Two LTTE rebels arrested in Chennai

June 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.

May 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Hundreds of pro-LTTE supporters under the banner of Viduthali Chiruthai Katchi, took out a mass rally in Chennai on Thursday to protest against Sri Lankan offensive on the ethnic Tamils in the island nation. The protesters raised slogans against Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and demanded that he be declared a war criminal for initiating military action against the LTTE.

May 16th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday declared that the Tamil rebels have been defeated militarily. 'I am proud to announce that my government with the total commitment of our armed forces has, in an unprecedented humanitarian operation, finally defeated the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) militarily,' Rajapaksa said.

April 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.

April 14th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least three civilians were shot dead by suspected Tamil Tigers in a village in Sri Lanka's south-eastern region, an official said Tuesday. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara, the military spokesman, said that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out the attack at Galvetiyamandiya village in Moneragala district at around 7 p.m.

April 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - An FIR has been lodged against MDMK leader Vaiko here for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches in support of the LTTE. This comes a day after he warned of a bloodbath in Tamil Nadu if LTTE chief Prabhakaran is harmed.

April 10th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil leader V. Gopalswamy, popularly known as Vaiko, warned of serious consequences as Sri Lanka military sounded last warning to Tamil Tiger rebels.

April 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India has broken yet another Tamil Tiger ring that sought to smuggle war material to the rebels, arresting four men including a British national of Sri Lankan origin in Chennai. Acting painstaking sleuthing, the four were formally detained Friday from the southern Chennai suburb of Thiruvanmaiyur.

April 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops killed 96 Tamil Tigers in close-quarter ground battles Saturday, as fighting in the last rebel strongholds in the island's northeast intensified, a military official here said. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the troops mounting attacks on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) from several directions in Mullaitivu district had inflicted heavy damages on the rebels in terms of both men and material.

April 1st, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 19 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed Wednesday when the troops forcing their way into the last LTTE strongholds captured fresh territories from the rebels in the northeastern Mullaitivu district, the military here said. It said that the troops captured Pachchapulimoddai, the eastern-most edge of the LTTE's Puthukkudiyiruppu build-up, amid fierce resistance from the rebels.

March 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.

March 5th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake Wednesday ruled out the possibility of a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels amid ceasefire calls from India and the international community. 'We will not trust the terrorist group and go for a ceasefire,' Wickramanayake told Sri Lankan parliament.

February 23rd, 2009 COLOMBO - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has urged the international community to effect a ceasefire and initiate a political solution in Sri Lanka rather than insisting that the rebels lay down their arms, a pro-LTTE website reported. B. Nadesan, the political head of the rebel group, Sunday sent a letter to US President Barack Obama, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Japanese premier Taro Aso, tamilnet.com reported.

February 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - Three Maoist rebels, including a commander, were arrested in Jharkhand Tuesday, the police said. Following a tip-off, the rebels belonging to People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were arrested from the Bachau jungle, around 60 km from here.

January 28th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan military Wednesday said 13,000 Tamil Tiger rebels and 3,700 soldiers have been killed since the armed conflict between the two sides began to escalate in July 2006. 'In the last two months alone, 1,500 Tamil Tiger rebels and 150 soldiers were killed,' military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara, said.