Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.
July 29, 1997 00:00 IST
Exactly 10 years ago, a young naval rating by the name of Wijeetha Rohana Wijemuni became an overnight hero in Sri Lanka, a symbol of the v...
July 24, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, July 23: In a development that should push the Lankan Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) into a tight corner, the human rights watchdog ...
July 10, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, July 9: First things first, fellas. They are looking at a Sri Lanka-Pakistan final here in the Asia Cup. India is nowhere in the r...
July 09, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, July 8: Almost the entire Tamil community, including newspapers and even the Tamil United Liberation Front(TULF), has steadfastly ...
Lie back and think of Sri Lanka. And what comes to mind is a group of rebels called Tigers, bloody battles, suicide bombers and assassinati...
June 29, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, June 28: In an obvious attempt to lift the morale of the armed forces and the country, the Sri Lankan government has put out a rep...
June 28, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, June 27: Spurred by the success of their attacks on the Sri Lankan army at Thandikulam and Omanthai in quick succession, area comm...
June 12, 1997 00:00 IST
VAVUNIYA, June 11: Hundreds of Tamils who fled their homes during Tuesday's attack by the LTTE on the forces of Operation Jaya Sekuru strea...
June 08, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, June 7: Britain's new Labour government has assured the Sri Lankan government that it is keen to develop ties between the two coun...
May 27, 1997 00:00 IST
OPERATION Jaya Sekuru (Sure Victory) is probably the Sri Lankan army's last major battle in the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
May 25, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, May 24: Heavy casualties hit the Sri Lankan army as soldiers attempted to resume the advance on the Vavuniya-Killinochchi highway ...
May 21, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, MAY 20: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have admitted to heavy losses in the military's Operation Jaya Sekuru launched...
May 14, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, May 13: Thousands of soldiers moved into the Vanni jungles early on Tuesday as Sri Lanka's military launched a massive offensive i...
May 05, 1997 00:00 IST
Paradise is neither perfect nor pure. Of the thousands of Western tourists who visit Sri Lanka every year for its Edenic beach resorts, the...
May 03, 1997 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, May 2: Nuns in white robes with the hallmark blue border of the Sisters of Charity move softly from bed to bed while a foreign vis...
