Sri Lankan Tamil lawmaker seeks amnesty for surrendered LTTEJune 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - R Sambandan, a lawmaker of Sri Lanka now on a visit to India has sought amnesty for surrendered Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The leader of Tamil Nationalist Alliance said this while speaking to mediapersons here on Sunday.
India sympathises with Sri Lankan Tamils: ministerMay 13th, 2009 SHIMLA - India is sympathetic to the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka but will have nothing to do with the Tamil Tigers, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma said Wednesday. 'Our solidarity is with the Tamil minority, the civilians, who have been victims of violence,' Sharma said amid polling for Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh, his home state.
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.
Rahul Gandhi blames LTTE for father's assassinationApril 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assissination. "The LTTE is banned.
Rights of Tamil civilians sacrosanct: Rahul Gandhi on Sri LankaApril 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday said that while the LTTE was a terrorist outfit and responsible for killing his father, the rights of the Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka are 'sacrosanct' and everything should be done to ameliorate their plight. 'For me the Sri Lanka issue is very, very simple.
LTTE a terrorist outfit, no change in position: PMApril 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is 'a terrorist organisation' and its chief Vellupillai Prabhakaran 'a proclaimed offender', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday. Two days after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.
Karunanidhi says can't forgive LTTE for killing Rajiv GandhiApril 20th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Monday divulged from his earlier stand on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, and said that one cannot forget that LTTE was behind former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's death.
LTTE chief Prabhakaran not a terrorist: M. KarunanidhiApril 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - What may put the Congress party in a difficult situation to defend its UPA constituent Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's stance, the Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK chief M.Karunanidhi on Sunday said that he did not view Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief Velupillai Prabhakaran as a terrorist. Replying to a question in an exclusive interview with NDTV, Karunanidhi was asked if he viewed Prabhakaran as a terrorist, he said: "No, I don't.
Jayalalitha, Ramadoss criticise India's Sri Lankan policyApril 19th, 2009 TIRUNELVELI / COIMBATORE - Regional Tamil Nadu leaders have slammed New Delhi's stand on the raging war in Sri Lanka. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party chief J.
LTTE cadre jailed in ChennaiApril 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - A member of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was remanded to judicial custody Saturday, police said. Officials from the Q Branch wing of the Tamil Nadu police dealing with extremist activities said the man, identified as Muthanna, was arrested Friday night with global positioning system equipments.
FIR against Vaiko for pro-LTTE speechApril 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - MDMK leader Vaiko, a known Tamil Tiger sympathiser, faces police action over his alleged inflammatory speech supporting the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). An FIR was filed Thursday against Vaiko, a day after he warned of a bloodbath in Tamil Nadu if LTTE chief Prabhakaran was harmed.
Two LTTE rebels arrested in ChennaiApril 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Four people, including two Tamil Tigers from Sri Lanka, were arrested here Saturday, Tamil Nadu Police sources said. The four men were arrested from the southeastern suburb of Thiruvanmiyur early in the morning and were being questioned by the Q branch - the anti-extemism wing of the police, they said.
I am not fond of LTTE, it killed my father: RahulMarch 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said he was not 'particularly fond' of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers because they killed his father Rajiv Gandhi. He told a press conference here: 'The LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) is a terrorist group.
Tamil leader charged under stringent law for pro-LTTE speechesMarch 15th, 2009 COIMBATORE - Nanjil Sampath, MDMK propaganda secretary and open supporter of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was Sunday charged under the National Security Act a day before he was to be released from jail as per court orders, the police said. According to police sources, Sampath was due to be released from detention Monday upon the directions of a judicial magistrate Tirupur but was served with fresh orders Sunday morning.
India asks Sri Lanka, LTTE to stop fightingFebruary 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian government Thursday voiced 'deep concern' over the situation in Sri Lanka and called upon both Colombo and the Tamil Tigers to end their hostilities. Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting earlier in the day, Home Minister P.
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