Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will embark on an official visit to Sri Lanka on November 1, 2023 for three days. During the visit, she will deliver keynote addresses at two major events:
NAAM 200: A commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of India-origin Tamils to Sri Lanka, organized by the Government of Sri Lanka.…
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (News Cutter) — Indian Defence minister Rajnath Singh’s Sri Lanka visit is cancelled due to some unavoidable reasons.
“Visit of Defence Minister of India to Sri Lanka, scheduled for 2-3 September has been deferred.
Fresh dates to be decided later according to the Indian High Commission.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (News Cutter) —The Indian Government (GOI) has increased the financial allocation for grant projects in Sri Lanka due to rapid economic changes.
Nine ongoing projects under the India-Sri Lanka High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) framework have been allocated up to 50% of the total financial commitment, with the projects covering…
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka over the coming weekend, defence sources confirmed.
The visit comes at a time when the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry is considering a fresh request from China to allow the visit of a research ship.
The Defence Minister is scheduled to go on a…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (News Cutter) — India's Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested three Sri Lankan nationals, Kasin Kumar, Amila Nuwan, and Ranga Prasad, and an Indian national named Paramesh alias "Jack", who rented them an apartment in Bangalore.
The suspects are suspected to have links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),…
India made history on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, when it successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon's south pole. The landing was the culmination of a years-long effort by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and it marks India as the fourth country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon.
The Chandrayaan-3 mission…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, urging the Centre to take appropriate action to bring the perpetrators of the recent attacks on Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan nationals to book.
In his letter, Stalin said that the attacks, which have been increasing in recent months, are…
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (News Cutter) —India officially handed over a substitute Donier-228 maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka to be used by the Sri Lanka Air Force, at a ceremony held in Katunayake yesterday, August 16.
It was officially received by Sagala Ratnayaka, President's Senior Advisor on National Security.
The Donier-228 aircraft handed over…
India has found violations related to manufacturing and laboratory practices at drugmaker Riemann Labs, whose cough syrup was linked to the deaths of children in Cameroon, a government health official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Authorities have stepped up scrutiny of drugmakers after some cough syrups made in India were linked to deaths of dozens of…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government will face a no-confidence vote in parliament amid deadlock with the opposition over violence in the state of Manipur.
A lawmaker from the opposition Congress party tabled a no-confidence motion on Wednesday.
Mr Modi's government won't lose the vote as his party and its allies have a clear majority…