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3RD LEAD
கறுப்பு ஜூலை கற்றுத்தரும் கடும் எச்சரிக்கை![Wed, 23 Jul 2025, 15:17 GMT] 1983 வெலிக்கடைச் சிறைப் படுகொலையும், 1995-96 செம்மணி மனிதப் புதைகுழி உள்ளிட்டு தமிழர் தாயகத்தில் பல இடங்களில் வெளிப்படும் மனிதப் புதைகுழிகளும், 2009 முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் வரையான போரில் இடம்பெற்ற பெருந்திரள் அட்டூழியங்களும் (mass atrocities) இன்ன பிற சர்வதேசச் சட்ட மீறல்களும் இன அழிப்பு (genocide) என்ற முதன்மையான சர்வதேசப் பெருங்குற்றத்துக்குரிய முகாந்திரம் (plausibility) கொண்டவை என்ற நோக்குநிலையில் (orientation) அணுகப்பட்டு சுயாதீன, சர்வதேச விசாரணைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்படவேண்டியவை. இந்த நோக்குநிலையில் ஈழத்தமிழர் தேசத்தினர் தமது அறிவையும் உணர்வையும் ஆற்றுப்படுத்தவேண்டும். இந்த நோக்குநிலையை வெளிப்படையாக மறுதலிப்போருக்கும் அதிலிருந்து நுட்பமாகச் சமூகத்தை வழுவச் செய்வோருக்கும் இடையே எத்தகைய வேறுபாடும் இல்லை. Full story >>
2ND LEAD (Adds relevant links) அமெரிக்க வியூகத்துள் இந்திய-இலங்கை பாதுகாப்பு உடன்படிக்கை[Sun, 18 May 2025, 01:31 GMT] இந்திய-இலங்கை அரசுகள் 2025 ஏப்ரல் மாதம் தமக்கிடையே செய்துகொண்டுள்ள 'பாதுகாப்பு' புரிந்துணர்வு உடன்படிக்கையின் பிரதி ஆங்கில இணைய ஊடகம் ஒன்றில் சில சிங்களத் தரப்புகளால் அண்மையில் கசியவிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. உடன்படிக்கையின் உள்ளடக்கத்தை அதிகாரபூர்வமாக ஒத்துக்கொள்ளவோ மறுதலிக்கவோ இந்திய இலங்கை அரசுகளின் இரண்டு தரப்புகளும் தவிர்த்துவருகின்றன. இருப்பினும், கசிந்துள்ள பிரதியும் இன்றுவரை கசியவிடாது பேணப்பட்டுவருகின்ற 2017 ஆம் ஆண்டில் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட அமெரிக்க அக்சா ஒப்பந்தமும் ஒட்டுமொத்தமாகத் தமிழர்களுக்குச் சொல்லும் செய்தியின் ஆபத்தின் ஆழம் எத்தகையது, அதன் புவிசார் அரசியற் தார்ப்பரியம் தான் என்ன, அது எவ்வாறு தமிழ்நாட்டிலும் ஆக்கிரமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள ஈழத்தமிழர் தாயகத்திலும் புலம்பெயர் ஈழத்தமிழர் மத்தியிலும் அடுத்த கட்டச் செயலாற்றல் நோக்கிப் புரிந்துகொள்ளப்படவேண்டும் என்பது முள்ளிவாய்க்கால் இன அழிப்பு நினைவேந்தல் காலத்தில் சிந்தனைக்குரியது. Full story >>
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2016: 2016 Sep 02 15:24 Ban in Jaffna on his tenure’s last-ditch deception 2016 Sep 02 06:28 Systemic impossibility of Colombo's reconciliat... 2012: 2012 Sep 02 22:41 Tamil book club inaugurated in London 2012 Sep 02 19:41 Witness to Genocide documentary wins two awards... 2012 Sep 02 18:13 Jayalalithaa orders exit of Colombo footballers... 2012 Sep 02 15:31 Basil Rajapaksa's men threaten Tamil-speaking v... 2011: 2011 Sep 02 23:32 SL Army uses public buildings to ‘transform’ in... 2011 Sep 02 10:26 Hi-tech Chinese ship spied on India using Colom... 2011 Sep 02 06:42 Grease devils – a new military phenomenon unlea... 2010: 2010 Sep 02 18:53 2 Eastern Province youths arrested in Jaffna 2010 Sep 02 14:56 18th Amendment move reminds of Emergency Bill: ... 2010 Sep 02 14:33 Rajapaksa blames opposition for 'aiding' LTTE 2010 Sep 02 12:22 SLA deserters rob jewelry posing as Interpol of... 2010 Sep 02 10:13 Anglican Bishop: 18th Amendment will lead to de... 2010 Sep 02 05:55 Properties of uprooted in Vanni plundered with ... 2010 Sep 02 05:29 Death sentenced man attempts to escape in Jaffn... 2010 Sep 02 04:48 Nirupama meeting uprooted families in Champoor ... 2010 Sep 02 04:44 Court decision on constitutional amendment sent... 2009: 2009 Sep 02 17:15 5th Vanni doctor released on surety bail 2009 Sep 02 12:15 3 JVP journalists arrested in Deniyaya 2009 Sep 02 10:00 UK Tamils welcome Conservatives’ concern for Ta... 2009 Sep 02 09:00 Ban on night fishing in Jaffna peninsula continues 2009 Sep 02 08:30 Tamil civilian reported missing in Mannaar 2009 Sep 02 02:29 Return of 3,800 detained Tamils cancelled – Tea... 2009 Sep 02 02:20 CPA Director detained at KIA, questioned by CID 2008: 2008 Sep 02 18:06 Girl student’s corpse found in Vadamaraadchi 2008 Sep 02 15:06 Tigers locate 29 SLA bodies, 75 SLA killed, 100... 2008 Sep 02 14:35 1200 Tamils languishing under custody in Wester... 2008 Sep 02 14:28 Another corpse recovered from a lagoon in Batti... 2008 Sep 02 14:18 Villagers locate mutilated body in Kaaththaanku... 2008 Sep 02 13:04 4 STF killed, arms seized in Ampaa'rai - LTTE 2008 Sep 02 12:37 STF commando killed, 5 injured in Ampaa’rai 2008 Sep 02 10:27 Fighting intensifies at Vannearikku'lam 2008 Sep 02 10:24 Jaffna youth abducted in Vavuniyaa 2008 Sep 02 05:34 SLA shells IDP settlements in Ki'linochchi 2008 Sep 02 05:12 Paramilitary campaigner shot dead in Ampaa’rai 2008 Sep 02 05:12 LTTE confronts SLA, recovers 7 bodies 2007: 2007 Sep 02 20:12 Civilian casualties in SLA Musali operation inc... 2007 Sep 02 16:54 SLA soldier killed during bomb clearing operation 2007 Sep 02 13:19 Hospital employee abducted in Ninthaavoor 2007 Sep 02 12:59 Couple shot, injured in Batticaloa 2007 Sep 02 12:22 UNP to move no-confidence motion on Rajapakse g... 2007 Sep 02 12:20 Home guard shoots dead police sergeant in Negombo 2007 Sep 02 12:12 Claymore attack on STF in Batticaloa 2007 Sep 02 06:18 4 Tamil civilians arrested in Maligaawatte 2007 Sep 02 06:15 SLA orders government officials to resume censu... 2007 Sep 02 05:16 13 Tamil youths arrested in Gampola 2006: 2006 Sep 02 23:21 Abductee found dead in Colombo 2006 Sep 02 18:05 Tamil parties protest against abductions in Col... 2006 Sep 02 12:50 Paramilitary occupies TELO office in Trincomalee 2006 Sep 02 09:22 Maharaja TV abductee released 2006 Sep 02 08:18 NGO official, mother gunned down in Jaffna 2006 Sep 02 07:24 Private air line employees abducted in Colombo 2006 Sep 02 04:04 2 SLN Dvora vessels sunk, one damaged in Jaffna 2006 Sep 02 03:59 Sri Lanka rationale for offensive ‘spurious, de... 2006 Sep 02 03:57 Vatican appeals over missing Jaffna priest 2005: 2005 Sep 02 16:56 SLN soldiers assault Polikandi fishermen 2005 Sep 02 12:58 SLA soldier dies in friendly fire in Thenmaradc... 2005 Sep 02 10:11 Devotees throng Nallur Chariot festival 2005 Sep 02 07:19 Tamil businessman shot and killed in Wennapuwa 2005 Sep 02 06:47 GoSL donates USD 25 000 to US hurricane victims 2005 Sep 02 02:22 Tactical imperatives drive LTTE's responses - B... 2004: 2004 Sep 02 19:45 Training for unemployed graduates 2004 Sep 02 19:17 Trinco Inner Wheel Club honours students excell... 2004 Sep 02 14:28 Bill criticized as disenfranchising many Tamils 2004 Sep 02 13:16 Training for unemployed graduates begins in Vav... 2004 Sep 02 12:59 New SLA commander visits Jaffna 2004 Sep 02 09:36 French diplomats meet TNA foreign affairs commi... 2004 Sep 02 00:32 Youths are cornerstone of our struggle- Ilampar... 2003: 2003 Sep 02 20:08 Hakeem’s help sought to block giving Sinhala n... 2003 Sep 02 19:41 Trinco fishermen to bring their boats from Tami... 2003 Sep 02 16:27 ‘PA for, JVP against devolution’ - Chandrika 2003 Sep 02 15:23 LTTE delegation meets Swiss officials 2003 Sep 02 10:53 Eravur police investigates Batticaloa youth's d... 2003 Sep 02 02:01 Trinco Tamil scholar's birthday remembered 2002: 2002 Sep 02 18:11 PA parliamentarian for ban removal before talks 2002 Sep 02 18:05 General Ratwatte investigation moves to Kandy 2002 Sep 02 14:15 Jaffna students storm SLA positions 2002 Sep 02 08:51 Batti TEEDOR launches Book 2000: 2000 Sep 02 14:46 UNP releases election manifesto 2000 Sep 02 14:44 Attanagala disabled get free land 2000 Sep 02 14:37 Nine parties contest in Trinco district 2000 Sep 02 12:48 'Sihala Urumaya' contests in North 1999: 1999 Sep 02 19:47 Claymore mine killed PLOTE leaders 1999 Sep 02 15:51 Oxfam aims to ease ethnic tensions 1999 Sep 02 15:47 Foreign Ministry to research Tamil Nadu politics 1999 Sep 02 08:19 PLOTE leaders killed in blast 1999 Sep 02 07:32 PLOTE's Vavuniya military commander killed 1999 Sep 02 03:37 PLOTE to file legal action 1998:
1998 Sep 02 20:32 UNP begins legal challenge 1998 Sep 02 20:28 Meeting over evictions inconclusive 1998 Sep 02 20:17 Differing claims over dead man 1998 Sep 02 17:32 Kilinochchi SLA thrust repulsed - VoT 1998 Sep 02 13:07 President Chandrika to address NAM summit 1998 Sep 02 11:34 GA's offices remain closed in Vanni ![]()
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Know the Etymology: 332 Place Name of the Day: (332 of 500 revised) Koyilā-maṉai/ Kōyilā-maṉai ![]() The temple house; or the house of the temple servants ![]() [05.03.18] FIU of CBSL emerges as networked Intel outfit against Tamils in homeland, Diaspora: The so-called Financial Investigative Unit (FIU) of the Central Bank of the unitary State of genocidal Sri Lanka (CBSL), which is led by a Colombo-based ‘Sri Lankan’ Tamil, Indrajith Coomaraswamy, is scheming rigid controls on Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in the North-East with a ‘counter-insurgency’ role. Related Story >> ![]() [15.02.18] Wives of enforced disappeared exposed to nightmare on Valentine's Day: At a stage event organised by the so-called Families of Disappeared (FoD) operated by Colombo based NGO and diplomatic community, Tamil women from the East were exposed to the traumatic experience of narrating their love stories with their husbands. Related Story >> ![]() [20.01.18] STF, SL departments harass resettled Tamils in Madu: The guards and officials of various SL departments as well as the notorious commandos of the StF are repeatedly harassing the 300 resettled and poverty-stricken Eezham Tamils of Ira'ndaam-kaddai (2nd Mile Post), which is located between Madu Shrine and Sinhala militarised Madu Road Junction in Mannaar district. Related Story >> ![]() [15.01.18] Sinhala Buddhicisation stepped up in Trincomalee North: SL Presidential Secretariat in Colombo is exerting pressure on Tamil Divisional Secretary not to interfere in the affairs of extreme Sinhala Buddhist monks, who are engaged in cultural genocide in Kumpu'rup-piddi in Trincomalee North. Related Story >> ![]() [01.01.18] Colombo demonstrates ‘foremost place’ to Buddhism at Champoor: The SL Archaeology Department, extremist Sinhala Buddhist monks, Sinhala governor and his wife are all jointly working for Sinhala Buddhicisation of Champoor, where SL Navy, groomed by the U.S. Pacific Command under the notion of 'military-to-military' engagement, is having its training base for the marines of genocidal Sri Lanka. Related Story >> ![]() [25.12.17] SL Army wages Sinhala-Buddhicisaton of Baron's Cap in Batticaloa Northwest: With the collaboration of ministries of Fisheries and Tourism, 232 Brigade of the Army of occupying Sri Lanka is Sinhalicising the Kudumpi-malai area of Batticaloa district. Related Story >> ![]() [17.12.17] Enduring psychological disaster of families of enforced disappeared conveyed through film: The story writer and director of the award winning short-film, Uru (Trance), 49-year-old Gnanadas Kasinathar, narrates the depth of psychological disaster as witnessed by him on the ground. The film, shot in Batticaloa, is inspired by the stories of long enduring sufferings of the enforced disappeared families. Related Story >> ![]() [13.11.17] Factoring political solution more important than addressing human rights: Not only did the Sri Lankan regime won the war against the Tamil liberation force, it might even win the propaganda war if the problems of Tamils in the island are exclusively focused on human rights to the neglect of the fundamental question of a long lasting political solution, commented Deputy Chief Minister of Penang state in Malaysia, Professor P. Ramasamy, told TamilNet on Monday. Related Story >> ![]() [08.10.17] SL constitutional discourse seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’ policy of genocidal Sri Lanka: The World Bank, the IMF and the WTO are behind the agenda that seeks to permanently lock Eezham Tamils into a Colombo-centric single-unit of genocidal Sri Lanka. The interim report on the constitutional discourse should be seen coupled with ‘Vision 2025’, launched by the Agent State in Colombo in September 2017. Related Story >> ![]() [20.09.17] Sathasivam papers on Sumerian-Tamil connections see the light of day: Four pioneering research papers on the Dravidian connections between ancient Sumerian and Tamil, written between 1964 and 1987 by Eezham Tamil scholar, the late Prof A Sathasivam, gain new significance today because of the current advancements in coupling linguistics with DNA studies. Related Story >> ![]() [04.07.17] Understanding ‘Quisling politics’ and facing it with ‘Navaratnam School of Thought’: Eezham Tamils should grasp the synthesis of the Colombo-centric Quisling politics, which is being brought into them by the global powers and regain their strength to address it through the school of thought embraced by enlightened leaders of Eezham Tamils in the past. Related Story >> ![]() [08.06.17] Netherlands-funded CEPA project wages political ‘counter-insurgency’ on Tamils: Colombo-based NGO outfit, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA), is tasked to recruit gullible and opportunistic sections of the diaspora expanding Rajapaksa-time ‘KP-Diaspora’ programme. The programme is funded by the foreign ministries of the USA, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Related Story >> ![]() [20.02.16] The Tamil Genocide by Sri LankaThe second edition with over 150 new pages traces the ongoing engagement in the Sri Lankan conflict of Professor Francis A. Boyle, an eminent American expert in international law, from the conflict’s last years to the present pursuit of UN recognition of the Tamil genocide and call for reparations. It is the first book to develop an authoritative case for genocide against the Government of Sri Lanka under international law. The book is available from Clarity Press, Amazon in soft cover or in Kindle version. ![]() [11.11.15] South Africa to Singapore: global Tamils grasping geopolitics to act: The South African conference held in Durban has come out with many demands that are dear to the heart of Tamils, such as demilitarisation, stopping Sinhala colonisation, repeal of the 6th Amendment to facilitate free negotiation etc. But the slip was still showing when the conference avoided the term genocide. What was more ironical that betrayed the deception was the slogan of the conference organizers that called the country they want to salvage as ‘Sri Lanka’, boldly written in Tamil. Related Story >> ![]() [04.11.15] Tamil leadership need not shy away or react to unfair challenge coming from Sumanthiran: Eezham Tamil polity seeking pardon from Tamil-speaking Muslims should be unassuming, but it should come in an enlightening way to the edification of the Colombo-centric agenda or the powers-guided agenda, pursued in the past as well as in the present. Otherwise, it may only amount to conferring impunity to the State in Colombo and its abettors. Related Story >> ![]() [06.05.15] Retired land commissioner of Eastern Province on Structural Genocide against Eezham Tamils: The systematic seizure of traditional lands belonging to the Tamil speaking people of the North-East have been widespread under the guise of archaeological, forest and wild-life conservations and subsequently carried out through the acts of demarcating these lands under the purview of the state apparatuses such as the Archaeological Department, Forest Department and the Wild-life Conservation Department, says retired Land Commissioner of the Eastern Province Karthirgamathamby Kurunathan, in an in-depth video interview to TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [05.05.15] TNPF rejects ‘domestic investigations’ upheld by USA: The fact that the United States and the US Secretary of State John Kerry would consider the post January 08th 2015 situation in Sri Lanka, with the new government favourable, is understandable. But, for him to suggest that there is a favourable condition for the Tamils, is stretching too far, said Tamil National Peoples Front (TNPF) Leader Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, responding to a question from TamilNet. Related Story >> ![]() [02.05.15] Sivaram, Wigneswaran saw futility in convincing Sinhala polity: senior editor: The failure of Sivaram and his transfer into a staunch Tamil nationalist is analogical to the political course and current stand of the NPC Chief Minister, Mr C.V. Wigneswaran, said veteran Tamil journalist and editor, Mr. V. Thevaraj, addressing the 10th assassination anniversary meet of Sivaram held in Batticaloa on Wednesday. Related Story >> |
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