Tamil Nadu govt orders closure of colleges

(January 31, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Tamil Nadu government today ordered indefinite closure of colleges and hostels in the state in the wake of students' unrest on Sri Lankan-Tamils issue, a Times of India report said. Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K S Sripathy said in a release that all the colleges, both private and government, had been ordered to close due to the unrest. He had also ordered the closure of student's hostels in the state.

The government's action came two days before students all enforce a strike from Monday demanding ceasefire in Sri Lanka. Students of some of the colleges were already gone on strike demanding cessation of hostilites between Sri Lankan troops and LTTE. -Sri Lanka Guardian