Sporadic violence in Tamil Nadu after Prabhakaran's deathMay 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - Violent protests erupted in parts of Tamil Nadu Tuesday following the death of Tamil Tiger chief V. Prabhakaran and other top leaders of the terrorist outfit in Sri Lanka.
LTTE defeated, Sri Lanka free from terror: army chiefMay 18th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan armed forces have 'militarily defeated the LTTE and freed the nation from three decades of terror', army chief Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said Monday after Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed in the island's north. All top leaders had now been killed and the process of identifying the bodies was underway, the Sri Lankan military announced.
LTTE asks Ravi Shankar to facilitate ceasefireMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sri Lanka's beleaguered Tamil Tiger guerrillas Monday urged Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to facilitate a ceasefire in the island nation. The appeal was made in a telephonic conversation between Ravi Shankar and B.
Police arrest 20 for Coimbatore army convoy attackMay 3rd, 2009 COIMBATORE - At least 20 pro-LTTE activists were arrested on Sunday morning for attacking an army convoy near Coimbatore on Saturday. Tamil Nadu Police said cases have been registered against 200 pro-LTTE activists.
20 held for attack on army convoy in CoimbatoreMay 3rd, 2009 COIMBATORE - At least 20 pro-LTTE activists were arrested Sunday morning for the attack on an army convoy near here a day ago, police said. Cases have been registered against 200 people belonging to political groups sympathetic to the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Tamil protesters attack 5 army trucksMay 2nd, 2009 COIMBATORE - Tamil protestors on Saturday ransacked five army trucks at Neelambur area near Coimbatore, following rumours that the weapon laden trucks were meant for Sri Lankan Army. Around 80 trucks laden with weapons and other army supply was heading towards Thiruvananthapuram.
Army, navy on high alert to prevent LTTE infiltrationApril 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Army and the Indian Navy have been placed on high alert along the country's southern coast to prevent any infiltration bid by Tamil tiger cadres fleeing the military offensive against them in Sri Lanka, a top commander said Wednesday. 'There is a high alert in the southern command,' Indian Army vice chief Lt.
Two LTTE leaders surrenderApril 22nd, 2009 COLOMBO - Two second rung leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have surrendered to the Sri Lankan military, a military spokesman said Wednesday. The two were identified as LTTE media coordinator Velayutham Dayanithi alias Thaya Master and George, who was English translator to former LTTE political wing head S.
LTTE media targets Sonia over war debacleApril 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi has come under vicious attack in Tamil Tiger media over India's failure to end the war in Sri Lanka, worrying the Indian security establishment. In media controlled or influenced by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and also in pro-LTTE street protests, fingers are being pointed at New Delhi for the stinging military reverses the Tigers have suffered.
Maoists attack CRPF convoy in ChhattisgarhMarch 25th, 2009 RAIPUR - Maoist guerrillas attacked a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy late Wednesday in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said. No one was injured.
No Indian involvement in Lahore attack: Sri LankaMarch 10th, 2009 COLOMBO - Ending speculations in some quarters in Pakistan, Sri Lanka Monday firmly said there was 'no Indian involvement' in the terror attack on its cricketers in Lahore last week but said the Tamil Tigers could be involved. 'There is no Indian involvement (in the attack on cricketers in Lahore),' Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama told reporters here.
500 civilians killed in Sri Lanka fighting, rebels sayFebruary 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 500 civilians have been killed in the past three weeks in heavy fighting in northeastern Sri Lanka, Tamil rebels said Thursday. About 2,000 other civilians were wounded in the clashes between Sri Lankan army forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), said Tamilnet, an Internet site close to LTTE, quoting 'medical sources'.
UN evacuates over 200 civilians from Sri Lanka's war zoneJanuary 28th, 2009 COLOMBO - The UN Thursday evacuated over 200 critically wounded civilians, including children, from LTTE-held areas in northeastern Mullaitivu district, where the advancing government troops and the Tamil Tigers were fighting a bitter battle, a spokesman here said. 'A large number of wounded civilians from the LTTE-held areas in Puthukkudiyiruppu today (Thursday) crossed the frontlines.
LTTE slammed for not allowing UN staff to return from WanniJanuary 21st, 2009 COLOMBO - The United Nations Thursday strongly condemned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for not allowing its staff members to return from the rebel-held northern Wanni area and urged them to be released immediately. The UN office here in a statement Thursday 'issued its strongest possible protest to the LTTE for their refusal to allow UN national staff and dependents to return from the Wanni with the present UN convoy' carrying food and other essential items to the people in the rebel-held areas.
Lankan troops step up pressure on LTTE in MullaitivuJanuary 18th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops advancing towards the last bastions of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-eastern Mullaitivu district have stepped up attacks and captured several LTTE fortifications in the area, the military said here Monday. The military said that several LTTE hideouts in the area northwest and east of Puthukkudiyiruppu 'have reportedly fallen into army hands one after the other during late Sunday when 57, 58, 59 Division troops and the Task Force II mounted heavy and surprise attacks on them'.
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