Distracting people won't change facts, India looks lot like Sri Lanka: RahulThe Congress has been accusing the government of distracting people with other issues to hide its failures and issues of price rise and une...
18 May, 2022, 04.59 PM IST
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he will appoint new PM this week as army marches on streets of ColomboIn an address to the nation, President Gotabaya also said that after appointing the new Prime Minister, and Government a constitutional ame...
12 May, 2022, 10.03 AM IST
Troops move to quell unrest after deadly Sri Lanka clashesWeeks of overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations against Sri Lanka's crippling economic crisis boiled over on Monday, with at least nine peo...
11 May, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
India backs people’s rights and democratic tradition in Sri LankaIndia has extended support worth over $3.5 billion to the people of Sri Lanka this year alone. India has also provided assistance for mitig...
11 May, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
India backs people's right, democratic ways of Sri LankaAmid the unrest in Sri Lanka, India on Tuesday said it will always be guided by the best interests of the people of Sri Lanka expressed thr...
11 May, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Protests at Sri Lankan naval base housing ex-PM Mahinda RajapaksaViolence erupted in Sri Lanka on Monday after supporters of then prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceful anti-government protest...
10 May, 2022, 04.12 PM IST
Death toll in Sri Lanka violence rises to eightMahinda Rajapaksa, 76, resigned as Sri Lankan Prime Minister on Monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil, hours after his supporters atta...
10 May, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
Ruling-party MP dead in Sri Lanka clashes: policeMP Amarakeerthi Athukorala opened fire and critically wounded two people blocking his car in Nittambuwa, and was later found dead after try...
09 May, 2022, 05.30 PM IST
One dead, many injured after Sri Lanka police fires at anti-government protestersPolice used live ammunition against a group who were blocking a highway in Rambukkana to protest acute oil shortages and high prices, hospi...
19 Apr, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
Rajapaksa 'loses majority'; FM quits within 24 hours of appointmentRajapaksa had appointed Sabry after sacking his brother Basil Rajapaksa, who was at the centre of anger within the ruling Sri Lanka Podujan...
06 Apr, 2022, 01.02 PM IST
Colombo blasts: Jacqueline Fernandez condemns attacks; Mindy Kaling, Kamal Haasan & Anushka Sharma pray for victimsMany celebrities around the world condemned the act of cowardice.
22 Apr, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
How Sri Lankan cricketers standup for themselves and their peopleSri Lanka is so similar to parts of India in so many ways, it sometimes feels odd that it is a different country. Yet the stark differences...
09 Mar, 2018, 11.09 PM IST
Emergency in Sri Lanka but India's T20 tri-series to go onThe BCCI has confirmed that the "situation is perfectly normal in Colombo" where the tournament is taking place, hours before India were to...
06 Mar, 2018, 06.32 PM IST
Sri Lankan people's political right must be respected: AmnestyShots were fired at a venue in Nivithigala which was to be used for an election rally by the opposition, injuring three people.
07 Jan, 2015, 01.41 AM IST
Parliament resolution will hurt island country: Prasad Kariyawasam, Sri Lanka’s high commissioner in IndiaPrasad Kariyawasam is at the centre of the island nation’s diplomatic efforts as India prepares to vote on a US-sponsored resolutions.
21 Mar, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
- PM not to visit Sri Lanka on its Independence-Day
In the backdrop of the growing crisis in Sri Lanka, India has conveyed to the island nation that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be ...
07 Jan, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Lanka fighting to be focus of Saarc summit
India voiced concern on Wednesday over the first-ever air raid staged by Tamil Tiger rebels.
29 Mar, 2007, 01.53 AM IST