Tag archive: "sri-lanka"

jayalalitha

Jaya renews demand for retrieval of Kachatheevu

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CHENNAI Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for ...

amitabhbachchan

Look who’s back with IIFA after fallout

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After a fallout with International Indian Film Academy Awards, Amitabh Bachchan has apparently kissed and made up with them After ...

johnkerry

John Kerry proposes 20 per cent cut in US aid to Sri Lanka

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WASHINGTON US Secretary of State John Kerry has proposed a 20 per cent cut in the American aid to Colombo, ...

Michele_Sison

US envoy Michele Sison warns Sri Lanka over anti-Muslim events

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COLOMBO A United States diplomat has expressed alarm at a rising anti-Muslim campaign in Sri Lanka and warned that such ...

chidambaramm

Chidambaram criticises BJP on Sri Lankan Tamils issue

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CHENNAI Finance Minister P Chidambaram has criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not supporting the UPA government##Q##s efforts to pass ...

4g-wireless-box

Sri Lanka becomes first country in South Asia to roll out 4G mobile network

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COLOMBO Sri Lanka auctioned a block of airwaves to become the first country in South Asia to roll out a ...

Robert_Blake

Top official denies US toned down Lanka resolution under India’s influence

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WASHINGTON The United States has worked with India throughout the process on the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the ...

jacqueline

Take care of ailing elephant: Jacqueline

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Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has come out in support of an ailing elephant that is at Manila Zoo and has ...

P CHIDAMBARAM

Sri Lanka issue: Govt not diluting resolution, DMK changed position, says Chidambaram

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NEW DELHI Finance Minister P Chidambaram, addressed a press conference, reminding the audience of the measures taken by the government ...

kamal nath

DMK withdraws support: Policy reforms to continue, assures government

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NEW DELHI With the political turmoil giving rise to apprehensions about the future course of economic measures in the country, ...

umpire

Bangladesh bans top umpire for 10 years

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DHAKA The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday banned international umpire Nadir Shah for 10 years after a sting operation by ...

PChidambaram

Chidambaram hints at vote against Sri Lanka at UN meet

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NEW DELHI Finance Minister P Chidambaram has hinted at a possible vote against Sri Lanka at a United Nations Human ...

Prabhakaranson

Sri Lanka hopeful of Indian backing at UNHRC

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COLOMBO Sri Lanka on Wednesday said it was hopeful of India‘s support against a US-sponsored resolution at the UN Human ...

salman-khurshid

Will ask Sri Lanka for independent probe of rights violations, says External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid

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NEW DELHI Describing the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka as a “huge humanitarian problem” which has to end, External ...

ocean

Indian fisherman injured in firing by Lankan Navy

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RAMESVARAM In yet another attack, an Indian fisherman was today injured when Sri Lankan naval personnel allegedly fired at some ...

Sri-Lanka-protests

US seeks India’s support in UN showdown with Sri Lanka

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NEW YORK Sri Lanka faces its second US-sponsored resolution in as many years at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council ...

vaiko

Vaiko among scores arrested for picketing Sri Lankan mission

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CHENNAI MDMK chief Vaiko, along with 400 activists of several Tamil outfits, was arrested today when they attempted to picket ...

Mahinda-Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa denies Army killed Balachandran

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COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has denied that the Army killed LTTE chief Prabakaran’s 12-year-old son Balachandran. “Had it ...

srilanka_unhrc

US to move resolution on Sri Lanka over alleged war crimes during UN Human Rights Council

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WASHINGTON/GENEVA The US is set to move a new resolution against Sri Lanka at the current session of the United ...

salman-khurshid

No direct intervention in Lanka: Khurshid

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NEW DELHI Despite serious concerns raised by the upper house over the recent allegations of human rights violations against ethnic ...

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