The Latest Breaking News from Jaffna

So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during civil war that ended in 2009.

Brotherless Night is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, an awakening from tribal loyalties into new-found identity and agency. It is set in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, during the civil war between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese ethnic majority and the country’s Tamil minority. Between 1983 and 2009, this bitter conflict resulted in the deaths…

.Former diplomat A. Natarajan recalls PM Modi's planned visit to Nallur Kandaswamy temple in 2015, which was hindered by the temple's strict dress code & lack of flexibility in timings. He also shares his experience of Sri Lankans' extraordinary honesty & smiles. His memoir, From the Village to the Global…

India-Sri Lanka ferry service: “The launch of a passenger ferry service from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam to Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in Sri Lanka is a “truly big step” for boosting people-to-people contacts,” External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on October 14.

Four of a family from Jaffna in Sri Lanka reached the Dhanushkodi islet on a boat in the early hours of Monday, Marine Police in Rameswaram said. The Mandapam Rehabilitation Centre now houses about 270 people from Sri Lanka who have arrived since early last year, when the island nation…

Alliance Air, a subsidiary of AI Assets Holding Limited, recently upgraded Chennai-Jaffna-Chennai flight services to daily. Sri Lankan govt. requested extension to Ratmalana near Colombo. Fare incl. taxes is ₹8,500. Locals investing in hospitality sector, but need chain of hotels targeting middle-income groups. Nallur Kandasamy temple festival in Aug. will…

A Sri Lankan court has ordered the release of 22 Indian fishermen, who were arrested by the authorities, the Fisherman Association of India informed on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite New:

Three Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, including two women, who reached the Dhanushkodi islet past midnight on Thursday, were safely brought to the Rameswaram Marine Police Station.

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