New cyclone stationary between Chennai, Trincomalee

Hardening its stance, Sri Lanka has refused to sign a decade old agreement to lease the Trincomalee strategic oil storages to a unit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and is blocking the Indian firms plans to set up a bitumen plant in the island nation. In 2003, Lanka ...

Trincomalee Magistrate issued the orders when the fishermen, who were caught on Wednesday by Sri Lankan Navy on charges of illegally crossing the international boundary, were produced in the court.Sri Lankan Navy had earlier said that 110 fishermen were ...

31 Indian fishermen released by Sri Lankan court were today released by Trincomalee magistrate in Sri Lanka.These fishermen were caught on July 30 by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of trespassing into Sri Lankan waters.

Narayanasamy said the Centre had initiated several steps to secure the release of 32 fishermen, who have been lodged in Trincomalee prison since July 30. KARAIKAL: India would take up the issue ofIndian fishermen languishing in Sri Lankan jails during the ...

The 13 STF personnel who were remanded on charges of having been involved in the January 2006 killing of five students in Trincomalee were granted bail by the Trincomalee High Court Judge R. Amila Ranaraja today. The suspects were also ordered to ...

Two Russian Naval Ships, Varyag and Boris Butoma, arrived at the port of Trincomalee on Friday on a goodwill visit and will stay until Tuesday (08), the navy headquarters said. Varyag is a guard missile cruiser, which is 187 meters in length. It ...

The Murali Cup match between Trincomalee/Batticaloa and Cricket Seenigama in progress at the Killinochchi Central College grounds yesterday. Trinco/Batticaloa scored an upset win by 50 runs. Pic Manoj Ridimahaliyadda Batticaloa/Trincomalee ...

The organizer of the peaceful protest Sundaram Mahendran was injured and hospitalized and a Tamil National Alliance politician Mr K. Thiruchelvam, who was the former opposition leader of the Moothoor civic body, were injured and admitted to ...

Two gunmen threatened to kill Fr SS Johnpillai, priest of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in the diocese of Trincomalee (Eastern Province). The attack took place on 26 November, but local authorities did everything they could to keep the affair under wrap. ...