New Zealand clinches low-scoring thriller against SL
Cardiff: New Zealand pulled off a nail-biting one-wicket victory in a low-scoring Group 'A' thriller against Sri Lanka, who very nearly defended a score of 138, in the ICC Champions Trophy here today
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 49 Indian fishermen
Colombo: At least 49 Indian fishermen have been arrested by Sri Lankan navy when they were fishing in the waters off the country's northern coastal areas.
Ten trawlers of the fishermen were also seiz
Karuna demands that India boycott CHOGM in Lanka
DMK president M. Karunanidhi today described as “important” Queen Elizabeth II skipping the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka in November and once again demanded that India boycott the meet.
Lankan court orders release of Indian fishermen
A Sri Lankan court today ordered release of 30 fishermen from here, arrested last month by Island Navy on charges of poaching, according to Fishermen Association sources here.
Sunrisers has Lankans: Jayalalithaa taunts Karunanidhi
Chennai: Accusing DMK president M. Karunanidhi of duplicity in his “championing” the cause of Sri Lankan Tamils, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded to know his stand on grandson Kal
Accountability must for rights violations in Sri Lanka: India
New Delhi: In the wake of fresh allegations of rights violations against ethnic Tamils in Sri Lanka, India today said there should be accountability for such issues but remained evasive on the positi
Act tough against Colombo: Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa
Chennai: Slamming the Sri Lankan government over the ‘inhuman act’ of alleged cold blooded killing of slain LTTE chief V Prabhakaran’s 12-year-old son, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today sa
Sri Lankan President expands Cabinet
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has expanded his cabinet adding five new ministers to his team.
Sri Lanka president sacks chief justice
Colombo: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse on Sunday sacked the country's first woman chief justice by ratifying parliament's vote to impeach her, his spokesman said. The move came despite mo
Guj Cong in row over ad campaign
Congress’s Gujarat unit was at the centre of a row today over a picture it used for a poll advertisement on malnutrition in the state amid allegations it was ‘lifted’ from a website of a Christian org