At least 24 people were briefly arrested by the Sri Lankan security forces for defying a ban on celebrations to mark the 69th birthday anniversary of the slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam......
Superstar Rajinikanth's visit to Sri Lanka next month to inaugurate a housing scheme has met with opposition from pro-Tamil outfits in Chennai, who cautioned him from getting "involved" in the......
'I am not saying the situation is either good or conducive' 'What I am trying to do is to place all the facts before the refugees and just nudge them to take a call' Image: A file photograph......
In our Special Independence Day series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Muthayya Fernandes, a fisherman from Rameswaram, who was imprisoned in Sri Lanka for......
Image: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa casts his vote for the presidential election, in Medamulana. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Sri Lankans on Thursday voted in large......