Coimbatore, Jan 30 : Students in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu took to streets on Thursday demanding the government''s intervention to protect Tamils trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the Tiger rebels.
Over 2,000 students boycotted classes at the Government College in Coimbatore and raised slogans against the Central Government for not hearing the voice of the Tamil people.
New Delhi, Jan 30: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has pledged to give safe passage to thousands of trapped Tamil civilians during the offensive between the security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
He also confirmed to India that he has urged the LTTE to free the civilians within the next two days.
Briefing the media here on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said that Sri Lanka would ensure that no harm is done to any civilian in the conflict region.
New Delhi - A 31-year-old man committed suicide in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu Thursday to highlight the suffering of members of the Tamil ethnic minority caught in the war in Sri Lanka, news reports said.
The man doused himself with kerosene and set himself on fire while chanting pro-Tamil slogans outside a federal government office complex in the state capital, Chennai, the CNN-IBN network reported.
He was moved to a nearby government hospital with burns over 75 per cent of his body and died shortly after being admitted.
Colombo - The United Nations and Red Cross on Thursday helped evacuate about 350 critically ill or injured people from areas in northern Sri Lanka where fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels is raging, a medical doctor based in the north said.
The patients and the injured were trapped in the Pudukudirippu hospital, 385 kilometres north-east of Colombo.
Dambulla, Jan. 28 : India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the opening one-day international here on Wednesday to gain a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Replying to Sri Lanka''s score of 246 for seven in 50 overs, India scored 247-4 in 48.1 overs.
Half-centuries from Gautam Gambhir (62), Suresh Raina (54) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (61 not out) outdid a superlative century from Sanath Jayasuriya (107) as India successfully chased the highest total in a day game in Dambulla.
Colombo - An estimated 6,000 civilians have moved into a "safe zone" declared by the government in northern Sri Lanka as fighting between security forces and Tamil rebels continued, a government minister said Wednesday.
Defence spokesman Minister Keheliya Rakbukwella told journalists that civilians have started to move into the safe zone, covering an area of three villages in Mullaitivu district, 370 kilometres north-east of the capital.
Coimbatore, Jan 30 : Students in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu took to streets on Thursday demanding the government''s intervention to protect Tamils trapped in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the Tiger rebels.
New Delhi, Jan 30: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has pledged to give safe passage to thousands of trapped Tamil civilians during the offensive between the security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
New Delhi - A 31-year-old man committed suicide in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu Thursday to highlight the suffering of members of the Tamil ethnic minority caught in the war in Sri Lanka, news reports said.
Colombo - The United Nations and Red Cross on Thursday helped evacuate about 350 critically ill or injured people from areas in northern Sri Lanka where fighting between government troops and Tamil rebels is raging, a medical doctor based in the north said.
Dambulla, Jan. 28 : India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the opening one-day international here on Wednesday to gain a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Colombo - An estimated 6,000 civilians have moved into a "safe zone" declared by the government in northern Sri Lanka as fighting between security forces and Tamil rebels continued, a government minister said Wednesday.
