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Modi confident Sri Lanka will achieve genuine reconciliation

Modi confident Sri Lanka will achieve genuine reconciliation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed confidence that Sri Lanka will achieve genuine reconciliation and development with the wisdom and will of the leadership and the support of the people.

September 15, 2015  02:01 pm|

Ranil meets Modi in New Delhi

Ranil meets Modi in New Delhi

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in Delhi a short while ago. MORE..

September 15, 2015  12:12 pm|

India attaches highest importance to ties with Sri Lanka: Modi

India attaches highest importance to ties with Sri Lanka: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India attaches the highest importance to its relations with Sri Lanka and looks forward to taking the ties to new heights as he received former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in New Delhi. MORE..

September 4, 2015  10:21 am|

Sri Lankan fishermen want resumption of talks

Sri Lankan fishermen want resumption of talks

Maintaining that Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy only when they fished deep into the island territory, a Sri Lankan fishermen leader today urged both nations to hold talks to resolve the issue of fishing rights in the Palk Strait. MORE..

September 2, 2015  11:39 pm|

Vasan plans stir for release of fishermen from Sri Lankan jail

Vasan plans stir for release of fishermen from Sri Lankan jail

India’s Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) will stage State-wide agitation if the 14 Rameswaram fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan navy on a charge of poaching on June 2 were not released at the end of their judicial remand on August 13, party president G.K. Vasan has said. MORE..

August 5, 2015  12:53 pm|

No discussion over road, rail link with India - Govt

No discussion over road, rail link with India - Govt

The Sri Lankan government says that India had not held any discussions with Sri Lanka over establishing a road and rail link connecting the two countries across the Palk Strait. MORE..

June 20, 2015  03:26 pm|

India-Sri Lanka road link in the works: Nitin Gadkari

India-Sri Lanka road link in the works: Nitin Gadkari

Following the inauguration of Agartala-Dhaka bus service and signing of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal motor vehicle agreement, the Centre is also looking at connecting India and Sri Lanka, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday. MORE..

June 17, 2015  09:36 am|

India unsafe if Sri Lanka is not kept secure – Seneviratne

India unsafe if Sri Lanka is not kept secure – Seneviratne

Sri Lanka has recalled its envoy to India Sudharshan Seneviratne, within a year of his appointment and just when bilateral ties were looking up between the two neighbours. MORE..

June 5, 2015  11:43 pm|

Currency pact with India to boost Sri Lanka’s reserves

Currency pact with India to boost Sri Lanka’s reserves

Sri Lanka’s official reserves are set to receive a boost by the currency swap arrangement with India, signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, the country’s Central Bank said today. MORE..

April 15, 2015  05:13 pm|

Rajapaksa gov’t was more diplomatic on fishermen issue: Leaders

Rajapaksa gov’t was more diplomatic on fishermen issue: Leaders

In contrast to Lanka’s present leaders, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was more diplomatic, fishermen’s leaders in Karainagar, Jaffna has told the New India Express. MORE...

April 12, 2015  09:29 pm|

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