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Seventeen years on, thousands of acres still occupied, MP tells parliament
Seventeen years on, thousands of acres still occupied, MP tells parliament by Thara
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The Sri Lankan government cannot continue to hide behind national security to justify its occupation of civilian land in the North-East, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has told par
India presses Colombo on provincial polls, but Dissanayakes office stays silent
India presses Colombo on provincial polls, but Dissanayakes office stays silent by Thusiyan
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Indias Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has urged Sri Lanka to hold its long-delayed provincial council elections "at the earliest" and to fully implement the islands constitutional provisions to meet the aspirations of the Tamil people, though the Sri Lankan presidents office omitted any mention of Tamils from its own account of the talks.
The call came during Misris day-long visit to Colombo on 5 August, his first stand-alone trip to the island as foreign secretary, during which he met the Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake,
Tamil National Council urges India to back federal solution as New Delhi holds to 13th Amendment
Tamil National Council urges India to back federal solution as New Delhi holds to 13th Amendment by Thara
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The Tamil National Council, led by the MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, has formally appealed to India to intervene in securing a permanent political solution for Eelam Tamils, urging New Delhi to press Colombo to abandon its proposed unitary constitution in favour of a federal settlement recognising the Tamil nation and its right to self-determination.
The appeal was made in a letter handed to Indias Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during his visit to Sri Lanka, at a meeting in Colombo at which the council also raised daily problems fac
