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Afghan cities taken over or contested by TalibanFollowing is a list of provincial capitals that have fallen to, or are being contested by the Islamist militants, who are fighting to reimp...
Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capitalThe militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...
Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
TNA not to allow ex-LTTE members to contest Sri Lanka pollsThe TNA backed current President Sirisena when he defeated Rajapaksa as the opposition unity candidate in the presidential election in Janu...
Sri Lanka's opposition leader slams Tamil genocide resolutionSirisena has announced several measures to try and achieve reconciliation with the Tamil minority, seen as a departure from the hardline ad...
Mahinda Rajapaksa asks Tamils to trust himThe opposition unity candidate Maithripala Sirisena, is a stranger to northerners whilst he as president had done much to serve the Tamils.
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa asks Tamils to trust himRajapaksa said his rival, the opposition unity candidate Maithripala Sirisena, is a stranger to northerners whilst he as president had done...
Implement 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka accord, demands Sri Lanka's Tamil National AllianceTNA will start a non-violent struggle from January to seek implementation of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord to achieve maximum devolution of po...
Lanka north chief minister must seek approval to meet Prime Minister Narendra ModiMedia minister Keheliya Rambukwella said Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran would have to take permission to travel to India.
Lankan Tamil leaders to raise 13A amendment during India visit"The party will urge India to ensure Sri Lanka fully implements the 13A amendment as the Sri Lankan govt had earlier given assurance to Ind...
Sri Lanka cannot mislead India under Narendra Modi: OppositionSri Lanka would no longer be able to mislead India under Modi like it had done with UPA govt, the country's main opposition party has said.
Sri Lanka dumps North's air links proposal with IndiaSri Lanka's Tamil-dominated Northern Provincial Council has passed a resolution to set up air links with India.
- India welcomes polls to 3 Sri Lankan provincial councils
Welcoming elections to three Sri Lankan provincial councils, including the Northern, India today said the government there has honoured its...
Foreigners monitor Sri Lanka's ex-war zone electionsForeign observers today held talks with officials and candidates in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated north to ensure free and fair polls.
'Trying for a Pragati Maidan style centre in Katchatheevu'Katchatheevu is in the limelight with CM Jayalalithaa moving the apex court seeking to declare as unconstitutional the agreement under whic...
Lankan PSC to decide on devolution of powers in Tamil northSri Lanka today said that a parliamentary panel would decide whether to dilute regional powers as planned or their devolution as part of th...
Mahinda Rajapaksa sibling as special envoy to India on Sri Lanka's 13ASri Lanka will send Rajapaksa's younger brother Basil to Delhi to hold talks with Indian leadership over the thirteenth amendment (13A).
No violation of 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord: Mahinda Rajapaksa"We have not violated anything on the Indo-Lanka accord", Rajapaksa said, while responding to questions during a media interaction.
TNA delegation leaves for India on Lanka 13A talksTNA sources said the six member delegation was expected to meet with both India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress party chief So...
Sri Lanka enjoys good relations with India: Mahinda RajapaksaSri Lanka enjoys good bilateral relations with India despite the anti-Lanka protests in Tamil Nadu, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today.