India votes with the West against Lanka's rights record

Sri Lanka on Thursday faced a major embarrassment as the United Nations's top human rights body adopted a resolution censuring it for alleged war crimes in the conflict with LTTE as India joined......

Gotabaya Rajapaksa wins Lankan presidential poll

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Rajapaksa and said he looks forward to further deepen relations between the two nations. IMAGE: Sri Lanka People's Front party presidential election......

I've special association with tea: Modi to Lankan tea workers

‘I have a special association with tea’ was how Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an instant connect with the Tamil community members in Dickoya in the tea-growing Central Province of......

India always first choice for any deal: Lanka

Taking exception to India insisting that the island nation should not seek weapons from Pakistan or China, a Sri Lankan Minister has said that Colombo was 'compelled' to transact with countries,......

Priced tea falls prey to Darjeeling unrest

Being a victim of recurring political unrest over three decades, low productivity and escalating production cost, the Darjeeling tea industry has not been in good financial health over a long time.......

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......