Chennaites are welcome in Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya

The 26 fishermen from Tamil Nadu caught by Sri Lankan Navy on charges of poaching and illegally crossing the maritime boundary into Sri Lanka last month, were released by a magistrates court in Jaffna today. Indian High Commission confirmed the release of the ...

NEW DELHI: The government is planning "deterrent" action against Indian fishermen violating international waters with Sri Lanka, finding that trawlers and ships from this side are the biggest source of confrontation with the Emerald Isle.

Khurshid asks Colombo to request Army not to purchase land in conflict-hit areas India tried to contain the after effects of a selective briefing it gave on Friday about its relations with Sri Lanka. During a telephonic conversation on Friday, the External ...

Erstwhile UPA ally and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday reiterated his demand that India should boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled in Sri Lanka in November. He also urged the Centre to garner the support of other ...

A concerned India has asked the Sri Lankan government to not take steps that would go against its commitments on the 13th amendment following media reports that Colombo is considering the removal of land and police powers from the provinces ahead of elections ...

There is more in common between Sri Lanka and India than we can imagine. Part three of a travelogue. Read part one here and part two here. Subhash pulls over his tuk-tuk as we're taking a walk along the lake and makes his offer -- LKR 2500 for a trip to a tea factory, a spice garden, a viewing of the Bible Rock and the Millennium Elephant Foundation. We tell him we'd rather go to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage about 5km further down from the Millennium Foundation. Much bargaining ensues and ...

It has tied up long-term contracts and has undertaken reforms, just as Gujarat did a few years ago, to provide 24x7 electricity to consumers Should IndiGo fret over new rivals? Not really. Its bigger fleet, comparable aircraft technology and better ...

A ring that smuggled immigrants from India and Sri Lanka into the United States through Ecuador has been broken up with the arrest of six people, Ecuadoran authorities said on Thursday. Three Indian nationals and two members of Ecuador's immigration police ...

29 participants have come from seven countries including South Africa, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Mauritius and Canada. During 24th Know India Programme, the participants had two day interactive session in Indian Institute of ...