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Canada safe haven for terrorists, not surprised by Trudeau's charges: Lankan FM

Reacting to the India-Canada diplomatic row, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Monday (local time) said that terrorists have found safe haven in the North American country and Prime Minister......

Lankan Prez sacks brother Basil Rajapaksa as FM; invites Oppn to join unity Cabinet

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday fired his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from his post and invited the Opposition parties to join a unity Cabinet to tackle the......

Special Air India flight evacuating Indians leaves from Wuhan today

A special Air India flight to evacuate a large number of Indians stranded at China's coronavirus-hit Wuhan city is scheduled to leave on Saturday morning for home. IMAGE: A B747 aircraft of the......

BBC suspends Sri Lanka broadcasts after 'interference'

BBC World Service has suspended all its broadcasts in Sri Lanka due to "continued interruption and interference" in its Tamil programming. “We regret the disruption in service to our loyal......

'For Sonia, Mulayam is a long term, unpredictable ally'

The race to elect the 13th President has so far seen plenty of action and intrigue, it even appearing for a brief while as if the government of the day could be challenged and actually brought down......

Sitharaman meets IMF chief in Washington, highlights growth measures

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and discussed a range of issues, including impact of geopolitical situation on global growth. IMAGE:......

India's most astute deal maker is now a bankrupt entrepreneur

A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran Chinnakannan Sivasankaran On August 26, the Supreme Court of Seychelles declared Chinnakannan Sivasankaran, better......

The story of Marans: Sun King and his brother

In under three decades the Maran brothers have created one of the strongest media houses in the country. The man who led this journey is 50-year-old Kalanithi Maran, chairman and managing director......

Your small donation can buy them dignity

In an ideal world, Vijay Merchant, 72, would have been playing with his grandchildren and basking in his family's affection. Instead, he worked days as a clerk at a chartered accountancy firm and......

India to sign FTA with Asean

India is close to signing a free trade pact with the South-East Asian nations to boost exports in the face of a global economic downturn and rising protectionism, a top......

Cruz, Fox kickstart Toronto Film Festival

Cast member Penelope Cruz poses at the gala screening for Broken Embraces at the Elgin theatre on day one of the 34th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday. The festival concludes......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Katrina Kaif poses for a picture during a meeting with winners of rediff.com's New York contest in Mumbai on Wednesday. Watch her shake hands with winners Karan Gupta and Pratik Kharde.......

New York talent hunt finalist sings for rediff

Indian American Ashlee Madhukar won the second place at New York's famed Appllo Theatre amateur talent contest last month, beating 11 other hopefuls. Here, the 17-year-old sings......

Rafi's Toote Hue Kwaabon Ne, unplugged

We have invited readers to send us videos of them singing Mohammad Rafi songs to mark the occasion of Rafisaab's 29th death anniversary on July 31, to celebrate the eternal legend's......

Why Sri Lanka won't hire Jayawardene as coach despite IPL success

'Mahela is still short of experience as a senior coach, he may be good as a T20 batting or a fielding coach.' Mahela Jayawardene is still short of experience to take over as head coach of the Sri......

New-look Manchester City begin challenge to join the elite

If newly rich Manchester City wanted to rile Manchester United during the close-season they certainly went about it the right way -- and not just by spending over 100 million pounds on new players.......

Afridi guides Pakistan to World T20 title

Pakistan once again rose to the occasion in style when they outplayed Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's in London, on Sunday. Runners-up to India in the last......

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