TN CM condemns removal of war victims' memorial from Lankan university
Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami has condemned the demolition of a monument inside the Jaffna University campus dedicated to civilians killed during the final months of Sri Lanka's civil war. This has caused great pain to "Tamils of the world", he added. Over 40,000 Tamilians lost their lives in the final months of the war, according to the UN.