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Tamil MPs not part of delegation visiting Sri Lanka

A six-member delegation of Indian parliamentarians will visit Sri Lanka from April 8 to 12. The multi-party delegation visiting Colombo and Jaffna will not, however, include MPs from Tamil Nadu.......

Sri Lanka: Tamil newspaper office ransacked, staff beaten

The office of a Tamil newspaper was attacked and staff beaten by masked men in northern Sri Lanka.The owner of the pro-opposition Uthayan paper said six masked men entered the building in......

'We are doing a disservice to Tamils in Sri Lanka'

Cho Ramaswamy, editor of the Tamil political weekly Thuglaq, is the most admired political analyst in Tamil Nadu. In this exclusive interview to Shobha Warrier, he talks about the Sri Lankan Tamil......

SL court orders release of 34 Indian fishermen

A day after India lodged a strong protest against detention of its fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, a court in the island nation on Friday ordered the release of 34 fishermen, officials of a fishermen......

Lanka arrests 53 Indian fishermen; India summons Dy HC

Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 53 Indian fishermen in the last 24 hours for allegedly entering its waters illegally, prompting India to summon Lankan deputy high commissioner in New Delhi. Thirty......

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Q. WHAT IS THE KARTHIKEYA MEANING
: A. Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-karthikeya-meaning//answers/20311796

Q. Can Sri Lankan President Rajpaksha claim the credit for vanquishing the mighty LTTE? Your views?
ONTARIKRISHNAVENI: A. I do not think so. The LTTE's demise was dedicated towards the 2 factors:1. The insistance of Prabakharan to have a "standing Army"...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/can-sri-lankan-president-rajpaksha-claim-the-credit-for-vanq/20311761/answers/17265268

Q. I wish we had separate Tamil Eelam....Do you support it....
Good Citizen: A. Sorry Mani u are not gonna like this ans, but this is what I sincerely feel. I do feel for Tamils, I seriously do. But I DO NOT support a Tamil...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/i-wish-we-had-separate-tamil-eelam....do-you-support-it..../17260271/answers/16928335

Q. APRIL 11 IS VELLUPILLAI PRABHAKARAN\\\'S BIRTHDAY...ITS WAS YESTERDAY..HE IS A REAL TAMIL HERO...KINDLY DO CONDOLE HIS DEATH....
Manikandan: A. Mani, I am sure how u feel about Tamils....being a KEralite myself I can understand. BUt I wouldn't say that Mr. Prabakharan was a Tamil hero. If u...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/april-11-is-vellupillai-prabhakarans-birthday...its-was-yest/16928275/answers/16908568

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Tamil MPs not part of delegation visiting Sri Lanka

A six-member delegation of Indian parliamentarians will visit Sri Lanka from April 8 to 12. The multi-party delegation visiting Colombo and Jaffna... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/tamil-mps-not-part-of-delegation-visiting-sri-lanka/20130407.htm

Sri Lanka is Sinhala to Colombo film industry, media and academics

Responding to the protest waged by the Actor's Guild of the Tamil Nadu Film industry in Chennai against the genocide of Tamils in the island of Sri... ...

http://webnewswire.com/node/1446937

Happy fusion of West and South

Kailash Goenka is upbeat about Sankalp Xpress. Sankalp's success story has surprised many — a South Indian restaurant chain with origins in... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/food/article1530070.ece

Every time I write, I think of my land

Theepachelvan, christened Balenndram Pratheepan, is the author of 11 books, including five collections of poems, three of articles, one compendium... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-columns/every-time-i-write-i-think-of-my-land/article4584462.ece

From the Editor-in-chief

For our cover story, Deputy Editor Sandeep Unnithan and Deputy Photo Editor Reuben Singh travelled to the erstwhile LTTE strongholds of Jaffna,... ...

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-editor-in-chief-aroon-purie-on-dmk-pull-out-from-upa-sri-lankan-tamils/1/259866.html

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