More ships with SL Tamils heading to Canada?

In the wake of the arrival of MV Sun Sea in Canada on August 12 with 492 Sri Lankan Tamils -- including 63 women, and 49 children, about half-a-dozen of them unaccompanied -- there are reports that......

Lanka rejects India's appeal for ceasefire

Virtually rejecting India's appeal to pause hostilities with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam, the Sri Lankan government on Sunday said the conflict will "stop immediately" when the Tamil rebels......

Prez rejects mercy plea of Rajiv Gandhi's killers

President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000. The apex court had sentenced......

Lankan troops encircle LTTE's last town: Army

The Sri Lankan troops on Monday stepped up their offensive in the northern region, encircling the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam's last military stronghold of Puthyukkudiryirippu town, by......

Review: Madras Cafe deserves an audience

Madras Cafe is  a swift, smart and serious study of an inglorious chapter of history, writes Sukanya Verma. When done right, few combinations have the allure of fact meets fiction. The......