Sri Lanka hails Indian housing assistance

Sri Lanka has welcomed a whopping Rs 1,372 crore Indian housing assistance programme to build around 4000 homes in the country's eastern province. The housing assistance programme is one of the......

Swaraj honours martyred Indian soldiers at IPKF memorial

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday paid homage to 1,200 Indian soldiers at the Indian Peace Keeping Force Memorial who were killed in Sri Lanka in their fight against the......

Vijay Keshav Gokhale appointed envoy to China

Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale, currently the country's Ambassador to Germany, has been appointed as the Ambassador to China to replace Ashok Kantha, whose term will end in early January. A......

Rajapakse visits Jaffna ahead of elections

The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse made a surprise visit to the tamil dominated town of Jaffna, a week before elections are scheduled to be held in the country.Meanwhile, India has said......