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1 dead, 40 injured as blasts hit Sri Lankan armoury

A major fire at one of Sri Lanka's largest ammunition depots triggered a series of explosions, killing one soldier and injuring over 40, forcing thousands to flee as debris fell into populated......

Why Are Sri Lankans Protesting?

Please click on the images for glimpses of angry protests in Colombo as Sri Lanka grapples with its worst ever economic crisis. IMAGE: People block the main road outside Sri Lankan......

Fonseka's office raided by Lankan task force

Over 100 personnel from Sri Lanka's elite Special Task Force on Friday raided the office of former army chief and defeated opposition presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo. "I......

Lankan Prez adds 3 Tamils to legislative task force

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday added three members from the minority Tamil community to the Task Force formed last month to prepare a draft Act for the establishment of 'One......

Sri Lanka restores social media platforms after 15 hours

The Sri Lankan government on Sunday lifted the ban it had imposed on social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after declaring a nationwide public emergency and......

'Make in India' needs ex-servicemen

'Ex-servicemen engineers and technicians are true professionals worthy of being 'Make in India' agents.''They can be trusted to bring long term dividends -- it is in their character to be long term......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Why SEZs are good for India

In the rarified world of Central Delhi's super-bureaucrats, Gopal Krishna Pillai, a 1972 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer, holds a key position. He not only the chairman of the explosive panel known......

International cricket to return to Pakistan?

World XI T20 squad to tour Pakistan in September IMAGE: Pakistani spectators hold placards at Gaddafi Cricket Stadium as they wait for the start of a hugely anticipated finals of its domestic......

No home series for Pakistan anytime soon

Pakistan can forget about hosting international cricket at home anytime soon as the ICC does not plan to review the security situation in the country until the end of this year. ICC Chief Executive......

Unprecedented security as World XI arrive in Lahore for T20 series

IMAGE: Players of World XI, including captain Faf Du Plessis (left) arrive in Lahore on Monday for the T20 series against Pakistan. Photograph: PCB/Twitter/strong> In what could be the......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

Six GREAT comebacks in Test cricket

Teams emerging from the brink of defeat to win an improbable victory. Rajneesh Gupta highlights six memorable Tests. Sri Lanka were down and out on the first three days of the first Test at Galle......

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