03/10/2011
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Daily Mirror
A schoolboy was injured at Velvettiturai in Jaffna after a soldier who was taken unawares fired his rifle accidentally when the boy had crept up from behind and tapped the soldier’s weapon, the Jaffna security forces said yesterday.
03/04/2011
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TamilNet
Efforts by the people of Valveddiththu’rai in Jaffna to re-install a statue for Mr. M G Ramachandran (MGR), the Tamil film icon since 1950s and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu was stopped by the Sri Lanka Army occupying the Tamil country. A statue of MGR that existed earlier at Valveddiththu’rai was desecrated and the arms were broken by the occupying military a few months back. Eezham Tamils, especially the coastal community people, are strong admirers of the films of MGR for well over six decades. MGR was born in Kandy in the island.
03/01/2011
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TamilNet
In a draconian order, the SL military occupying the country of Eezham Tamils has asked the people of Valveddiththu’rai, a densely populated town in the northern coast of Jaffna, to register themselves with the military, along with family photos, before 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. The shocked Eezham Tamils wonder whether their country is fast turning into an open concentration camp for them. The order comes even as there is a case against such registrations filed by TNA is pending in the court. The notice to the public to register within 24 hours and forms for that are distributed by the SL Army to local shops. On the order of the Army, the local village officials were seen carrying out the work even during the night. People feel that the show of terror is a revenge for the participation of the people of VVT in the funeral of Parvathi Amma, despite military harassment.
02/23/2011
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Associated Press, Washington Post
Ashes of Sri Lankan rebel leader's mother desecrated hours after cremation
02/22/2011
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Hindustan Times
A Tamil Nadu MP and his two associates were deported from Colombo international airport early Tuesday after they attempted to enter Sri Lanka to attend slain Tiger chief V Prabhakaran’s mother’s funeral in Jaffna. President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (Panther’s Party) T. Thirumavalavan, known for pro-LTTE sentiments, had taken an early morning flight from Chennai. He landed at the Bandaranaike International Airport at around 2 in the morning.
02/21/2011
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The Hindu
COLOMBO: Vallipuram Parvathi, mother of the slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, passed away on Sunday morning in a Jaffna hospital.
02/12/2011
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Daily Mirror
Tourists from the south of the country are thronging Jaffna’s Valvettithurai government hospital to catch a glimpse of Vellupillai Prabhakaran’s ailing 81-year-old mother, V Parvathi Pillai, who is undergoing treatment at the hospital, the Hindustan Times (HT) reported.
07/01/2010
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Gulf News
Velvettithurai: "No further," the lance corporal says, moving his Chinese-made T56 rifle off his shoulder. He means business.
I open my arms out to show I am not a threat and plan to obey his order.
"Prabhakaran's house," I point, still hoping to get by this young sentry with obvious orders to stop all from going up the rutted lane.
04/29/2010
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Daily Mirror
The house of slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in Valvettiturai has been demolished completely, Tamil National Liberation Alliance (TNLA) general secretary M.K. Sivajilingam said yesterday.