IndiGo begins daily flight services to Jaffna in Sri Lanka from ChennaiIndiGo operates over 2,000 flights to 122 destinations including domestic and overseas. This strategic route (Chennai-Jaffna) will strength...
01 Sep, 2024, 06.25 PM IST
Alliance Air commences daily flights between Chennai & JaffnaIndia's Alliance Air has increased the frequency of commercial flights between Chennai and Jaffna, a move aimed to boost travel and trade b...
17 Jul, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
Jaffna: Sri Lanka’s northernmost city may still remind you of civil war, but think Dutch forts and ‘prison tourism’ todayThe Jaffna Fort in Sri Lanka was restored with Dutch money about a decade ago, to the surprise of the author. The civil war had only recent...
13 May, 2023, 10.01 PM IST
India, Sri Lanka resume flight service between Chennai and JaffnaThe return to Chennai was scheduled for 2.50 pm local time. The Alliance Air flights would operate four times a week between the two cities...
12 Dec, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
Sri Lanka to resume flights from Chennai to Jaffna from December 12"The commercial flight operations from Chennai International airport to Jaffna International airport will be back effective 12th December 2...
09 Dec, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Sri Lanka launches luxury train service with India's assistanceIndia's High Commission here termed it "another significant landmark in India-Sri Lanka ties". "Powering the railway infrastructure forward...
10 Jan, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Alliance Air maiden overseas flight commences operationsThe wholly owned subsidiary of Air India would fly between the two cities on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Alliance Air connects 53 de...
11 Nov, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
Alliance Air to launch flights in new routes in 2 months: CEOAlliance Air CEO Subbiah said it was utilising the Centre's UDAN scheme one hundred per cent and added that they were "forerunners" operati...
20 Oct, 2019, 12.39 PM IST
Direct flights from Sri Lanka's Jaffna to several Indian cities soonSri Lankan officials said India had shown interest in developing Palaly to have direct flights from Jaffna to the southern Indian cities of...
03 Oct, 2019, 05.39 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi leaves on 3-nation tour tomorrow, in Lanka on Mar 13-14Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Jaffna where he will hand over homes built with the help of Indian assistance.
09 Mar, 2015, 06.13 PM IST
PM Modi may visit Sri Lanka’s Jaffna city in MarchNarendra Modi could become the first Indian PM to visit Sri Lanka’s Tamil-majority Jaffna city when he tours the nation in March.
04 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Mobile library launched in Jaffna to improve English skillsA mobile library was today launched in Sri Lanka's Jaffna city by a Singaporean non-profit organisation,Singapore International Foundation
04 Apr, 2014, 04.22 PM IST
China to fund Sri Lanka's northern expresswayChina today agreed to fund the construction of Sri Lanka's new Colombo-Jaffna expressway as it signed several bilateral agreements with the...
28 May, 2013, 11.34 PM IST
- Indian parliamentarians in Sri Lanka, to visit Jaffna
The delegation is scheduled to visit Tamil-dominated Jaffna city, the capital of Sri Lanka's Northern Province.
09 Apr, 2013, 01.05 PM IST
- Indian bank opens second branch in Jaffna
The city-headquartered bank currently has a branch in Colombo in the island nation. Besides, it also has an presence in Singapore.
21 Jan, 2011, 09.32 PM IST
- Indian Bank gets RBI nod for branch in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
State-owned Indian Bank today said it has got approval from RBI to open a branch in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, and expects the branch to be functio...
18 Oct, 2010, 10.20 PM IST
- Air travel to Jaffna costlier due to closure of A9 highway
The closure of the A9 highway connecting Colombo with Jaffna has hit travellers hard with the flight fare from the island nation to Tamil N...
02 Mar, 2008, 03.39 PM IST