IndiGo travel advisory: Flight disruptions to continue due to adverse weather conditions in Tamil NaduA deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is intensifying into a cyclone, prompting flight disruptions in Tamil Nadu. IndiGo Airlines announce...
28 Nov, 2024, 06.22 AM IST
Ten Indian fishermen released by Sri Lanka arrive at Chennai AirportThe fishermen from Tamil Nadu who left Thoothukudi were arrested while they were engaged in cross-border fishing in the Mullaitivu waters o...
29 Aug, 2023, 12.34 PM IST
Indigenously-built Indian naval ship to visit Sri LankaThe visit is significant in view of the potential for cooperation between India and Sri Lanka for augmenting the capabilities of the Sri La...
29 Jul, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
India, Sri Lanka explore slew of maritime security agreements for Indian Ocean RegionThis mechanism include supply of Donier surveillance aircraft for the Sri Lanka Air Force, a ship repair dock for the Sri Lanka Navy in Tri...
10 Mar, 2022, 07.30 AM IST
Sri Lanka finalising talks to reacquire oil tanks leased to India: MinisterSince 2003, the Lanka IOC, the Sri Lankan subsidiary of India's oil major Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has the leasing rights to 99 tanks ...
29 Dec, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
Six Indian naval ships arrive in Sri Lankan ports to boost bilateral defence cooperation"The visit marks a milestone in the history of bilateral relations, wherein for the first time such a large number of Indian Navy ships hav...
25 Oct, 2021, 11.41 AM IST
Shringla visits Trincomalee oil tank farm, key India-Sri Lanka economic partnership linkAccording to the Indian High Commission, the LIOC briefed Foreign Secretary Shringla about the developments undertaken at the tank farm "an...
03 Oct, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
Sri Lanka to re-acquire 99 oil tanks leased to Indian Oil Corporation: MinisterGammanpila told a gathering at the Colombo north suburb of Kolonnawa that talks with the Indian High Commissioner in Colombo on this issue ...
17 Feb, 2021, 07.31 PM IST
View: Why India should look at new avenues to boost its tourism potential post-Covid-19To enjoy a piece of the yachting action in our region, India must work on a grand plan to design a ‘cruise corridor’ that includes Dubai, A...
21 Aug, 2020, 11.46 PM IST
China’s plan to build houses in Sri Lanka hits a hurdleWhile China wanted to build houses made of concrete in the conflict-ravaged area, the locals want homes made of bricks in the traditional f...
27 Aug, 2018, 09.10 AM IST
Talks on development of Trincomalee port by India in final stages: Sri LankaSarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan Minister for Regional Development, said Trincomalee is the deepest harbour in South Asia and "things are being f...
13 Jul, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
India to help develop Colombo, Trincomalee Ports: Foreign secretary S JaishankarThe development potentially extends India’s outreach in the Indian Ocean, where China is pursuing an expansionist policy.
13 Jul, 2018, 11.17 AM IST
India, Sri Lanka begin naval exerciseIndia and Sri Lanka today began their bilateral naval exercise off Lanka's Trincomalee focusing on anti-piracy exercises, gun firings, cros...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
SLINEX 2015: Indian ships enter Trincomalee for Sri Lanka-India naval exerciseIndian Naval ships Kora, Kirpan and Savitri along with ship-borne integral helicopters entered Trincomalee on Tuesday to participate in the...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.09 PM IST
- Sri Lankan navy arrests 27 Indian fishermen
The boats and the trawlers would be handed over to the police in the harbour town of Trincomalee today for further action, the Navy said.
24 Dec, 2012, 10.50 AM IST
Sri Lanka has the opportunity to grow fast, expand regional trade and build bridges with neighboursI first visited Sri Lanka in 1997, shortly after a rebel bombing of the central bank headquarters had thrown the financial system into chao...
14 May, 2012, 09.11 AM IST
- NTPC's Lanka venture faces hurdles
Power major NTPC’s first overseas venture, a 500-MW coal-based plant in Sri Lanka, seems to have got tangled in a diplomatic web.
21 Jul, 2007, 01.35 AM IST