Former Sri Lankan Chief Justice Sarath Silva has flayed as "illegal" the detention of ex-Army Chief Sarath Fonseka, prompting the government to express "dismay" over his comments. Silva, who served in the top judicial post for almost a decade till last June and was associated wi... [More]

A top Obama Administration official said the US is not satisfied with the manner in which the Rajapksa Government has handled the issue former Sri Lankan Army chief General Fonseka's arrest and hoped that Colombo would follow the rule of the land in this case. "So far I think it has been less ... [More]

The CBI has received the "documentation" confirming the death of LTTE Chief V Prabhakaran, prime accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination from the government of Sri Lanka, Home Minister P Chidambaram said here today. "The CBI has told me that they received documentation from the Gov... [More]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today congratulated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his re-election and expressed confidence that under his leadership the country would find lasting peace with all communities living with dignity and in harmony. Singh, who telephoned Rajapaksa to congratulat... [More]

Demining experts in Sri Lanka are struggling over the unpredictable pattern of LTTE landmines that are obstructing the resettlement of displaced Tamils by January 5 deadline here. "There is no set pattern of landmines laid by the LTTE landmines and we confront with various challenges," Ma... [More]

Jaipur foot, India's famous artificial limbs will soon find its way to war ravaged northern Sri Lanka to make 600 disabled walk again. The limbs will be distributed at a month-long free medical camp in Jaffna soon. The project will cost Rs 15 lakh and as many as 600 people who lost their limbs in m... [More]

Expressing satisfaction over the expeditious resettlement of the Tamil IDPs in Wanni, Australia has assured Sri Lanka that it would consider more assistance. "With the post conflict process now underway in Sri Lanka, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith agreed to consider providing more a... [More]

The Sri Lankan army has recovered several things including a satellite equipment and packets containing 3 Kilogrammes of cyanide powder during their search operations for arms and ammunition left by the vanquished Tiger rebels. The Criminal Investigations Department with the the Trincomalee Police ... [More]

Terming LTTE's call to boycott the 2005 Presidential elections in Sri Lanka as "hasty", Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today said it enabled President Mahinda Rajapakse to defeat his rival Ranil Wickramasinghe who had promised to hold peace talks with the Tiger rebels, since been ... [More]

Ninety per cent of the Sri Lankan Tamils living in the US, the first western country to ban the LTTE, do not support the Tiger rebels in their quest for Eelam, country's top diplomat in Washington has claimed. "I had to use facts and figures that clearly depicted the situation on the ground,&q... [More]

Amid speculation that Sri Lanka's Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sarath Fonseka may fight the Presidential polls, the country's army chief has warned military personnel against dabbling in politics, saying soldiers in uniform have no right to engage in political work. Army Chief Gen Jagath Jayasuriya a... [More]

Three persons from Sri Lanka were detained at the international airport here today by 'Q' branch wing of Tamil Nadu police for entering the country illegally through Colombo. Airport sources said immigration officials on suspicion detained the trio as they were about to board a Colombo-bound flight... [More]

CPI leader T Pandian today questioned the Indian government providing Rs500 crore aid for the internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamils when there were allegations of human rights violations by the island's army. Talking to reporters here, he said even US senators had charged the Lankan government wit... [More]

Sri Lankan Army has rejected as "bogus propaganda" reports that its Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka is considering joining politics due to reported differences between him and the government. Reacting to the reports, Military Spokesperson Brig Udaya Nanayakkara denied any di... [More]

A fishermen's association here alleged that Sri Lankan navy personnel today assaulted a group of Tamil Nadu fishermen near Katchathivu in Palk Straits. The fishermen, who had put out to sea from Rameswaram and Mandapam, were scared away by Lankan navy personnel by firing in the air, Fishermen Assoc... [More]

On a mission here to ascertain the living conditions of displaced Tamils after the end of the war, a delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu on Sunday visited them in camps, who expressed their keenness to return to their towns and villages during an "emotional interaction". The MPs belonging ... [More]

CPI today dubbed the delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu visiting Sri Lanka as a Congress-DMK team and wondered the purpose of its mission. Reacting to the visit, CPI leader and MP D Raja said the team was not not representative in character and political parties were not not consulted before its sel... [More]

A delegation of MPs from Tamil Nadu will be leaving for Sri Lanka [ Images ] tomorrow to get first hand account of the conditions prevailing in the camps housing Lankan Tamil refugees displaced by the war between the island army and the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam. The 10-member team that ... [More]

Tamil Nadu police today said the state government has refused permission for ten pro-LTTE Sri Lankan Tamils to stay in the country, on grounds of national security. These persons were part of the 64 Sri Lankan Tamils lodged in special camps in Poonnamallee and Chenglepet near here and were involved... [More]

Sri Lanka has likened the charges against Tamil journalist J S Tissainayagam, sentenced to 20 years in jail for links with LTTE, to any European scribe accepting al-Qaeda funding. Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha told Human Rights sub committee of the Eur... [More]