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Focus- Hindu leader says he target of India bombs

14th February 1998, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya KalbagAugust 8, 2024Leave a comment

14 February 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited   NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (Reuters) – The leader of India’s main opposition party said on Saturday he was the target of a series of car bomb blasts that killed at least 31 people, wounded up to 100, and triggered rioting and arson in the…

Deadly blast Triggers riots in South India

15th February 1998, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya KalbagAugust 8, 2024Leave a comment

15 February 1998 The Washington Post A30 Copyright 1998, The Washington Post Co. All Rights Reserved The leader of India’s main opposition party said today he was the target of a series of car-bomb blasts that killed 32 people, wounded as many as 100 and triggered rioting and arson in the city of Coimbatore. The…

INTERVIEW – India lacked grit on Tamil Tigers — envoy

19th Nov 1997, Reportage, ReutersBy Chaitanya KalbagAugust 2, 2024Leave a comment

19 November 1997 Reuters News English (c) 1997 Reuters Limited  NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (Reuters) – India’s lack of “grit” in pursuing its costly military foray into northern Sri Lanka may have led to Rajiv Gandhi’s 1991 murder by a suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber, New Delhi’s former envoy to Colombo said on Wednesday.  “If…

Sri Lanka – The Tamil Tragedy

31st Aug 1983, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya KalbagJuly 2, 2024Leave a comment

The 35-km ride from Katunayake International Airport into Colombo in a slow Mitsubishi coach I driven by a nervous Sinhala I is enveloped in silence. Almost every Indian visitor is heading for the Lanka Oberoi, or the Galle Face, or the Ceylon Intercontinental— hotels that have escaped the attention of mobs in search of hiding…

Sri Lanka – The Aftermath

15th Sep 1983, India Today, ReportageBy Chaitanya KalbagJune 28, 2024Leave a comment

Ganesha’s temple had never seen so many supplicants, all with unanswerable prayers Colombo’s Tamils call it Pillaiyar Kovil, and its ornamented gateway on Galle Road in the Wella-watta area is flanked by carefully incinerated Tamil shops. Wella-watta was a genteel Tamil ghetto. Now the temple is a refugee camp, and cheek-by-jowl stand three others at…

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