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‘Where is the LTTE?’ Lawyer challenges terror charges against jailed Tamil rapper
  The lawyer representing detained Tamil rapper Sangeethsan Ganeskumar challenged allegations that his client sought to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during proceedings before the Jaffna Magistrate's Court this week, arguing that the material cited by police contains no reference to the organisation or its leadership. Sangeethsan, better known by his stage name…

Ashwin Sakthivel makes his mark in Hollywood

Jan 29, 2025
British Tamil actor Ashwin Sakthivel excelled in his role as Vinod Pradeep in the new Prime Video series The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh.

Kokkadichcholai massacre by Sri Lanka's STF remembered 38 years on

Jan 29, 2025

Tamils in Batticaloa commemorated the 87 people killed by Sri Lanka's security forces in the 1987 Kokkadichcholai massacre.

Lamps were lit at a memorial erected for the victims of the massacre. The memorial was rebuilt and opened in May 2019 after the original monument was destroyed by Sri Lankan troops. 

UK Minister visits Jaffna in inaugural trip to the North-East

Jan 28, 2025
Catherine West, the UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, is in Jaffna as part of the new UK government's first official visit to the island. 

Canada's Conservative Party leader says he will 'lead the world' in seeking prosecutions against Sri Lankan war criminals

Jan 27, 2025
Pierre Poilievre pledges to seek international justice and accountability for the Tamil genocide.

Slain Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan remembered in the North-East

Jan 27, 2025
No justice for slain Tamil journalist 19 years on.

Sri Lankan navy arrest 34 Indian fishermen and seize three fishing boats in Mannar

Jan 27, 2025
The Sri Lankan Navy seized three Indian fishing boats and arrested 34 fishermen for reportedly illegally fishing.

Thai Pongal celebrated for the first time at a British school

Jan 24, 2025

The students and staff of Burlington Junior and Infant School in New Malden, UK, celebrated Thai Pongal, marking the first time it has been observed in a British school with its school students. 

Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court issues arrest warrant for exiled Tamil journalist

Jan 24, 2025

Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court has issued an arrest warrant for Tamil journalist Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy for not attending court after he was forced into exile due to intimidation by Sri Lanka's security forces. 

NPP minister 'shocked' to see Tamil at the bottom of name plate

Jan 24, 2025
Sri Lanka's Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekaran was 'shocked; over Tamil being placed third on the nameplate of the Thiruvalluvar Cultural Centre in Jaffna.

British MPs praise Tamils and pledge justice at Pongal

Jan 23, 2025
British lawmakers praised the immense contribution Tamils have made to the UK, in interviews with the Tamil Guardian at the side lines of the Pongal in Westminster event in London last week.
Ashwin Sakthivel makes his mark in Hollywood
Kokkadichcholai massacre by Sri Lanka's STF remembered 38 years on
UK Minister visits Jaffna in inaugural trip to the North-East
Canada's Conservative Party leader says he will 'lead the world' in seeking prosecutions against Sri Lankan war criminals
Slain Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan remembered in the North-East
Sri Lankan navy arrest 34 Indian fishermen and seize three fishing boats in Mannar
Thai Pongal celebrated for the first time at a British school
Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court issues arrest warrant for exiled Tamil journalist
NPP minister 'shocked' to see Tamil at the bottom of name plate
British MPs praise Tamils and pledge justice at Pongal
Ashwin Sakthivel makes his mark in Hollywood
Kokkadichcholai massacre by Sri Lanka's STF remembered 38 years on
UK Minister visits Jaffna in inaugural trip to the North-East
Canada's Conservative Party leader says he will 'lead the world' in seeking prosecutions against Sri Lankan war criminals
Slain Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan remembered in the North-East
Sri Lankan navy arrest 34 Indian fishermen and seize three fishing boats in Mannar
Thai Pongal celebrated for the first time at a British school
Eravur Circuit Magistrate Court issues arrest warrant for exiled Tamil journalist
NPP minister 'shocked' to see Tamil at the bottom of name plate
British MPs praise Tamils and pledge justice at Pongal