island's former war zone in 2010.
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Sri Lanka's War Widows Pin Hopes on New President
Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Sri Lanka's Tamil widows have returned to northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not welcome even in their homeland.
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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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PM Narendra Modi Visits Jaffna in Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived this afternoon in Jaffna, the first Indian PM to set foot in this war ravaged town in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated Northern Province, a day after he urged the country's new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority.
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Troops Reduction in Tamil Areas in Future, Indicates Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickramasinghe
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has indicated reduction of army presence in Tamil areas "as time goes on".
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Sri Lankan Navy Arrests 14 Tamil Nadu Fishermen on Charges of Poaching
The Sri Lankan navy today arrested 14 Tamil Nadu fishermen near Jaffna Peninsula, on charges of poaching in Sri Lankan waters.
