India-Sri Lanka defence pact on the cards as PM Modi visitsIndia and Sri Lanka will formalize a defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit from April 4 to 6. The visit aims...
29 Mar, 2025, 10.49 PM IST
India and Sri Lanka agree to increase 'complexity' of bilateral exercises: Defence ministryThe two sides reviewed their defence and security cooperation at the seventh India-Sri Lanka annual defence dialogue that took place in Del...
23 Feb, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
India to Sri Lanka's rescue after microbes in Chinese fertiliserLanka has a big demand of nano fertiliser and Beijing's image has taken a beating among the farming community, according to Colombo-based e...
06 Nov, 2021, 06.31 AM 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
Lankan president says his govt will not succumb to UNHRC pressureThe UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution against Sri Lanka's rights record on March 23, giving the UN body a mandate to col...
28 Mar, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
South African Muslim bodies call for government intervention over Sri Lankan burqa banThis followed the announcement by Sri Lanka's minister for public security, Sarath Weerasekera, during the weekend that his country would b...
19 Mar, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
India to take up with Sri Lanka on removal of Tamil leader's name from government institutions: Sushma SwarajSavumiamoorthy Thondaman was a Sri Lankan politician who represented the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka. He was the leader of the political par...
16 Nov, 2017, 12.43 AM 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
India hopes for consensus on resolution at UNHRC on Sri LankaThe issue of human rights and the situation pertaining to the ongoing discussions on UN Human Rights Council came up during a meeting betwe...
26 Sep, 2015, 02.35 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
Chorus mounts in Tamil Nadu against India's offer to train Lanka naval officialsIn a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently, Jayalalithaa had expressed her strong protest over India's offer to train Sri Lankan...
03 Dec, 2013, 04.09 PM IST
Jayalalithaa flays India's offer to train Sri Lankan Naval officialsExpressing dismay at India's offer to train Lankan Naval officials, Jaya demanded that PM review this "insensitive policy of defence co-ope...
01 Dec, 2013, 01.15 PM IST
Cricketers Sangakkara and Jayawardene may bring their seafood restaurant 'Ministry of Crab' to IndiaMahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara hope to do in India what Tendulkar and Sehwag could not: win over the taste buds of Indians.
10 Apr, 2013, 06.36 AM IST
- India to press for probe into human rights violation in Sri Lanka
India will seek withdrawal of emergency regulations and probe into human rights violations against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
25 Aug, 2011, 07.21 PM IST
- Terror attack will affect World Cup programme: Pawar
ICC President-elect Sharad Pawar admitted that the terror attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore would make it difficult for Pakistan to...
03 Mar, 2009, 04.55 PM IST
- Micro Tech enters into deal with Sri Lankan co
Micro Technologies India has entered into a strategic agreement with I-Systems to market micro products and its licenses to Sri Lanka.
15 Feb, 2008, 02.02 PM IST
- PowerGrid gears up for Lankan foray
After NTPC, it could soon be PowerGrid’s turn to venture into Sri Lanka.
08 Dec, 2006, 02.12 AM IST