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 Hour | The Sri Lankan Army vs the Sri Lankan Tamils has momentum once again within the corridors of the Indian Parliament. The Sri Lankan Tamil issue has once again divided the Indian political scenario into half. Congress has remained very indecisive on ...
News Hour | Can India balance domestic compulsions and larger geo political strategic interests? The Tamilian politicians are mounting the pressure on the UPA government to vote against the Sri Lankan government and army for the alleged war crimes that were co...
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. ...
New pictures of the last moments of slain LTTE chief Prabhakaran's young son have shocked and angered Tamils all over the world. The pictures, part of the documentary called 'No Fire Zone', show Prabhakaran's son Balachandran resting on a bench after being cap...
Fresh evidence that had surfaced in the form of photographs on a Sri Lankan channel, negates the claims made by the Army - that Balachandran Prabhakaran, Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son was killed in cross-firing. One picture taken two hours before the killings ...
The International Court of Justice overturns the conviction of two generals, Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, accused of killing serfs. This has raised questions about the court's credibility. Serbian historian Nebojsa Malic discusses this.
It was the place located near the bus stand where the local Dalits sat as they waited for to board a bus. But now that small construction has been destroyed, by the forward castes of the village, says the dalits. This incident is from a village in Nellore, whi...
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.
With the DMK serving an ultimatum to the Centre on the UN resolution issue and Mamata Banerjee rejecting the Railway Budget, the UPA government has a lot more reason to worry.