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SRI LANKAN POLITICS
PM Modi congratulates newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, calls island nation 'special'Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition, has been elected president following the first ele...
India keeps a close watch as Rajapaksa pushes for national unity government in LankaEarlier, Sri Lanka’s education minister Dinesh Gunawardena said the country’s cabinet, except for President Gotabaya and PM Mahinda Rajapak...
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...
Vijay Jolly and Muralidhar Rao meet Mahinda Rajapaksa; discuss issues of Tamils in LankaTwo senior BJP leaders today met President Mahinda Rajapaksa here and stressed that the pending issues relating to Tamils in Sri Lanka.
All stakeholders should work constructively in Sri Lanka: PM Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday urged Sri Lanka to ensure "equality, dignity, justice and self-respect" for its Tamil minority.
Article in Sri Lankan defence website: Parties back JayalalithaaHours after the article was published,it led to political furore accompanied by protests by AIADMK and Tamil outfits in various parts of th...
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Tamil Nadu on plea for fishermen's protection"Not only they captured the fishermen, but also damaged their boats" and it takes months before they are released, said the apex court benc...
No change in Centre's stand on Sri Lanka Tamil's issue: PM tells JayalalithaaHolding that there was no change in India's stand, Manmohan Singh has informed Jayalalithaa that New Delhi will work towards ensuring that ...
BCCI may ask IPL teams to keep Sri Lankan players out of Chennai matchesIt was considering asking IPL teams to keep Sri Lankan players out of matches in Chennai. However, it has ruled out any threat to cricketers
- Army chief Gen Bikram Singh to visit Sri Lanka next month
Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh will travel to Sri Lanka next month to discuss ways to further strengthen military ties between the two countri...
- Minority rights in Sri Lanka aren’t helped by targeting its visiting civilians
The attack on Sri Lankan pilgrims in Tamil Nadu is the awful fallout of competitive grandstanding on the ‘Tamil cause’ by politicians in th...
- No Sri Lankan Air Force personnel undergoing training in TN: Govt
Government had allowed Sri Lankan Air Force personnel to undergo training in Tamil Nadu, but at present none of them are being trained in t...
- All Sri Lankan trainees to be sent off today: Defence Ministry
The Centre today decided to "send off" the Sri Lankan airmen from the IAF station at Tambaram where they were undergoing training.
- Rao to take up fishermen killing with Colombo today
However, the protest appears to have failed to cut any ice with the Sri Lankan government, as another fisherman was killed soon after.
- New Delhi to push Lanka for 'some' autonomy
With the military defeat of the LTTE, Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa now has a chance of ensuring permanent peace and stability in ...
- CPI asks Centre to change policy towards Sri Lanka
CPI demanded that India intervene and stop the "war" in Sri Lanka.
- 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...