NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday unequivocally criticised the incident of firing by the Sri Lankan Navy that injured five Indian fishermen near Delft Island. After the incident, which occurred early in the morning, the ministry of external affairs summoned the Sri Lankan acting high commissioner in New Delhi and conveyed displeasure over the firing. Poll…
As President Anura Dissanayake of Sri Lanka consolidated his position with a thumping majority for his leftist coalition in Parliament, India welcomed the development while reaffirming its commitment to working with the island neighbour for mutual benefit. The Indian government reiterated its invitation for the president to visit India at an early date as Indian…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka welcomed its 16th Prime Minister on Tuesday, Harini Amarasuriya, an academic-turned-politician who became the first woman to hold the position since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000. Amarasuriya brings both a deep academic background and a significant link to India.Amarasuriya, 54, spent her formative college years at Delhi University, studying at the renowned…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday summoned the Sri Lankan acting high commissioner and registered a strong protest over the collision earlier in the day between a Lankan navy vessel and an Indian fishing boat that left an Indian fisherman dead. Another Indian fisherman was reported missing after the collision.Indian government expressed shock and anguish at…
