The centre allowed the late LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s mother Parvathi Ammal to stay at her daughter’s house in Chennai, but cautioned against political visits. Visa grant has been issued to Prabhakaran’s mother and conditions relaxed for her stay. It is to be noted that, only recently the Centre had laid several conditions which included that she...

“The decision to hold this year’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo was clearly a political, even geopolitical, calculation. Whereas the previous award ceremonies … were meant to bring India ‘to the world’, this year’s event was intended instead to bring the world to Sri Lanka – or, more precisely, to the Sinhala south. It has...

Members of the Tamil film industry in India have boycotted a leading Indian film awards ceremony due to begin in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. An industry spokesman said the boycott was in protest against the “killings” of Tamils in the Sri Lankan war. Event organisers say the protesters are “politicising” the the International Indian Film...

“I do not know why Kalaignar Aiya [Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi] sent me back,” Parvathi Amma, mother of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Pirapaharan, admitted to Valveddiththu’rai (VVT) hospital told TamilNet Sunday. Being very frail after going through the ordeal of being sent back to Malaysia from Chennai and coming to...

After the deporting of LTTE leader Prabhakaran’s mother Parvathi on April 14, 2010, there was ruckus in the state assembly seeking explanation for deporting Parvathi when she had ...

Though Ranjitha, who has been caught in the Nithyananda sex scandal, is required by the police for an enquiry, the lady seems to have been dodging their enquiry session. The police sources say ...

The investigation of the controversial godman Nithyanada heads to an unexpected twist where he said that he is not a man. He also asked the investigating officers to conduct a potency test...

A CID wing official has said that they have not got much information from Nithyananda although it’s been a week since they have arrested him. The CID said that Nithyanada goes ...

India’s Supreme Court has dismissed all cases against a Tamil actress who spoke in support of the right of women to have pre-marital sex. Actress Kushboo was accused of outraging public decency and 22 cases were filed against her in 2005. Kushboo said she was “relaxed and relieved” after the court order. The remarks stirred controversy in a conservative...

Swami Nithyananda of Dhyanapeetam Ashram was arrested on Wednesday in Himachal Pradesh and the CBI sleuths have recovered valuable documents, computer hard disks, mobiles and laptops. It...