LTTE is not being trained in Tamil Nadu
April 2nd, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 2 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Police Monday denied as "totally baseless" a Sri Lankan media report that some 150 Tamil Tigers were being trained in the Indian state.Director ... Read more...
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Win in Sri Lanka will restore our reputation: White
August 5th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Aug 5 (IANS) Australia's Twenty20 captain Cameron White believes that success in Sri Lanka will be the former world champions' first step to get among the best and restore ... Read more...
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Indians, Pakistanis in Colombo jail on fast
May 24th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Indians and Pakistanis are among a large number of inmates on hunger strike in Sri Lanka's main jail to seek early repatriation to their countries, ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka ‘porn stars’ arrested and bailed
November 30th, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 30 (ANI): Seven people in Sri Lanka have been arrested and bailed after being accused of appearing in locally made pornographic films, according to the country's police.The faces of people ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka says won’t allow entry of UN human rights panel members
June 25th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 25 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Government has declared that it would refuse visas for UN panel members appointed to investigate alleged human rights abuses during the civil war against Tamil ... Read more...
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Lanka army chief quits to mount electoral challenge to President Rajapaksa
November 13th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo,Nov.13 (ANI): General Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka's ceremonial Chief of Defence Staff and former Army Chief, who oversaw a successful military operation to crush the rebel Tamil Tigers in May this year, ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan media activist abducted, assaulted and warned
June 2nd, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, June 2 (DPA) A journalist and media activist abducted and assaulted in Sri Lanka's capital said Tuesday he was warned not to get involved in any more protests related to media ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka felicitates Pakistani driver for saving cricketers
April 6th, 2009 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, April 6 (IANS) Sri Lanka Monday felicitated the Pakistani bus driver who drove away the island nation's cricket team to safety when a group of terrorists ambushed their ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead
January 8th, 2009 - 6:58 pm ICT by ANI
Colombo, Jan.8 (ANI): Unidentified gunmen, riding on a motorcycle, on Thursday killed Lasantha Wickramatunga, the editor of the Sri Lankan daily, Sunday Leader, while he was en route to his office ... Read more...
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Leading editor shot dead in Sri Lanka (Lead)
January 8th, 2009 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Jan 8 (IANS) Gunmen riding a motorcycle shot dead the chief editor of a leading Sri Lankan weekly on the outskirts of Colombo as he drove his car during rush hour ... Read more...
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India hasn’t demanded halting war against LTTE: Rajapaksa
October 21st, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Oct 21 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday asserted that there was no demand from the Indian government to halt the military campaign against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ... Read more...
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Indian mission confirms ’serious lapse’ in Narayanan’s security
August 6th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, Aug 6 (IANS) The Indian high commission confirmed Wednesday that there was a serious security lapse that left National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan without his official car to return ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan journalists protest against assault on scribes
July 2nd, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 2 (IANS) Hundreds of Sri Lankan journalists Wednesday held a peaceful rally in the heart of Colombo to denounce the attack on a fellow journalist and a British high commission ... Read more...
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US condemns attack on reporter, British embassy official
July 1st, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 1 (IANS) The US Tuesday condemned the assault on a journalist and a British high commission officer and asked the Sri Lankan authorities to bring the perpetrators to book at ... Read more...
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Indian visit leads to speculation in Colombo media
June 22nd, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, June 22 (IANS) A two-day visit by an Indian delegation led by National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and their deliberations here led to wild speculation in the Sri Lankan ... Read more...
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I will not stop till terrorism is defeated: Rajapaksa
May 27th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by admin
By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, May 27 (IANS) Angered by a train blast that killed nine people and wounded over 80 in Colombo, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared Tuesday that the military campaign ... Read more...
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India’s security halts bidding for Colombo port terminal
March 2nd, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by admin
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, March 2 (IANS) India's security has become an issue in the controversial bidding for the new container terminal in Colombo port. One of the parties has been carrying on ... Read more...
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Sri Lankan party threatens Indian goods’ boycott
February 20th, 2008 - 11:46 am ICT by admin
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Feb 20 (IANS) An influential Sri Lankan political party has threatened to call for a boycott of goods from India if it continues to "interfere" in the internal affairs ... Read more...
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