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Human trafficking racket involving Lankans busted

A major human trafficking network involving Sri Lankans has been unearthed in a multi-national ope...

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Sri Lankan President visits Pakistan

Sri Lanka enjoys duty free market access on 206 products in Pakistan while Pak has duty free access ...

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Maldives ex-president faces arrest, family flees

A criminal court in Male issued an arrest warrant, Thursday, against deposed Maldivian president Moh...

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Maldives: Ex-president`s family flees to Sri Lanka

The family of deposed Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed has fled the country and sought refuge in ...

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Sri Lankans demand release of jailed ex-Army Chief

Opposition lawmakers and activists demanded the release of Sri Lanka`s jailed ex-Army Chief, shouti...

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Rajapaksa to visit Pakistan to boost ties

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will visit Pakistan on February 10 for talks aimed at boosti...

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Sri Lanka govt releases video of LTTE`s atrocities

The local press speculates that US was planning to move a resolution against Sri Lanka at the sessi...

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Lanka says ouster of Maldivian president internal

The resignation of Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed is country`s "internal matter", Sri Lanka sa...

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Swamy seeks more Indian engagement in Sri Lanka

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Tuesday sought more Indian engagement in developmental project...

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Lankan Tamil leaders meet US diplomat Rapp

Several matters related to the problems faced by the minority Tamils were discussed at the meeting,...

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‘US aiming to corner Lanka at UN rights session’

A close ally of President claimed that US was working to "haul" Mahinda Rajapaksa before the intern...

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`Talks with Lanka govt to free Fonseka positive`

Fonseka, 61, was jailed for 30 months in October of 2010 after he was convicted by a military cour...

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A camera records India-Sri Lanka partnership

India-Sri Lanka partnership has come alive through a photographic exhibition titled India through Sr...

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US diplomats heading to SL for talks on civil war

The visit comes ahead of a United Nations human rights council meeting in Geneva.

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Sri Lanka frees 1,400 prisoners on freedom day

Sri Lanka freed 1,414 convicts to mark the country`s 64th anniversary of independence from Britain....

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`Imported solutions won`t work in Sri Lanka`

Differences over a political solution are hampering Sri Lanka`s efforts to resolve the Tamil issue.

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`HRW running smear campaign against Sri Lanka`

Sri Lanka said it is confident of facing the UN Human Rights Council at its next session later this ...

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Sri Lanka says over 7 lakh war refugees resettled

Sri Lankan government claimed that it had succeeded in resettling over seven lakh war- displaced p...

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Pirates demand $7.5 mn ransom for Lankan fishermen

Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne said the Somali government has not been able to secure the fish...

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Lankan EC scraps registration of LTTE`s political

The Election Commission said scrapping was due to their failure to file returns in terms of the Elec...

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India, Sri Lanka hold defence dialogue

Aiming to enhance bilateral defence cooperation and to discuss the regional security situation, In...

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Local fishermen rescue stranded Lankan fishermen

The Lankan fishermen told the police they had been stranded in mid-sea for 12 days due to engine pro...

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TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy released

The Sri Lankan Navy released 42 fishermen arrested by it for allegedly violating the International ...

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Kalam suggests India, Lanka to fish in turns

Fishermen from India and Sri Lanka could fish in the Palk Strait in turns to resolve the sensitive...

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India, Lanka together to prevent fishermen attacks

India has also handed over a non-paper to the Sri Lankan side on the initiatives that could be take...

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Sri Lankan guards open fire on rioting prisoners

Prison guards opened fire on rioting inmates at Sri Lanka`s main remand prison in the capital Colomb...

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TN fishing boat damaged in attack

A fishing boat was damaged after Sri Lankan fishermen allegedly hurled a petrol bomb at it near Ka...

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Another attack on TN fishermen; 9 missing

Nine fishermen from Rameswaram were missing and more than 200 boats damaged in an alleged attack b...

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Islamic clerics asked to leave Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan authorities have accused over 160 foreign Islamic clerics, including Indians, of violatin...

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China offers S Lanka help to find Silk Route wreck

Sri Lanka was a key trading post along the ancient Silk Route which saw silk, spices travel by road,...

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India-assisted SL rail link becomes operational

The 19-km rail link between this southern Sri Lankan town and Hikkaduwa upgraded with Indian assista...

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Sri Lankan student found hanging in hostel room

A Sri Lankan student of the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) was found hanging ...

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‘Ready to do more for Tamil area reconstruction’

SM Krishna used his visit to this former LTTE bastion to assure the war-weary Tamils of northern Sri...

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Krishna flies to Jaffna to assist ethnic Tamils

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Wednesday flew by chopper to Kilinochchi on way to Jaffna in...

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Rajapaksa shifted Pongal reception for Krishna

Sri Lankan Prez Mahinda Rajapaksa made a last-minute change to the timing of his traditional `Thaipo...

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‘Formulate political solution of Tamil issue’

India Tuesday told Sri Lanka that the "most important" issue before it was to come out with a politi...

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Krishna meets Sri Lankan President

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Tuesday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here and is ...

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TNA seeks India`s help for effective Lankan talks

A delegation of leaders of TNA led by its Parliamentary Party Chief R Sampanthan met Krishna.

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Lankan court extends remand period of TN fishermen

A Sri Lankan court on Monday extended by 14 days the remand period of five fishermen from Tamil Na...

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Krishna heads to SL, devolution tops agenda

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna heads to Sri Lanka Monday on a three-day visit that will focus ...

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India, Lanka step up dialogue on fishermen issue

The two countries, at the fourth meeting of the joint working group on fisheries, also agreed to enh...

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India, Sri Lanka to jointly develop fisheries

Ahead of SM Krishna`s visit to Colombo, India and Sri Lanka have agreed to repatriate genuine fisher...

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Unclaimed remains of S Lankan to be repatriated to India

The body of a Sri Lankan national, who died in Saudi Arabia, will be flown into India on the reque...

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13 TN fishermen return home from Sri Lanka

The fishermen, who put to sea in four boats, were arrested on January 11 when they were fishing off ...

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Thirteen TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

The fishermen, hailing from Akkaraipettai in Nagapattinam district, had put to sea in two mechanised...

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Lanka Navy arrests 13 Indian fishermen

All the thirteen fishermen are currently being held in Trincomalee for further investigations, Navy ...

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2 Lankan fishing boats held by coast guard

The Indian Coast Guard has apprehended two Sri Lankan fishing boats with nine crew members on board ...

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Tigress, cubs kill, eat farmer in Yavatmal

A tigress from a nearby forest reserve killed a farmer while he was working in the field and, along ...

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Sri Lankan national arrested in Trichy

A Sri Lankan national has been arrested after his passport was found attested with fake seals of C...

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TN: Slippers thrown at SL President`s kin

Thirukumaran Nadesan, a close relative of Sri Lankan Prez Mahinda Rajapaksa was attacked on Tuesday ...

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