Tamil Tigers

Nearly three years after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam lost the war, T E Narasimhan visits north Sri Lanka to find a country limping back to normal.Read Full Story

February 4th, the day Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) got so-called “Independence” from Britain in 1948, is a day for action, not regret or mourning. “The betrayal of the Tamils by the British cannot be ignored. If it is, then Britain must be reminded of its moral, legal and ethical obligations, to ‘do the right thing’, by the Tamils even belatedly,” says Dr. Brian Senewiratne in an article he has authored on the so-called independence of Ceylon on 04 February 1948. “It is no exaggeration to say that...Read Full Story

1. Which one among the following major Indian cities is most eastward located? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bhopal (c) Lucknow (d) Bengaluru (Bangalore) 2. The term Ecosystem was firstly used by ___________ (a) Ackerman (b) Darwin (c) Tansley (d) Huntington 3. Which one of these is a communicable disease? (a) Diabetes (b) Diphtheria (c) Arthritis (d) Cancer 4. Which of the following liquids has the least density? (a) Fresh water (b) Salt water (c) Petrol (d) Mercury 5. The Instrument of Instructions...Read Full Story

NORAD Pawns of Peace: Evaluation of Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009 Published: November 2011 by Commissioned by: Norad Carried out by: Chr. Michelsen Institute/School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Series: Evaluation reports Pages: 208 ISBN: 978-82-7548-596-8 Tags: Pawns of peace_Evaluation of Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997 - 2009.pdf Free of charge Summary This evaluation assesses Norway’s peace efforts in Sri Lanka from 1997 to 2009. It...Read Full Story

An evaluation report by Norway of its peace efforts in Sri Lanka between 1997 and 2009 has named presidential advisor and Minister Basil Rajapaksa as the person through whom the LTTE leadership tried to negotiate a last-minute surrender deal before the entire hierarchy of the group was killed in May, 2009. “In the night between May 17 and 18, Nadesan (head of the LTTE Political Wing) and Pulidevan (head of the LTTE Peace Secretariat) contacted the Norwegians as well as the UK and US embassies...Read Full Story

   Human rights − 12-05-2011 - 17:04 Plenary sessions    The Belarus regime's harassment of journalists and opposition leaders, the plight of human rights activists in Azerbaijan and the fate of Tamil citizens in Sri Lanka were the three topics selected for urgent debates and resolutions by the European Parliament on Thursday. Call for EU sanctions on state-owned companies in Belarus Amid concern at "the persisting climate of fear and intimidation" of journalists and opposition leaders in...Read Full Story

[TamilNet, Monday, 27 June 2011, 02:18 GMT] p, pre {margin: 0;}input.blogger-ie-hack {position: absolute; left: -9999px;}hr.more {border-width:1px 0 0 0; border-style:dashed; border-color: #666; height: 8px; background:#ddd}table.tr-caption-container {padding: 6px; margin-bottom: .5em} td.tr-caption {font-size: 80%; padding-top: 4px} img {cursor: move} img {-moz-force-broken-image-icon: 1;} Keeping aside party identities, religions and castes, more than 30,000 people of grass root Tamil Nadu...Read Full Story

The Crime Detachment Wing of the Aluva Rural Police has started an investigation into the antecedents of a doubted former LTTE crade who was arrested from the Cochin International Airport on Tuesday. His name is Jeevadass Marimuthu, 30 years old, he came from from Jaffna in Sri Lanka, was detained by immigration officials while he attempted to board an Oman Air flight to Muscat. He had an Indian passport with his name as Peter Savari Muthu from Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu. Jeevadas Marimuthu said...Read Full Story

From France to Canada, Tiger guerilla stamps have now appeared in Britain. One depicts a portrait of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran but it is not clear whether the stamp has received the approval of Royal Mail, the sole authority for postal matters in Britain. An External Affairs Ministry spokesperson in Colombo said yesterday the Sri Lanka High Commission had been asked for details relating to the issue of the stamp. This is a prelude to government officially raising issue with Britain...Read Full Story

S Rutra | May 17, 2011 Special prayers will be held tomorrow to mark second anniversary of the killing of 40,000 civilians by Sri Lankan troops.         More» Will Sri Lanka Tamils Get Justice from the UN?   by Ron Ridenour / May 16th, 2011 Forty-seven governments on the Untied Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) will discuss and decide, beginning at its May 30th session, what to do about an unusually truthful report in the world of international politics. (Full article...Read Full Story