Category: Local News

The vote on the US-sponsored United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka will be held today (March 21) in Geneva. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials on Wednesday raised concerns over the safety of its national players who would be taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament starting next month following the recent spate of attacks against Sri Lankans in Tamil Nadu. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – KOLKATA: UPA’s estranged ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sprang a surprise by promising to support the Centre on whatever stand it took on Sri Lankan Tamils issue at the UNHRC. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – If a resolution is passed by the Indian parliament accusing Sri Lanka army of war crimes or genocide on the lines proposed by DMK Supremo Karunanidhi because of his threat to leave government that could be considered black mail and a positive reaction to that could be a bad precedent […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – The Times of India in a hard hitting editorial written on the threat of walk out by the Indian Central government’s coalition ally the DMK on the issue of alleged human rights violations by Sri Lanka questioned where it was slumbering when the violations were actually committed. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – In the main editorial that entitled, “The DMK can’t dictate the nation’s foreign policy” the Pioneer newspaper of New Delhi in no uncertain terms said that the party’s leader instead of doing something constructive to help the Sri Lankan Tamils has taken to grandstanding, marching his party out of the […]

The Sri Lankan government decided to reject the final draft of a US resolution submitted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seek a vote among members, the external affairs ministry said Wednesday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Sinhala Ravaya, a Sinhalese Buddhist pressure group, on Tuesday staged a march to the Indian High Commission in Colombo to protest the repeated attacks against Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu. […]

The Government of Sri Lanka whilst condemning  assaults on Sri Lankan nationals in Tamil Nadu, India requests Sri Lankan nationals to exercise caution when undertaking visits to the State of Tamil Nadu in India. […]

– By Walter Jayawardhana – The Hindu in an editorial protested extremist outfits without any popular base have started carrying out violent attacks on Sri Lankan students, offices and Buddhist monks. The editorial reiterated that the “the mindless violence of some of the fringe Tamil outfits is putting at risk India’s own moral authority to […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – The Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Southern India has written to the State government asking for increased security to be given to Sri Lankan people and establishments in the city. […]

NEW DELHI: The DMK on Tuesday pulled out of the UPA government over the issue of allehed human rights’ violations of Sri Lankan Tamils. […]

Washington: The US is going ahead with its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the Rajapaksa government has failed to fulfill its international obligations, which it promised after the fall of the LTTE, the Obama Administration said. […]

A Buddhist monk from Sri Lanka was assaulted by three unidentified persons on board the Tamil Nadu Express, just as it arrived at Chennai Central Railway Station on Monday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – NEW DELHI: The resolution in the UN Human Rights Council against Sri Lanka is “uncalled for” and the international community should not get involved in the country, Sri Lanka high commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said on Monday. […]

– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – DMK President M. Karunanidhi on Sunday issued a final warning to Congress-led UPA Government saying that the DMK would certainly leave the alliance if India fails to take steps to incorporate suitable amendments to the draft resolution to be placed before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). […]