Tamil Nadu (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2009

A group of 28 refugees from Sri Lanka's Vavuniya District arrived at Arichamunai in Rameswaram, according to Hindustan Times. The refugees, including nine women and nine children belonging to 10 families, reached in a boat, official sources said. Read less...

Vigilance along the southern coast of Tamil Nadu has been stepped up by the Police in collaboration with other security agencies to prevent possible infiltration of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants in the wake of the fall of the outfit's de facto capital Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka. "Right now, there is no security threat to the stat... however, we have asked the police and other agencies to be on alert and post more police personnel in the coastal areas such as Rameswaram, which are in close proximity to Sri Lanka," sources told PTI. Coast Guard officials confirmed that the agency had stepped up vigilance in the wake of the recent development. "We have increased patrolling to ensure extra vigilance," a Coast Guard official said. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who was represented by State Public Works Department and Law Minister Duraimurugan, in a written statement at the Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security in New Delhi on January 7 said, "the state government is taking all out efforts to organise intensive patrols and effective screening of the refugees entering the country to avert infiltration of anti-national elements. It (patrolling and screening) has become more imperative due to the existence of long International sea border and the ongoing sensitive developments in Sri Lanka… Tamil Nadu continues to remain free from any major crisis." Read less...

A group of 26 refugees, including 10 women and seven children, from Sri Lanka's Vavuniya District reached the Paraiyadi coast near Rameswaram, official sources said on January 20, PTI reports. They were later sent to the Mandapam transit camp, officials said. Read less...