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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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.
DMK leaders MK Stalin and TR Baalu leave for the US to hand over the resolutions undertaken at the TESO conference. The resolutions will be handed over to the United Nations and the leaders will also participate in a Tamil conference to be held on November 6 i...
The DMK executive council had an emergency meet on Tuesday and decided to send the TESO resolution to the UN. The DMK had conducted the conference to arrive upon a solution for the Sri Lankan war refugees and the suffering Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Responding to Sri Lanka's concerns over Kudankulam nuclear plant, former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam says nuclear plants in India are totally safe.
In an apparent retaliatory step to India's vote against it in the UN body, Sri Lanka is said to be preparing to raise the issue of Kudankulam nuclear plant with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Playing down the nuke row, Sri Lankan Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam says that all the outstanding issues between Sri Lanka and India can be resolved through bilateral talks.
India voted for a US-backed resolution urging Sri Lanka to probe rights abuses in the war on the Tamil Tigers, but quickly underlined that it did so only to enable Sri Lankan Tamils to get justice.
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister calls External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and requests to review India's decision on the UN resolution on war crimes in that country.
Giving in to the pressure put up by the DMK, Prime Minister tells Parliament that India will vote in favour of the UN resolution, condemning Sri Lanka's war crime.
The Govt is giving due importance to the views expressed by Tamil Nadu MPs on the Sri Lanka human rights row, says External Affairs Minister SM Krishna.
Channel 4 journalist Callum Mcrae maintains that the Sri Lankan war crimes video aired on Channel 4 is genuine, and has been authenticated by forensic pathologists.
Sri Lankan President's Office spokesperson Bandula Jayasekara affirms that excellent relations with India will be maintained, irrespective of which way India votes on the US resolution.
Even as The UPA government is grappling with the crisis, sparked by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Railway Budget, the DMK corners the government on Sri Lankan issues.