TNA makes push for political solution within an undivided country

US says it worked with India on resolution

The United States has worked with India throughout the process on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), Obama Administration’s point man on South Asia has said. “We worked very closely with India throughout the process and we indeed welcomed some of the changes that India made,” the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, said. “So we were quite satisfied with the cooperation that we had with India, and I think going fo

27 Mar, 2013

Tamil Nadu seeks Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka

The Tamil Nadu assembly Wednesday urged India to introduce a resolution in the UN seeking a referendum in Sri Lanka to carve out a Tamil Eelam state, the Indo Asian News Service reported. A resolution moved by the house said that Tamils living in Sri Lanka as well as Tamils of Sri Lankan origin in other countries should take part in the referendum. The resolution also urged India to stop describing Sri Lanka as a friendly nation and sought an international probe on war crimes during the war agai

27 Mar, 2013

Slaughterhouse and children’s home owner arrested

The owner of a slaughterhouse in Tissamaharama, who also operated a children’s home, has been arrested. According to the police, the suspect was arrested for operating the pig slaughterhouse illegally. It has also been reported that he had used the children to kill the pigs. The police said that the suspect was produced before the Additional?Magistrate in Tissamaharama and released on bail. The suspect has ought bail saying that there are 84 children in his children’s home and if he is imprisone

26 Mar, 2013