India working on plan to offer $50 million line of credit to Sri Lanka in defenceSri Lanka could become the second country in India’s neighbourhood to receive defence-related LoCs. India is working with Bangladesh to imp...
28 Sep, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
Pentagon seeks sustained engagement with Sri LankaDespite political upheaval, it is in America's interests to continue military collaboration and cooperation with Sri Lankan Forces, US Indo...
13 Feb, 2019, 12.05 PM IST
Lankan military to be modernised with Indian help: Sri Lankan PMSri Lanka's military is set to be modernised with assistance from militarily advanced nations such as India, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremes...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.36 PM IST
India hosts 160 Sri Lankan defence personnel, families in GayaOne C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force brought the Sri Lankan delegation comprising of personnel from all three services and their famil...
25 Jun, 2018, 10.32 PM IST
Sri Lanka accountability process would be purely domestic: Mangala SamaraweeraIt was under Rajapaksa's tenure that the Sri Lankan forces defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the separatist group.
24 Oct, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
LTTE network intact, says US terror reportLTTE's international network & financial support are still intact despite its military defeat at the hands of Lankan govt troops in 2009, a...
20 Jun, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
Sri Lanka, India begin joint military exerciseIndian Army's Special Forces together with SL Special Forces & commandos, along with Navy & Air Force are taking part in exercise - Mithra ...
03 Nov, 2014, 08.12 PM IST
China says ready to boost defence ties with Sri LankaChina today said it is ready to boost "pragmatic cooperation" with Sri Lankan military, days after Xi described country as "all weather fri...
23 Sep, 2014, 05.43 PM IST
Indira Gandhi had asked Margaret Thatcher to stop helping Sri Lanka militarilyIndira Gandhi had asked her Margaret Thatcher to stop helping Sri Lanka with military advice to crush the separatist Tamil Eelam movement i...
22 Jan, 2014, 06.29 PM IST
Training to Sri Lanka military to impact sovereignty of IndiaIf the Centre continued to impart training to Sri Lankan military officials in Tamil Nadu, it would have seriousl impact on the sovereignty...
25 Jun, 2013, 10.13 PM IST
- Lankan military officials likely to be moved out of TN
Another option was to send them by helicopter to Sulur near here and from there to Bengaluru, the official said.
24 Jun, 2013, 05.35 PM IST
- Sri Lanka defeats LTTE, time to win over Tamils
A few years ago nobody would have predicted that the civil war in Sri Lanka would end so dramatically and that LTTE chief V Prabhakaran wou...
19 May, 2009, 04.55 AM IST
- LTTE chief body believed found: Sources
A body believed to be that of Tamil Tiger founder leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran has been found but the identity of the corpse has not been...
17 May, 2009, 03.36 PM IST
- "LTTE a true friend of India": Tamil rebel political head
Says LTTE political head B Nadesan in an e-mailed interview.
21 Nov, 2008, 03.54 PM IST
- LTTE can be dealt only militarily, says Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa ruled out cease-fire.
14 Nov, 2008, 01.04 AM IST
- India asks Lanka to protect civilians
Govt shows grave concern on the effect of the ethnic conflict on civilians.
18 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- On DMK pressure, Lanka asked to show restraint
The Centre has expressed `unhappiness’ over the growing number of Tamil casualties in the ongoing Lankan military offensive and asked Rajap...
07 Oct, 2008, 04.27 AM IST