COLOMBO  - Gunmen opened fire and torched the office of the main Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, police said, the latest in a string of attacks on the nation's privately owned media.Three men staged the pre-dawn arson attack on the Uthayan newspaper's office and printing ...

A pall of gloom has descended on the Palipattu village in Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu after 32 people were killed and three others injured in a blaze at a firecracker shop on Friday evening. An official of Thiruvallur collectorate on the accident spot told IANS: "Thirty two charred bodies ...

In the backdrop of violent protests by lawyers, shoot-at-sights orders were issued on Friday night in Tamil Nadu against those trying to damage public properties and create disturbance to general public. A release from the DGP's office said district SPs have been empowered to carry out the order. ...

The cyclonic storm 'Nisha' over South West Bay of Bengal remained practically stationary and lay centred near Nagapattinam coast in the early hours of the day, weather office said. The system was likely to move in the North Westerly direction and cross Tamil Nadu coast near Nagapattinam this ...

Five people, including two children, were killed when Sri Lankan security forces shelled a village in the island's rebel-held north, Tamil Tiger guerrillas said Sunday. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said three civilians were also wounded in the Saturday evening attack on Puthumurippu, ...

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan security forces killed at least 44 Tamil Tiger rebels for the loss of two of their own soldiers in fresh ground battles in the island's embattled north, the defence ministry said Saturday. The rebels from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were killed in separate ...

The Sri Lankan military says fighting in the embattled northern region has killed 33 ethnic Tamil rebels and six government soldiers. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara says the latest round of battles took place in the Mannar, Vavuniya, Welioya and Jaffnaareas in northern Sri Lanka ...

Tamil Tiger rebels overran a navy outpost in north-western Sri Lanka Wednesday, killing at least 10 sailors and losing four of their own, the guerrillas said. The rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said they seized heavy weapons and radar equipment after hitting the Irukkulampiddi naval ...

Sri Lanka has accused Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) of not reciprocating to its efforts for a dialogue while seeking global support in defeating the rebel force.  Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said in London that he did not believe in a military solution to the ethnic ...