The recent arrests of returning refugees under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) voluntary repatriation by state agencies in Sri Lanka on the ground that they fled the island ...

SINGAPORE – An estimated 4,000 devotees walked barefoot across a pit of hot coals on Oct 12 as the annual fire-walking festival returned to the Sri Mariamman Temple. The centuries-old ritual is the ...

Devotees crossing the fire pit at Sri Mariamman Temple during the annual fire-walking festival on Oct 12. SINGAPORE – An estimated 4,000 devotees walked barefoot across a pit of hot coals on Oct 12 as ...

Sri Lanka’s government has scored a string of wins in its long-standing civil war with Tamil militants. But it faces the challenge of integrating its Tamil minority. Sri Lanka has been mired in ethnic ...

US Ambassador Julie Chung (centre), with ITAK parliamentarians (from left): Kaveendiran Kodeeswaran, Elayathamby Srinath, Shanakiyan Rasamanickam, Thurairasa ...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday revoked a gazette on land settlement in the Tamil-majority Northern Province. The gazette notification, issued on March 28 by the Land Title Settlement ...

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) MP Shritharan recently condemned continued genocide denial by senior Sri Lankan politicians, the Tamil Guardian reported. The lawmaker was addressing a remembrance ...

Tamil Nadu: The grand chariot festival at the Maha Mariamman Vinayagar Temple in Kumiliyam village, Ariyalur, took place today with great enthusiasm. As part of the annual ritual, thousands of ...

This Sunday, May 18, marks 16 years since the Sri Lankan government defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), ending an armed conflict that had raged for 26 years. But while the fighting ...

Sri Lanka on Wednesday summoned the Canadian envoy to formally protest the opening of a Tamil Genocide Monument in Brampton, Ontario, the foreign ministry said. Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath ...

Hyderabad: Patriotism in Tamil cinema has long found powerful expression through profound songs. From the freedom struggle Tamil patriotic songs have captured the essence of national pride, sacrifice, ...