Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that using force to 'eradicate terrorism' was the right of any state.
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Tuesday , 28 April '09
The Sri Lankan military pressed ahead on Tuesday with its offensive against the Tamil Tigers.
Tuesday , 28 April '09
Sweden has recalled its ambassador to Sri Lanka after Colombo barred Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt from participating in a mission there.
Monday , 27 April '09
Amid de-escalation of military operation in Sri Lanka's war zone, the Government underlined its determination to prevent LTTE Supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran from escaping from the island.
Monday , 27 April '09
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday welcomed the Sri Lankan government's announcement that combat operations in the northern parts of the island nation.Saturday , 25 April '09
Tamil Tigers supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and his top aides were recently missed by a whisker by the security forces, a top Sri Lankan commander said.
Saturday , 25 April '09
Indian envoys met Sri Lanka's president after New Delhi demanded a truce in the closing phase of a 25-year war which UN data says may have killed almost 6,500 people in the last three months.
Friday , 24 April '09
India said that the Tamil minorities in the island nation have some 'legitimate issues' and asked Colombo to work for a political solution.
Friday , 24 April '09
NSA M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary S S Menon are in in Colombo for a meeting with Lanka Prez Rajapaksa to press for cessation of all hostilities in the island.
Friday , 24 April '09
Cornered LTTE chief V Prabhakarn, who is still holed up in a small strip of land in embattled north, may flee from the island using a submarine, a top Sri Lankan army official said.
Friday , 24 April '09
Sri Lankan forces encircled a small strip of land in the north — where Tiger chief Prabhakaran is believed to be hiding.
Friday , 24 April '09
With Tamil Nadu on the boil over loss of Tamil lives in the Sri Lankan fighting and political parties calling for either a ceasefire or cessation of hostilities....
Thursday , 23 April '09
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that both LTTE and Sri Lanka were not paying heed to India's request to end hostilities.
Wednesday , 22 April '09
Congress called upon Sri Lanka to declare a ceasefire so that the humanitarian crisis in the island nation can be resolved in a demonstrable way.
Wednesday , 22 April '09
Sections of top Tamil Tiger leadership began to surrender before rapidly advancing Sri Lankan forces, signalling an imminent collapse of the LTTE after a two-decade long relentless battle.
Wednesday , 22 April '09
Mahinda Rajapaksa is dispatching a special emissary to India to discuss the relief and rehabilitation of Tamil refugees coming from Lankan conflict zones.
Tuesday , 21 April '09
The Tamil Tiger rebels will never surrender, said the head of the separatists' peace secretariat despite their being outgunned in an apparent final offensive by the Sri Lankan army.
Tuesday , 21 April '09
Sri Lankan forces launched new offensives and captured more territory from the Tamil Tigers as thousands of trapped civilians continued to flee the northern war zone.