Centre hid training of Lankan men from TN, says CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday lashed out at the Centre for its “reprehensible attitude” in permitting two defence personnel of Sri Lanka to undergo training in TN, and demanded that they
Sri Lankan pilot flew with two women in cockpit?
In a blatant disregard for aviation rules and ignoring passenger safety, the pilot of a Sri Lankan Airlines flight (No. UL 172) bound for Colombo from Bengaluru International Airport, allegedly allowe
Elections will silence critics: Lankan president
Hitting back at critics, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said the snap elections called for three provincial councils in September would silence them.
Addressing the voters of the North,
French tourists get Sri Lanka jail term over Buddha kiss
Three French tourists were given suspended six-month prison sentences in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after their holiday pictures appeared to show one of them -- a woman -- kissing a Buddha statue on the lip
Find permanent solution to stop attacks, says MK
Condemning the attacks on state fishermen by the Sri Lankan navy, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday charged the Central and state governments with not doing enough to address the continuing attac
Delhi emboldened Lanka: CM
Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged the Centre to take steps to prevent attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka, even as she claimed that Centre’s “soft handling” of the issue has “emboldened” L
Six Tamil Nadu fishermen injured in attck by SL navy
In the second such incident in two days, six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured when they were allegedly attacked on Tuesday by the Sri Lankan navy which also detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in th
Detained fishermen ordered to be released
Six Tamil Nadu fishermen were injured on Tuesday when they were allegedly attacked by the Sri Lankan navy which briefly detained 13 others near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits.
The fishermen, taken
SL Tamils break law, risk lives
Among the 61 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees caught trying to sail to Australia by the Tamil Nadu police late Thursday night was a very angry woman. Pamini Nagula, 32, had planned to take along her three li
India sends Buddha relics to Colombo
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was on hand to receive the sacred Kapilavastu Buddhist relics sent by India after more than 30 years.
Rajapaksa received the relics of Buddha (bone fragments e