Baltimore Bridge Collapse: US President Joe Biden, Governor call Indian crew members heroes, praise them for saving livesIn Baltimore, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse tragically claimed six lives, leaving the community reeling. The cargo ship "Dali" coll...
27 Mar, 2024, 11.44 AM IST
Cargo ship collides with bridge in Baltimore, all 22 Indian crew members safe; Here's what we know about the incidentA cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing a significant portion of the bridge to collapse into the rive...
26 Mar, 2024, 10.50 PM IST
Colombo Security Conclave: NSA Ajit Doval pushes ideas to stabilise IORThe 6th NSA-level Meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave was hosted by Mauritius. The National Security Advisers of Member Countries part...
07 Dec, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
Sri Lankan leader seeks to disarm India's China fearsThe first visit by Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe to India since his election a year ago highlights New Delhi's concerns over Ch...
18 Jul, 2023, 08.16 AM IST
India has not demanded compensation from Sri Lanka for assistance during two recent maritime disasters: High CommissionIndia has extended multi-pronged assistance to Sri Lanka during the peak of its economic and humanitarian crisis in line with its "Neighbou...
24 May, 2023, 09.43 PM IST
Docking of Chinese ship in Lanka serves as warning sign for what may follow nextEssentially, it conveys that China can weaponise its financial debt among South Asian countries against India, thus creating a significant ...
21 Aug, 2022, 11.43 PM IST
India-Sri Lanka ties tested in 2021 due to persisting fishermen issue, investment impasseThe year began with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visiting Sri Lanka in early January, saying "I am starting 2021 with a visit to ...
26 Dec, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
Could Sri Lanka's ship fire have been avoided? Here's what we can learn from the shocking disasterIn the wake of the disaster, many commentators have sought to explain what went wrong. But these have largely missed a broader, though cruc...
09 Jul, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
Indian Navy ship completes safety study near Colombo Port; submits report to Lankan authoritiesINS Sarvekshak, described as a state-of-the-art Hydrographic Survey Ship, was dispatched by the Indian Navy on June 23 upon a formal reques...
03 Jul, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
‘Secrets’ go down with cargo ship MV X-Press Pearl near Sri LankaThe incident has not only caused environmental hazards but also raised security concerns, said people aware of the matter. It has raised su...
05 Jun, 2021, 11.20 PM IST
India tells Lanka to honour Colombo port deal, takes up killing of Tamil fishermen“We have taken it (deaths of four fishermen from Tamil Nadu in the island nation) up in strongest terms with the Sri Lankan government and ...
03 Feb, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
South Asian nations start revisiting China's BRI, the great pushback beginsThe resistance against CPEC – the flagship project of BRI — is the most striking in Pakistan.
12 Feb, 2019, 09.46 AM IST
77 Fishermen released by Sri Lanka arrive in Tamil NaduFisheries Minister D Jayakumar, Handlooms Minister O S Manian and family members and relatives of the fishermen were among those who receiv...
04 Aug, 2017, 11.58 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi's Jaffna visit interference in Sri Lankan affairs: China think tankThe article said "regardless of the nationalist Prime Minister's objective, recent incidents are sufficient to merit Beijing's attention."
20 Mar, 2015, 01.44 PM IST
China defends docking of its submarines in Sri LankaTwo submarines - one said to be nuclear powered - docked at the Colombo port last year during Mahinda Rajapaksa regime.
02 Mar, 2015, 04.00 PM IST
- INS Kora scraped by merchant vessel, minor damages caused
It described the incident as a "minor accident" and added that a Board of Inquiry (BoI) is being constituted to investigate into the circum...
31 Oct, 2014, 07.32 PM IST
Sri Lanka arrests 65 Indian fishermenSixty-five Indian fishermen in nine trawlers have been detained by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly violating the international maritime b...
31 Jul, 2013, 08.58 AM IST