Woman commits suicide after killing her baby in Hiniduma

Families of Indian fishermen stage protest against Sri Lanka

Families and relatives of the 20 fishermen from Thoothukudi, India, who were arrested by Sri Lankan navy personnel on a charge of trespassing into the waters of the island nation on Saturday, thronged the Collectorate Thoothukudi, seeking the intervention of the district administration to help secure the early release of the fishermen and their boats, The Hindu newspaper reported. They said that their livelihood would be at stake until the 20 fishermen were released from custody in Sri Lanka. P

08 Mar, 2016

UN to look into alleged torture of staff member in Sri Lanka

The UN says it will look into allegations that one of its staff members was abducted and tortured when he served in Sri Lanka. Responding to a question posed by Innercity Press,?Farhan Haq the Deputy Spokesman for UN?Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the UN?has a duty to all staff members to make sure that their basic rights are respected. “If there’s a report of a staff member being tortured, we would have to take that up. We’ll need to follow up on? on what happened with this particula

08 Mar, 2016

Jayalalithaa urges Modi to intervene to free fishermen in Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene personally and secure the release of Indian fishermen from Sri Lankan custody, the Indo Asian News Service reported. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media, Jayalalithaa requested the former?s personal intervention to issue instructions to the Ministry of External Affairs to take up the matter with Sri Lanka and secure the release of 64 Indian fishermen and 77 fishing boa

07 Mar, 2016