JVP accuses Government of failing to protect public

Policy decision taken on Indo – Sri Lanka bridge

The Indian Government?has taken a policy decision on?building a bridge linking Talaimannar in Sri Lanka with Danushkodi, Indian Union Minister Kalraj Mishra said. “We have decided to build a bridge that would help develop both the countries in various fronts..It is a policy stand and we will implement it,” the Union Minister for Micro medium and Small Enterprises said, according to the Press Trust of India. The Indian Government has taken a policy decision on building a bridge linking Talaiman

14 Sep, 2015

Lankan Tamil in special camp attempts suicide

A Sri Lankan Tamil housed in the special camp on Tiruchi, India?allegedly attempted to end his life by consuming sleeping pills on Sunday night demanding his release from the camp. The Sri Lankan Tamil, Yugapriyan, against whom a case booked by the Kanniyakumari Q Branch unit was pending, was admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi Government Hospital for treatment, The Hindu newspaper reported. A human trafficking case has been registered against him. He has been lodged in the camp as the case was pen

15 Sep, 2015

Sri Lanka needs to provide answers says Rapporteur

Press Conference The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, says any accountability strategy in Sri Lanka needs to provide answers to key basic questions. He also said that Sri Lanka has the potential to constitute an example for the region and for the world of how a sustainable peace ought to be achieved. In a statement made during the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council today, Pablo de Greiff said that

15 Sep, 2015