As Russia and the United States have thrashed out their differences over mediating peace in Syria, Britain's now hard pressed to reconsider its support to the rebels.
United Kingdom continues to insist that Syrian regime might have used chemical weapons, despite the United Nations war crimes investigators saying there is reason to believe that such arms were in fact used by the rebels. Amidst this, Britain is committed to a...
Working out a common approach to mediating peace in Syria is expected to dominate the discussions when President Vladimir Putin hosts United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday. The meeting comes a day after Moscow and Washington worked out some of ...
The schism between Russia and the United State about how to resolve the Syrian conflict seem to be narrowing. On the sidelines of John Kerry's visit to the Russian capital of Moscow, both sides seem to be wanting to bring all warring factions to the table, as ...
Sources say that US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow to broker an agreement between Russia and the United States on the Syrian conflict. However, experts say that Kerry has a tough task ahead of him due to the polarised approach to Syrian war resolut...
JD(U) ahead of its two-day national executive meet has re-ignited the contest for prime ministerial candidate within the NDA. With the title of '2nd Mahabharata War 2014', the poster shows two chariots, one of the UPA and the other of the NDA, but the latter o...
The two-day national executive meet of Janata Dal (United) party begins today, amidst strong reservations against Narendra Modi's much-speculated rise as NDA's prime ministerial candidate. The JD(U) is going to introduce a resolution at its party executive mee...
Sol Pudhidhu | On one side, North Korea threatens the US with a nuclear war, while on the other Hugo Chavez's death throws South America in a tizzy. In the meanwhile, the US also passes a resolution in the UNHRC against Sri Lankan war crimes. Is US under threa...
A week after DMK's dramatic exit from the UPA government, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi has written to DMK cadres over the party's exit from the UPA. He says that the party hasn't achieved anything by quitting its alliance with the UPA. He has asked a rhetorical q...
In an unprecedented move, the Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Centre asks for a UN resolution for creation of a Tamil Eelam, or separate country, for the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu government passes a resolution in the state Assembly, which calls for a referendum on a separate eelam for Sri Lankan Tamils and also asks the Centre to stop treating Sri Lanka as a friendly country. The resolution was moved by chief minister Jayala...
The United States has said that the country worked very closely with India while formulating the resolution against Sri Lanka and that India's inputs were taken into consideration. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, revealed...
Student protests continue in Sri Lanka as the chorus for a free Eelam grows. The students demand that India chart another resolution at the UNHRC and also withdraw from the Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.
MoS PMO V Narayanasamy blames the political parties in Tamil Nadu for trying to confuse people in the Sri Lankan resolution issue. He says that if the resolution brought by India fails at the UNHRC, then there is no point in tabling it. A resolution needs to b...
Lawyers in Chennai protesting the spineless resolution against Sri Lanka, picket in front of the Reserve Bank of India building. They accuse India of giving its assent to a resolution that does not accept any of their recommendations and does not hold Sri Lank...
Achil Vandhavai | UNHRC resolution against Sri Lankan war crimes comes as no big surprise as it hardly holds the country responsible for the crimes. Also discussed, police excesses committed during student protests in Tamil Nadu, raids in MK Stalin's house, an...
After Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee suprised everyone with her support for the UPA government on the Sri Lankan issue, rumour has it that there are back-channel talks underway for a possible reconciliation. If this happens, not only will UPA be give...
25 countries, including India, vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violation during the war. 13 countries including Pakistan voted against it and eight countries abstained from voting. However, India not pushin...
Despite India voting in favour of the resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC meet, the DMK still remains unhappy. The DMK has expressed unhappiness at the resolution as it does call for an independent probe in Sri Lanka. Therefore, it is unlikely that the p...
25 countries, including India, vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violation during the war. However, the watered down resolution did not impress India much, and the country has pushed for a stronger resolution...
25 countries, including India, vote in favour of the US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka for alleged human rights violation during the war. 13 countries including Pakistan voted against it and eight countries abstained from voting.
The US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka was adopted at the UNHRC. Twenty five nations including India favoured the resolution, where as 13 countries including Pakistan voted for Sri Lanka. India demanded a speedy rehabilitation of displaced people in Sri...
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) begins its meeting to vote on a key draft resolution, moved by the United States, against Sri Lanka over alleged war crimes. The US-sponsored draft resolution has already drawn criticism from human rights groups ...
Government has failed to get a consensus at the all-party meet on tabling the Sri Lankan war crimes resolution in Parliament as SP, JD(U) and BJP opposed the resolution. India is likely to vote against Sr Lanka, in favour of the UN-sponsored resolution over th...
The US-backed resolution is all set to be tabled at the UNHRC meet in Geneva. The resolution is not expected to be strong enough and protests are rife in India, demanding that a separate resolution be moved by the country against Sri Lanka.
Government has failed to get a consensus at the all-party meet on tabling the Sri Lankan war crimes resolution in Parliament. India is likely to vote against Sr Lanka, in favour of the UN-sponsored resolution over the war crimes against Tamils. However, it rem...
As the countdown to the voting at Geneva has begun, all eyes are focused on the government. Sources reveal that India is likely to vote against Sri Lanka, in favour of the US-sponsored resolution over the war crimes committed against the Tamils. Meanwhile, the...
Centrestage | TMC leader Mamata Banerjee came out and said that she would be backing the resolution against Sri Lanka in the Parliament to support Tamil brothers. The government has convened the all-party meeting to explore the possibility of Parliament adopti...
An all-party meeting on the Lanka resolution is being held in the Lok Sabha to discuss details of the amendments on the resolution. DMK leader Elangovan speaks about DMK's stand on the issue and what it seeks.
Massive protests have hit the streets of Chennai, in support of a human rights resolution against Sri Lanka. The protesters which saw the youth of the State, are demanding a separate Tamil Eelam and are protesting for the rights of Sri Lankan Tamils. The other...
Sri Lanka has rejected the draft resolution and has sought a voting at the UNHRC. The country says that it's in India's interest to ensure a stable settlement to the Tamil issue. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says that the government is taking step...
Sri Lanka rejects the US-backed resolution submitted at the UNHRC. It says that the resolution is counter productive to its reconciliation process. Putting pressure on India, Lanka says, it is in India's interest to ensure long-lasting settlement to Tamil issu...
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath says that there is an impact on the Sri Lankan issue on the floor of the House. The Speaker has called for a meeting with several parties to discuss this impact and how it should be broken. With regard to Beni Prasad V...
The Indian government is clear that there are some issues with the resolution in the current form. The government says that it is a stringent resolution and that a few changes are needed to be made. There has been no mention of the word 'genocide' in the draft...
DMK continues to step up pressure on the UPA government over the Sri Lankan war crimes issue as the party patriarch M Karunanidhi blames Indian government for the watered down US resolution on the issue. The DMK chief issues a statement saying that the US reso...
There seems to be a rift in DMK, which has decided to withdraw support to the government, as DMK ministers MK Alagiri and D Napolean have not submitted their resignations. Thus only three out of the five DMK ministers have tendered their resignation, heeding t...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram assures that the Centre is very much aware of the Tamils problems in Sri Lanka and that it is doing all it can to ensure that a fair resolution is passed. He also added that it was very surprising that DMK decided to quit the all...
US suddenly goes soft on Sri Lanka, as the resolution adds three more paragraphs praising the country. While this should have been the most important headline in the newspapers, DMK's withdrawal from the UPA hogs the limelight. Is this the right way to go?
The US-backed resolution will be tabled at the UNHRC meet in Geneva tomorrow. This resolution calls for a detailed probe against Sri Lanka for its alleged war crimes committed on the Tamils. Indian government still has not revealed its standing on the issue. W...
DMK ministers, who withdrew support to the UPA government, are all set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to submit their resignations. Meanwhile there are indications that the government is planning to move a resolution in the Parliament over the Sri Lanka...
Newshour | The DMK announced a pull out from UPA in a dramatic fashion today and has given the government a 48-hour window to recover by passing a resolution in the Parliament. Is India headed towards a year of instability or an early election? Will the govern...
Centrestage | An early election seems to be a high probability with DMK pulling out of UPA and Trinamool Congress already out. So, who will benefit from an early election? The channel finds out. With the UPA government being on life support, can the lame duck ...
The Prime minister calls a meeting of top cabinet ministers to discuss the Sri Lanka issue. DMK had pulled out of the UPA over the government's stand on this issue. The government has to take a decision on the text of the amendments to the US resolution to be ...
The government will bring a resolution in the Parliament on Sri Lanka. Sources claim that the resolution may not exactly be in line with what DMK wants, but it will be in line with the national interest. The government doesn't want a resolution which impinges ...
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid, in a last-ditch attempt to appease key ally DMK, says that the government will ask for an independent probe into the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka. The DMK has been threatening to pull out of the govern...
In a significantly watered down version of a resolution on Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes, the United States has now called for an internal probe and not international inquiry into the reports. In the third amended draft of the UN resolution against Sri Lank...
In the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, the US has tabled a watered-down version of resolutions on Sri Lanka over its atrocities on the Tamil-speaking population. The resolution calls for an internal probe as against an international one.
The film fraternity in Chennai will join the anti-Lanka stir with a one-day hunger strike. The protest is against alleged genocide in Sri Lanka against the Tamil-speaking population.
News Night | The government is trying hard to mollify DMK chief Karunanidhi after he threatened to withdraw support to the UPA government over its stand on the Sri Lanka issue. A three-member team appointed by the UPA government is at Chennai to diffuse the cr...
Over 400 students, protesting against the noncommittal stand taken by the government over the Sri Lankan war crimes against Tamils, have courted arrest in Tamil Nadu. The students demand that the government should spell out its stand on the US resolution that ...
Newshour | Objecting to Pakistan National Assembly's resolution condemning the execution of Parliament attack conspirator Afzal Guru, the government and Opposition joined hands to pass a unanimous resolution in Parliament. However, as the House assembled the B...
News Night | In this edition of News Night, watch some of the top news stories of the day. Petrol price has been cut by Rs 2 per litre with effect from midnight tonight, excluding local taxes. This is the steepest reduction in rates in nine months. Minister of...
The resolution condemning Pakistan's resolution has been drafted and will soon be moved in the Lok Sabha by the Speaker. The government has already consulted the Leader of Opposition and other parties on the wording. The Pakistan Parliament earlier passed a re...
The external affairs ministry announced today that it has cancelled the upcoming bilateral hockey series against Pakistan. The team was scheduled to play a five-match series in India, beginning April 5. India were also slated to tour the neighbours for the sec...
India has drafted a counter resolution against Pakistan's similar one that condemns Afzal Guru's hanging. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday moved resolution against Pakistan's resolution on Afzal Guru and said that the House rejected Pakistan's interfere...
According to sources, Kamal Nath, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Salman Khurshid will meet the Speaker to move a resolution condemning Pakistan's resolution. The Pakistan Parliament earlier passed a resolution condemning India for hanging Afzal Guru.
Pakistan's brazen resolution against Afzal Guru's hanging reeks of meddling in Indian affairs. This despite India's gracious welcome of its leaders in the recent past, even as terrorist attacks within India have proven Pakistan links. How long should India tol...
Newshour | Should the Indian Parliament pass a counter resolution against Pakistan's attempts to interfere in India's internal affairs? Representing India, managing director of The Pioneer Chandan Mitra, strategic affairs editor Maroof Raza and ex-secretary of...
Pakistan provokes India once again. Pakistan Parliament passes a resolution condemning Afzal Guru's hanging and also express concern at the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after his execution.
Pakistan's lower House has passed a resolution condemning the hanging of Parliament attack conspirator Afzal Guru and has demanded the return of his body to his family. BJP spokesperson Prakash Javedkar says that 'this behaviour is absolutely unacceptable' and...
Government is still dilly dallying on taking a stand on the issue of the US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN. The MEA has said that it will study the resolution and take a decision.
After the UNHRC indicts Sri Lanka over the killing of ethnic Tamils in the island country, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kannimozhi says that the Indian government should initiate an independent inquiry into the report.
DMK MP TR Baalu brings up the issue of Lankan war crimes against ethnic Tamils in Parliament today. According to Baalu, the government should pass a resolution to ensure action against those responsible for the atrocities against Tamils. He says those who are ...
Sri Lankan government's announcement that the war against Tamils was over, was a war crime in itself, says DMK chief Karunanidhi. Despite announcing a ceasefire, the Sri Lankan government still continued killing innocent Tamils, alleges Karunanidhi.
Even as the pro-Tamil parties are exerting immense pressure on the centre to vote against Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Council over the war crimes committed against the Tamils, Indian government keeps everyone on tenterhooks, maintaining a stoic silence over t...
Sinthanai Kalam | The Eelam issue rocks the country on a daily basis. From political leaders' protests to the suicide of social workers, the chorus for Tamil justice grows. How will a UN resolution against Sri Lanka be effective? MDMK's Antharidas discusses in...
In the wake of protests against Sri Lankan war crimes in Tamil Nadu, the Lok Sabha passes a motion allowing a short discussion on the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils. The discussion would be under a non-voting rule and would take place on Thursday. This decision w...
For exposing the Sri Lankan government's excesses on the Eelam people, DMK chief Karunanidhi praises Callum Macrae, the director of the Channel 4 documentary. It is said that Macrae called Karunanidhi and Stalin to express solidarity in the protests against Sr...
Sinthanai Kalam | The May 17 movement founder Thirumurugan talks about UN's failure in combating war crimes in Sri Lanka. He talks about why India should support UN resolution against Sri Lanka. He also says why violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka should not ...
Several Tamil organizations have been protesting in front of the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai. Today, Tamil Eelam Supporters' Organisation (TESO) has been carrying out a demonstration demanding that India support the UN resolution against Sri L...
There are increasing demand that India should support the resolution moved by the US against Sri Lanka over the alleged war crimes. There has been widespread protests in Tamil Nadu over the atrocities done to the Tamils by the Sri Lankan Army.
Achil Vandhavai | Chennai wears a rebellious look as several Tamil organizations carry out demonstrations demanding that India support the UN resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC meet in Geneva. Also discussed, the increasing crimes in Tamil Nadu and the ...
Several Tamil organizations have been protesting in front of the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai. Today, Tamil Eelam Supporters' Organisation (TESO) will be carrying out a demonstration demanding that India support the UN resolution against Sri La...
Cuddalore social worker Mani sets himself ablaze demanding that India support the UN resolution against Sri Lanka. The bereaved family members, including a mother and a daughter, demand that the government do something and not let their loved one's death go in...
A 41-year-old social worker, from the Cuddalore district, dies after dousing himself with petrol and setting himself on fire. Mani was demanding that India support the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and was protesting outside the Collectorate complex in Cudda...
The US is expected to back a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva today. The US is moving a resolution against the country for its alleged brutal war crimes. Parties in India have been forcing the UPA to side with the US a...
Several Tamil organizations including MDMK and Tamil Desiya Iyakkam, protest in front of the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai. Vaiko and Pazha Nedumaran are also a part of these protests. The organizations demand that India support the UN resolutio...
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry lawyers boycott work for a day to urge India to vote for the UN resolution against Sri Lanka. The US is expected to back a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva today. The US is moving a resolution...
The US is expected to back a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva today. The US is moving a resolution against the country for its alleged brutal war crimes. Parties in India have been forcing the UPA to side with the US a...
A Human Rights Watch report claims that Tamils in Sri Lankan custody were subjected to severe torture and inhuman treatment by the Lankan forces. The report reveals that suspected LTTE members were subjected to sexual atrocities by Sri Lankan Army and police. ...
Heated debate takes place in Parliament over the issue of war crimes committed by Sri Lankan Army. Opposition asks government to clarify what stand it will take on UNHRC resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes. Speaking about the issue, External Affairs Minister S...
Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Berlin on Tuesday. On the agenda are discussions over the two countries' stand on the Syrian violence and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. Another issue tha...
Achil Vandhavai | Why is the Tamil Nadu government being vindictive in targeting Kamal Haasan and his movie 'Vishwaroopam'? Also discussed, posters that targeted Alagiri-Stalin rift, dengue fever spread, and DMK's TESO agenda.
DMK chief Karunanidhi says that if Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa tries to visit India again, then the TESO committee will definitely oppose the visit. He also gave details about the resolutions adopted and how the DMK leaders submitted those resolution...
DMK leader MK Stalin meets President Pranab Mukherjee and hands over the recommendations of the TESO conference. The resolutions included speedy rehabilitation of war-hit Tamil people in Sri Lanka. TR Baalu was also part of this contingent.
BJP has stepped up its agitation against the Centre over the issue of Telanagana. A day after the UPA government hinted that it would need more time to find a solution to the Telanagana separate statehood, BJP national president Rajnath Singh says the Prime Mi...
Activists in support for Telanagana statehood intensify their protests in Andhra Pradesh and say that the Centre has betrayed their trust. The Congress-led UPA government had set a deadline for itself for today to find a resolution for the decades long issue. ...
Congress Seemaandhra leaders met today at MLA Quarters in Hyderabad. Congress MLAs, MLCs and MPS were present. Minister Shailajanath read out the short resolutions decided at the meeting. Reading out in English, Shailajanath said nothing short of united Andhra...
Malladi Vishnu makes a point about relative support for Telangana issue and how a decision to divide the state doesn't benefit the Congress. He says the Congress party won in the Ramachandrapuram and Amalapuram by-elections due to the Congress indecision on Te...
Bipasha Basu is all geared up for the new year. Her new year resolution for 2013 is to make people aware of fitness and the benefits of living healthy. She said that the lowest point of 2012 was when she contracted Swine Flu. On being quizzed about link ups an...
How about saying cheers with a glass of milk? A group of youth decided to start the new year with a resolution to keep away from alcohol and instead adopt milk. The youths from Jaipur have decided to drink milk all their life and stay healthy.
Delhi gangrape dampens the new year spirit across the world. As people come out on the streets to protest and demand justice, many have decided to give a miss to new year celebrations. Sonia Gandhi, Congress president, said she will not celebrate the new year ...
In this exclusive interview, Sophie speaks to Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov about Russia's support to India's aspirations to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council and how the UNSC may benefit from India's participation. He talks about ...
Hamas has clarified that it won't give even an inch of Palestinian land to Israel. In a visit to Gaza, the Hamas group's political leader refused to recognise the Jewish state's legitimacy in Gaza. Israel, on its part, has turned a blind eye to the internation...
Israel dismissed the UN resolution passed in the Genereal Assembly about opening up its nuclear program for inspection calling it a 'meaningless mechanical vote'. The resolution, which calls upon Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has been passed out...
Human Watch reports that children as young as 14 are joining the ranks of the Syrian rebels. Meanwhile, the international community is divided in their approach to the Syrian conflict creating more problems. While some countries like Iran, Russia and China are...
Even as Iran tries to resolve the civil war in Egypt, war looms over it as Israel threatens to go to war against Iran due to its nuclear programme. Experts discuss whether US will extend its support to Israel if it decides to attack Iran.
The current Palestinian leadership submitted a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly in order to receive non-member observer status. If the bid is approved, the Palestinians have more of a chance of bringing Israel to justice for the continuing strikes o...