Lanka must be mindful of ties: India on Chinese funding of port city“We have also noted the concerns that have been raised in Sri Lanka regarding ...the Colombo Port City. We expect Sri Lanka will remain min...
18 Jun, 2021, 11.56 AM IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrives in Sri Lanka on his maiden visitKhan, who is the first head of state to visit Sri Lanka since the COVID-19 pandemic, will hold meetings with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a...
23 Feb, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
Sri Lanka cancels Imran Khan's planned address to its Parliament: Media reportsDawn newspaper quoting Sri Lankan media reports that there were elements within the Sri Lankan government, who did not want the speech to t...
18 Feb, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Sri Lankan Parliament approves Constitution making mechanismPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had introduced the resolution first in December 2015.
10 Mar, 2016, 11.36 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
19 Indian fishermen remanded in custody in Sri LankaThe Point Pedro's Acting Magistrate issued their remand orders after they were presented before him earlier this morning.
10 Oct, 2015, 07.11 PM IST
Sri Lankan parliament adopts amendment to limit president's powerThe 19th amendment (19A) received 215 votes in favour with just one vote against it in the 225-member assembly.
28 Apr, 2015, 11.01 PM IST
AIADMK lawyers protest 'presence' of Lankan official at MSSRFThey raised slogans against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, protesting against a derogatory article about Jayalalithaa on a Lankan ...
07 Aug, 2014, 02.25 PM IST
Turmoil in Parliament over 'derogatory' article against J JayalalithaaAIADMK members trooped into the Well raising slogans like (Sri Lankan President) 'Rajapakse down, down', forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to...
04 Aug, 2014, 01.20 PM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa orders release of 78 Indian fishermenRajapaksa today ordered the release of 78 Indian fishermen held by the navy for allegedly poaching into Sri Lankan waters as a goodwill ges...
09 Jun, 2014, 08.39 PM IST
- DMK to flag Sri Lanka's alleged war crimes, Katchatheevu island issues in parliament
DMK would demand a resolution for an independent inquiry into the alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka and raise the issue of retrieving Katchat...
03 Dec, 2013, 08.49 PM IST
India asks Sri Lanka not to take any step regarding provincial powersSalman Khurshid telephoned his Sri Lankan counterpart G L Peiris and also raised the issue of 26 Indian fishermen who are in detention.
17 May, 2013, 04.19 PM IST
- Lankan envoy apologises for remarks against MPs
India on Thursday summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner to seek a clarification on his remarks about the alleged connection between members...
16 Mar, 2012, 04.19 AM IST
- Jaya announces Rs 1000 monthly dole to Lankan Tamil refugees
J Jayalalithaa today announced a monthly old age RPT old age dole of Rs 1000 to 5,544 Lankan Tamils living in refugee camps in the state.
02 Aug, 2011, 01.27 PM IST
- Govt monitoring Indian aid to displaced Tamils in Lanka
Government today said it was continuously monitoring the issue based on periodic assessment of the situation.
25 Aug, 2010, 04.00 PM IST
- House panel against uncontrolled access under RTI
A Parliamentary panel, disfavouring uncontrolled access under RTI to information relating to proceedings of the House, has said that many l...
02 May, 2008, 03.23 PM IST
- House panel against uncontrolled access under RTI
A Parliamentary panel, disfavouring uncontrolled access under RTI to information relating to proceedings of the House, has said that many l...
02 May, 2008, 01.38 PM IST