Tamil Nadu comes to a halt over Tamil plight in Sri Lanka...

Daily life was disrupted in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu Thursday as a key regional party called a general strike to demand immediate steps for a ceasefire to the conflict in neighbouring Sri Lanka, news reports said.

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) which rules Tamil Nadu and is a partner of India's ruling United Progressive Alliance, called the 12-hour dawn-to-dusk strike, the PTI news agency reported. More...

See also:

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4. Sri Lanka and the Tamil genocide...