CBI books Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal in tuna fish export scam caseThe NCP MP's nephew Abdul Razaq and a Colombo-based company that he represented, SRT General Merchants, have also been named as accused in ...
Ancestral home of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksas set on fire in HambantotaVideo footage showed the entire house of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Medam...
Need to develop all-weather deep-water port in India, says Tharoor in LSThe Congress MP Shashi Tharoor also questioned the government's policy, saying "there is a piquant situation that India prohibits Chinese f...
Letter to Xi: Lankan MP accuses Beijing of pushing Colombo into debt trapThe letter alleged that the Chinese friendship was no longer genuine and candid, and that Beijing was dismantling peace in the region by ma...
Indian delegation thwarts Pakistan attempt to raise Kashmir issue at UNICEF meet in Sri LankaCongress MP Gaurav Gogoi and BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal, both part of the Indian delegation, were seen in a video footage of the event asserting...
Big boost to Vizhinjam Port as cabotage laws relaxedGadkari, made the announcement on the occasion of laying the foundation stone for the Rs 7525 crore port project.
Move to sabotage Vizhinjam project: Shashi Tharoor"It is time we put development ahead of politics and embraced the bid in the interest of the people of Vizhinjam, Kerala and India as a who...
New Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena brings Tamils to centre stageThe two countries have already launched discussions on repatriation of Tamils of Sri Lankan origin who are staying as refugees in camps in ...
Congress leader Mullappally Ramachandran urges government to take steps protect coastal areas"Chinese presence in Indian ocean and also presence of their submarines in Colombo pose serious threat," Congress leader Ramachandran said.
Celebrations break on fishermen's arrivalThe normally sleepy fishing village in Ramanathapuram district wore a festive mood since morning, as it awaited the return of these fisherm...
Mahinda Rajapaksa leaves for Middle East on state visitSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for the Middle East on a state visit during which he will hold talks with both Palestinian and ...
Sri Lanka detains legislators from Australia and New ZealandAn Australian Senator and a MP from New Zealand on a fact-finding mission into reported human rights abuses in Sri Lanka were detained.
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should not attend CHOGM Summit in Colombo: D Raja
CPI MP D Raja demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should not attend the CHOGM Summit in Colombo because it would go against strong ...
- Indian Oil's Sri Lanka operations enjoys 10-year tax holiday: Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene
Indian Oil Corp's Lanka operations, LIOC, is enjoying a 10-year tax holiday, Deputy Economic Development Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardene...
Two former aides of Prabhakaran identified his bodyTwo former top aides of Velupillai Prabhakaran flew into Sri Lanka's northern war zone and "positively identified" body of slain LTTE supre...
- 28,500 Indian-origin refugees to get Lankan citizenship
About 28,500 Tamils of Indian-origin now living in refugee camps in Tamil Nadu will soon get Sri Lankan citizenships, a prominent Marxist p...
- End AI, Indian monopoly, allow more foreign carriers: JD(S)
The Civil Aviation Ministry should allow more private airlines to operate to foreign destinations from the Karipur international airport he...