– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Colombo, Apr 9: A Buddhist nationalist group today staged a protest here for halting screening of Kollywood movies in Sri Lanka. Members of Ravana Balaya gathered outside the office of the cinema regulator Public Performance Board (PPB) and theatres to press for a ban on Tamil movies coming from […]
– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – A week into the Emergency when the relationship between the Congress government at the Centre and the DMK government in Tamil Nadu was becoming increasingly hostile, Labour and Housing Minister K. Rajaram asked a U.S. diplomatic representative in Chennai whether the U.S. would give assistance to the State if […]
– Submitted by Walter jayawardhana – Disregarding the appeal of Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, FICCI Tamil Nadu President Rafeeq Ahmed and its former president A C Muthiah to cancel a chambers-sponsored Indian Parliamentary delegation visit to Sri Lanka, five MPs—including Congress spokesperson Sandip Dikshit—left for Colombo by an evening flight on Monday. […]
– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Sri Lanka on Monday reacted strongly to the recent Tamil Nadu assembly resolution against it, saying it was “disturbing” and asked the critics to visit the country to see the progress on the ground instead of going by “exaggerated” allegations of human rights abuses. […]
– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged the Centre and Supreme Court to reconsider their stand against authorising Tamil as official language in Madras High Court and said administration of justice needs to be taken closer to the people. A recent communication from the Centre had indicated […]
– Submitted by Walter Jayawardhana – CHENNAI: Union environment and forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has asked the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to cancel a tour of Sri Lanka organized by it for a group of Indian parliamentarians to facilitate bilateral talks. […]
– by Walter Jayawardhana – The lead op-ed piece published by the Hindu in its latest edition said the resignation of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from the United Progressive Alliance government is more likely that the party has used the Sri Lankan crisis to push for a separation from the UPA, because it is politically […]