Cabinet decides to suspend new vehicles for MPs this year

DMK to meet UN Chief on Lankan issue

In an attempt to pressurise the United Nations into acting against Sri Lanka, DMK?s heir-apparent and former deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin is all set to leave for New York on September 20 to meet UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and personally handover the resolutions adopted at the Tamil Eelam Supporters? Organisation (TESO) conference that was held recently in Chennai. On his way back, he is also scheduled to stop at Geneva to hand over the same resolutions to the United Nations high comm

03 Sep, 2012

Government ready to facilitate refugee returns (AUDIO)

The government says it is ready to facilitate the return of more Tamil refugees from India who will then be resettled in their village of original residence in the north and east. Minister of Resettlement Gunaratne Weerakoon told the Colombo Gazette that so far the refuges have been returning from India in small numbers with the assistance of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). He said the Ministry of Resettlement and the Defence Ministry will assist refugees who want to return from I

02 Sep, 2012

Uproar over Lanka in Indian parliament

The Indian parliament faced an uproar today over Sri Lanka as well as some domestic issues, the Indian media reported. In the Lok Sabha AIADMK and DMK members were seen protesting the training of Sri Lankan armed forces at an airbase in India. CPI member P. Lingam was seen with a placard opposing the forthcoming visit of President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India. The Rajya Sabha too witnessed uproarious scenes as soon as it met for the day. DMK members raised the issue of Sri Lanka defence personne

03 Sep, 2012