The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed to learn of an attempt by political activists to storm the office of the The Hindu newspaper in the city of Coimbatore in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a subsequent event involving copies of the newspaper being burnt in the nearby city of Erode. […]

Three more DMK Rajya Sabha members have put in their papers to party president M Karunanidhi saying they have resigned from the Upper House
in protest against the Sri Lankan army offensive against Tamils in the island nation. — Friday, October 17, 2008 5:40:22 PM
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Chennai, Oct 17 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Friday night that India could certainly intervene in Sri Lanka to alleviate the sufferings of Tamil minorities there, in the same way it did in then East Pakistan in 1971.
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Troops of Task Force 1 this morning cut-off the Mannar- Poonaryn (A-32) road at 8 Km north of Nachchikudha and have surrounded the main Sea Tiger stronghold on the northwestern coast of the Island, the Defence Ministry said. — Friday, October 17, 2008 5:21:22 PM
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Chennai, Oct 17 : Fourteen DMK Lok Sabha MPs, including central ministers T.R. Baalu and A. Raja, handed over post-dated resignation letters to party head and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Friday evening demanding an end to the violence in Sri Lanka.
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Chennai, Oct 17 : Even as the central government asked Sri Lanka to halt its military offensive against the Tamil Tigers, Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK announced Friday that four of its Rajya Sabha MPs had submitted post-dated resignation letters to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to demand an end to the violence in the island nation.
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A United Nations convoy has reached a rebel-controlled part of northern Sri Lanka to deliver food supplies to more than 200,000 displaced people.
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Seeking to address New Delhi`s concerns over the worsening conflict in Sri Lanka and its impact on T..
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A United Nations convoy has reached a rebel-controlled part of northern Sri Lanka to deliver food supplies to more than 200,000 displaced people.
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Health officials of the Colombo Municipal Council removing several products from supermarkets suspected to contain traces of Melamine. Pic by Pradeep Dilrukshana — Friday, October 17, 2008 2:03:00 PM
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