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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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2011: 2011 Jul 06 19:43 Professor Sivathamby passes away 2011 Jul 06 01:13 Legal action against Colombo for torture immine... 2010: 2010 Jul 06 19:45 Jaffna Tamil daily reporter dies in accident 2010 Jul 06 18:52 83 new political groups apply for registration 2010 Jul 06 18:46 SLA claims to have removed 290,445 mines in Nor... 2010 Jul 06 18:39 Woman’s body found hanging inside house in Vaaz... 2010 Jul 06 15:29 SLN soldier found dead in Vadamaraadchi East 2010 Jul 06 14:30 Weerawansa’s protest against UN turns violent, ... 2010 Jul 06 08:12 SL Parliament extends Emergency 2010 Jul 06 08:01 SL minister protests against UN office, demands... 2010 Jul 06 06:17 Ampaa’rai Tamil, Muslim volunteer teachers comp... 2010 Jul 06 04:53 Daytime robberies escalate in Ampaa’rai district 2010 Jul 06 00:10 Constitutional reforms to be further delayed 2009: 2009 Jul 06 11:59 Sri Lanka ‘siphoning off’ refugee aid money – T... 2009 Jul 06 11:48 34 Vanni IDPs die in 3 months due to brain fever 2009 Jul 06 10:31 Mullaiththeevu town declared HSZ: GA 2009 Jul 06 05:41 Armed men rob elderly IDP in Vavuniyaa 2009 Jul 06 05:28 SL Attorney General conducts workshop in Jaffna... 2008: 2008 Jul 06 23:00 Spontaneous show of solidarity in Canada 2008 Jul 06 15:52 381 IDPs resettled in Moothoor villages 2008 Jul 06 15:25 15-year-old Tamil boy abducted in Trincomalee 2008 Jul 06 15:23 30 civilians arrested in Puththa'lam 2008 Jul 06 15:18 Janaka Perera compares himself to Dutugemunu 2008 Jul 06 15:16 Courts instruct DIG to curb abduction, killings... 2008 Jul 06 14:37 Tigers target SLAF bomber over Vanni 2008 Jul 06 12:17 Civilians wounded in SLAF bombardment 2008 Jul 06 11:38 Robberies escalate in Jaffna, lone woman killed 2008 Jul 06 08:28 DS officials in Vanni seek guarantees for their... 2008 Jul 06 06:47 LTTE leader pays homage to Black Tigers 2008 Jul 06 01:53 SLA continue artillery barrage on LTTE territor... 2007: 2007 Jul 06 20:37 4 Tamils arrested in Gampaha 2007 Jul 06 20:32 Armed men open fire on SLA in Jaffna 2007 Jul 06 18:28 Father shot dead, son abducted in Valikaamam 2007 Jul 06 13:39 Judge criticizes abduction investigations by Ka... 2007 Jul 06 08:51 SLA Major, 5 soldiers killed in Kudumpimalai 2007 Jul 06 08:19 Minister's brother CID probe impartiality quest... 2007 Jul 06 01:20 Thondaman meets Samaraweera 2006: 2006 Jul 06 17:22 Emergency extended for another month 2006 Jul 06 17:07 UNP MP crosses over to UPFA Government, becomes... 2006 Jul 06 16:54 Canadian diplomat visits Mannar 2006 Jul 06 11:35 Trinco displaced suffer discrimination in provi... 2006 Jul 06 10:49 SLN Petty officer killed, bodyguard wounded in ... 2006 Jul 06 10:38 24 devotees injured as vehicle overturns in Bat... 2006 Jul 06 10:28 Assassinated Journalist knew perpetrators in Av... 2005: 2005 Jul 06 21:03 SC to hold inquiry on JVP's petition against P-... 2005 Jul 06 20:14 Australian envoy, Japanese officials visit Mannar 2005 Jul 06 16:26 SLMM head to visit Trincomalee 2005 Jul 06 10:01 Tamil youth arrested at Uyilankulam checkpoint 2005 Jul 06 07:32 Two policemen shot in Kalmunai, one succumbs to... 2004: 2004 Jul 06 20:14 Opposition leaders to meet Prime Minister 2004 Jul 06 19:34 Fishermen say soldiers stealing catch 2004 Jul 06 14:27 Suspected Karuna cadres released on bail 2004 Jul 06 13:49 Black Tigers Day celebrated in Trincomalee, Muttur 2004 Jul 06 03:31 District Ayurveda Hospital opened in Trincomalee 2004 Jul 06 00:14 Trinco Rotary Club appoints new President 2004 Jul 06 00:02 Norway to discuss Sri Lanka with India 2003: 2003 Jul 06 18:51 Anandasangaree's attempt to pass confidence mot... 2003 Jul 06 17:39 Veteran trade union leader supports Interim Adm... 2003 Jul 06 12:10 Thiruketheeswaram temple consecrated after 27 y... 2003 Jul 06 03:58 LTTE releases two police officers 2001: 2001 Jul 06 09:47 Rape protest shuts down North and East 2001 Jul 06 05:45 Tamil parties criticize Colombo for re-imposing... 2001 Jul 06 04:42 Opposition conspiracy thwarted -president 2000: 2000 Jul 06 17:03 MP reads out raped woman's letter 2000 Jul 06 17:02 Policemen sentenced for forcing youth to marry 2000 Jul 06 12:10 Ronnie de Mel joins PA again 2000 Jul 06 12:09 Ban precludes Indian role - Balasingham 2000 Jul 06 09:35 Unable to trace disappeared -HRC, AI 1999: 1999 Jul 06 15:23 Poster campaign in Jaffna 1999 Jul 06 13:21 SLA expects more defections 1999 Jul 06 13:08 Batticaloa marks 'Black Tiger' day 1999 Jul 06 11:08 Three civilians killed 1999 Jul 06 07:07 SLAF officer killed in Mankulam 1998: 1998 Jul 06 23:59 Accused rapist alleges mass graves in Jaffna 1998 Jul 06 23:59 TELO accused of extortion 1998 Jul 06 23:59 New mobile health clinics for Northeast 1997:
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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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