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India says new Sri Lanka Government a valued partner

India says the new Sri Lankan Government is a “valued partner” with who bilateral?cooperation is being expanded. Indian External Affairs Minister?Sushma Swaraj said that India is also working with Sri Lanka on the ethnic problem. “Where Sri Lanka is concerned, the new Government is a valued partner with whom we are expanding bilateral cooperation, while addressing the ethnic problem,” she said while speaking at an event in New Delhi. She said that the Indian Government?embarked on a ?Neighbou

19 Dec, 2015

Moves to reduce traffic congestion by next month

The Government is to take short term measures to reduce traffic congestion?in Colombo?by next month, Parliament was informed today. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that a good public transport system must?be in place to meet the transport needs of the public. He said that once that is done, measures can be taken to reduce the number of vehicles entering the city. The Prime Minister said that there are too many vehicles on the roads of Colombo and if the traffic congestion

19 Dec, 2015

Jayalalithaa wants Modi to act on Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has?sought the intervention of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure the release of 41 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who have been in Sri Lankan custody over the past several weeks, and 56 fishing boats, the Times of India reported. In the latest incident, four fishermen who set sail from Jegathapattinam fishing base in Pudukkottai district on a mechanised boat were apprehended by the Sri Lankan navy on Thursday morning. They were taken to Kankesanthurai

19 Dec, 2015