Deputy Minister?s driver arrested

Modi Government sails through no-confidence vote

After a marathon 12-hour debate, the Narendra Modi Government has won the trust vote in the Lok Sabha by a comfortable margin on Friday evening. The debate that started at 11 in the morning ended up with a trust vote minutes after 11 pm on Friday. The session witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was smiling when Congress president was delivering his statement, tear into the Opposition and Rahul Gandhi in his speech that last for one and a half hour. The House, on Friday, witnessed scen

21 Jul, 2018

Austin Fernando to be Sri Lanka’s new envoy to India

Austin Fernando, President Maithripala Sirisena’s former secretary, has been named Sri Lanka’s next High Commissioner to India, the Press Trust of India reported. He will replace Chitrangani Wagiswara, a career foreign service officer, officials said. Fernando was Sirisena’s Secretary until first of this month when he resigned. His will be a political appointment outside the foreign service. Sources close to Fernando said that he had received his letter of appointment from Sirisena pending cl

21 Jul, 2018

Sri Lanka and Japan discuss maritime security and safety

The 3rd?Sri Lanka ?Japan Dialogue on Maritime Security, Safety and Oceanic Issues was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombo, the Foreign Ministry said today. The Dialogue forms an important pillar of cooperation envisaged in the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between the two countries concluded during the official visit of Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka to Japan in 2015. The importance of cooperation in the areas of maritime security, safety a

20 Jul, 2018