Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... a two day rafting trip on the Cauvery River near Bangalore on Saturday morning and had planned to paddle from Tamil Nadu to the bordering state of Karnataka. They had asked a taxi driver to pick them up on Sunday evenin...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... waterfall. The 497-mile long (800km) Cauvery River runs across three of the southern Indian states, including Tamil Nadu, where Mr Turton is reported to have been working for US company Tenneco Automotive. ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...rces as the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were wiped out in May 2009.Government forces crushed Tamil rebels in a military campaign that triggered allegations of widespread human rights abuses.The UN has s...
Published on May,22 2012 - by Reuters
...ter the welfare of the people." Hailed by many as a hero for helping end Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war against Tamil Tiger rebels, the four-star general fell out with the government in 2009 before a failed presidential b...
Published on May,22 2012 - by Reuters
...carves sit in long lines bent over their machines, busily stitching red satin ribbons and lilac lace straps as Tamil pop music blares out from speakers. "It was hard at first. My parents did not want me to come and I was...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...en credited with leading Sri Lanka's army to victory in the country's long and bloody civil war against ethnic Tamil rebels. But he was jailed after challenging Rajapaksa in elections. He was court-martialed on several c...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...erned Fonseka was plotting a coup. Rights groups say both Fonseka and the president are implicated in shooting Tamil fighters as they sought to surrender. In recent months, rights workers and journalists have been target...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...stice caused to me... I was a victim of a vendetta," he said.Fonseka led troops to victory over the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, but then fell out with Rajapakse over who deserved most credit for the military c...
Published on May,20 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...Tamil Nadu has some of the oldest, most beautiful Hindu temples in India. And you won’t have to share them with hundreds of other visitors, says Anna Murphy. Temples are what the state of Tamil Nadu, on the eastern side ...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Reuters
...o kill surrendering rebel leaders. Rights groups say both Fonseka and the president are implicated in shooting Tamil fighters as they sought to surrender. In recent months, rights workers and journalists have been target...