Saturday, 02nd July 2014 Express News Service CHENNAI: Political parties in Tamil Nadu on Friday spoke in one voice to rally behind Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, hitting out in harsh terms against the Sri Lankan gove ...
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Lanka Apologises After Affront to Jaya, Modi
Saturday, 02nd July 2014 AIADMK cadre burn posters of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a protest in the city on Friday | D SAMPATHKUMAR CHENNAI: The entire political spectrum of Tamil Nadu on Friday spok ...
Sri Lanka says sorry
Jaya slams island-nation for lampooning cartoon Saturday, 02nd July 2014 DC CORRESPONDENTS New Delhi/Chennai: Sri Lanka on Friday apologised to Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Sri Lanka blames UNHCR over asylum issue
Sunday, 03rd August 2014 The Sri Lankan Government on Saturday blamed the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sri Lanka over an issue surrounding Pakistani asylum seekers in this south Asian n ...
High Court bid to move asylum goalposts
Monday 04th August 2014 By Jared Owens IMMIGRATION Minister Scott Morrison is seeking a High Court ruling that could reshape Australia’s interpretation of the Refugee Convention by demanding that asylum-seekers change t ...
Media and legal hypocrisy over 157 asylum-seekers
Monday 04th August 2014 AFTER the refusal of 157 asylum-seekers to be returned to India, their transfer to Australia’s detention centre on Nauru, revealed by Dennis Shanahan in The Weekend Australian, was no surprise. ...
Sri Lankan Ambassador in Indonesia presents credentials at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta
The Sri Lankan Ambassador to Indonesia Anoja Wijeyesekera presented her credentials to The President of Indonesia, His Excellency Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 21 July 2014, at a magnificent ceremony held at the Merdeka ...