Rights threatened in Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has reiterated that Katchatheevu, the fishing islet has to be retrieved back by India in an endeavour to provide a permanent solution to the problem of Indian fishermen. In a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh ...

The arrested person, identified as Theva Satesh Kumar, was born and brought up in Jafna in Sri Lanka, which has been an LTTE-dominated area. Crime branch officers on Sunday arrested a 35-year-old Sri Lankan, who was an operative of banned outfit Liberation ...

India was the second largest development aid giver to Sri Lanka last year behind China, providing over $700 million to the island nation, according to latest official figures. This was contained in the Ministry of Finance and Plannings External Resources ...

Sri Lankan firms are collaborating with universities to make new and higher value products and services, and was also consulting on management development, a business chamber said. Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber said it was fostering a closer ...

Sri Lanka today said it will apprise Canada of the progress in the human rights situation on the island in view of the upcoming Commonwealth summit in Colombo which Ottawa has threatened to boycott.

The Lokayukta report in Karnataka exposed illegalities, irregularities and crime by mining mafia in connivance with politicians and bureaucrats Madhya Pradesh goes the Gujarat way for power It has tied up long-term contracts and has undertaken reforms, just ...

With differences over the operation and maintenance (O&M) charges and the gross heat rate issues in the power purchase agreement (PPA) sorted out, NTPC is all set to ink agreement for the execution of the proposed 2X250 MW Sampur power project in Trincomale, ...

Sri Lanka : SRI LANKA: JKHs market capital exceeded US$ 2b levels for the first time on MONDAY [TendersInfo (India)] Al Bawaba Ltd. John Keells Holdings (JKHs), the diversified group with operations into a range of sectors such as Consumer Goods, ...

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 ...