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The silly season is on in full swing. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declined to attend even a Commonwealth summit, only because it was being held in Colombo.A year later, Mr Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister.In January 2015 and in response to an RTI query, Mr Modi’s government reaffirmed that Katchatheevu island was a part of Sri Lanka. …

Actor Vijay takes the political plunge Ending all speculations about his political plunge, Tamil actor Vijay, who is now the most popular and highest-paid actor in Kollywood announced his foray into politics and named his political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam. In a statement, Mr. Vijay said the party would contest the 2026 State Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. NIA searches …

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on January 5 backed the India-mooted 13th Amendment as a solution to address the minority Tamil community's long-pending demand for political autonomy. Addressing a group of professionals in Jaffna, the capital of the Tamil-dominated Northern Province, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the devolution of power shouldn’t merely be a political concept but an economic reality. The 13A …

Wading into the ongoing Canada-India row over Ottawa’s allegations of Indian involvement in the June 2023 murder of Khalistan Tiger Force chief Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Bangladesh has now accused Canada of sheltering “murderers”. Mr. Chowdhury is one of the key accused in the 1975 assassination of Bangladesh’s then-President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family. Killer gets asylum Dhaka’s …

For most of its two decade-existence, Sri Lanka’s Tamil National Alliance has been engaged in talks with the southern Sinhalese leadership, to negotiate a durable solution to the island nation’s lingering national question. “We can’t despair, we can’t abandon things,” Mr. Sampanthan told The Hindu in 2018, when the Alliance joined a Constitution drafting process initiated by the President Maithripala …