Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) President and Jaffna MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has declared that the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has no moral authority to lead protests against the government's Kivul Oya irrigation project, accusing the party of having previously facilitated the Sinhalisation of Tamil areas. Addressing a press conference in Jaffna, Ponnambalam argued that civil society organisations, rather than ITAK, should take the lead in organising resistance to the controver

The essay collection Uthuru Kona Arumasiya (Wonder of the Northern Corner), authored by Dr Viduni Basnayake, was launched at the Clinical Training and Research Block (CTRB) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna. The event was organised jointly by the Jaffna Medical Students' Union, the Department of Community Medicine, and the Student Welfare Unit. The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor R. Surenthirakumaran, attended as the chief guest. The book is a compilation of essays wr

Maravanpulavu K. Sachithananthan, leader of the Ilankai Siva Senai organisation, has levelled serious allegations against Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Acting General Secretary M.A. Sumanthiran, accusing him of systematically undermining the party through mass expulsions and attempting to impose a sectarian religious agenda. Speaking to the media, Sachithananthan claimed that Sumanthiran has been the driving force behind the removal of numerous ITAK members over the past twelve years, alle

A JVP member and NPP Pradeshiya Sabha councillor from the Vadamaradchi South West Pradeshiya Sabha in Karaveddy has ignited a religious and political controversy in Jaffna after posting an AI-generated image depicting President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) holding a vel, the sacred spear associated with Lord Murugan (Kartikeya, Kataragama deviyo) The councillor, Santhirakumar Kanesaruban, shared the image on social media with the Tamil caption, “AKD முருகனுக்கு நிகரானவர்” (“AKD is equal to Lo