Sri Lanka

Vistara starts operating flights on Mumbai-Male route

Vistara introduces Mumbai-Colombo flight

8:38 pm November 25, 2019

New Delhi: Adding Sri Lanka as the fourth country on its network, Vistara airlines on Monday started flight operations from Mumbai to Colombo. The Mumbai-Colombo flight will operate on all days of the week except Wednesdays. The airline inaugurated its international operations in August 2019 with Singapore as its first destination, followed by Dubai, UAE […]

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day state visit to India

Sri Lanka won’t do anything that will harm India’s interests: Prez Rajapaksa

7:33 pm November 25, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka will work with India and it won’t do anything that will harm its interests, newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said ahead of his visit to New Delhi later this week. Rajapaksa, who is considered pro-China, said he wanted Sri Lanka to be a “neutral country” and work with all the countries. […]

Islamic insurgents spreading terror throughout JK and elsewhere in India: US lawmaker

10:04 am November 22, 2019

Washington : Islamic insurgents are a constant threat, spreading terror throughout Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere in India, an American lawmaker said on Thursday and urged his Congressional colleagues to support New Delhi in its fight against terror. “India faces many regional and geopolitical threats. Islamic insurgents are a constant threat, spreading terror throughout Jammu […]

Rajapaksa clan stages comeback in Lanka, President Gotabhaya swears in his brother Mahinda as PM

8:01 pm November 21, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s powerful and controversial Rajapaksa clan on Thursday tightened its grip on political power with President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa administering oath to his elder sibling Mahinda as the new prime minister, amidst apprehensions among the minority Tamils and Muslims in the island nation. Mahinda assumed duties in his new capacity on Thursday itself. The […]

Stalin hits back at Amit Shah for 'corruption' charge

Tamils shocked over Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory: DMK

9:20 pm November 19, 2019

Chennai: DMK President MK Stalin has said Tamils all over the world are “shocked and disappointed” over the victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the Sri Lankan Presidential elections. He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure the welfare of the Lankan Tamils from the “very beginning” (of Rajapaksa’s term). Stalin wanted the new Lankan president […]