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India sees ties with Sri Lanka growing further

India today said that it sees ties with Sri Lanka growing further following the January Presidential election and visits by leaders to both countries. This view was expressed by Dr. Arvind Gupta, Deputy National Security Adviser of India at the Defence Seminar which began in Colombo today. He said that the ever increasing India – Sri Lanka relations are now on a sound footing and Sri Lanka is a vital component in the periphery as regional development is taking root. Dr Gupta basing his addres

01 Sep, 2015

Navy arrests 16 Indian fishermen for poaching

Sixteen Indian fishermen were arrested in the seas in the North today after they entered local waters illegally, a navy official said. Navy Spokesperson Commander Indika Silva said?that three fishing boats had also been taken into custody and the fishermen had been handed over to officials from the Fisheries Department in Jaffna for onward action. This is the first arrest since Sri Lankan officials released all the Indian fishermen from its custody last month when they were produced before two

01 Sep, 2015

Fonseka refutes Karuna’s claim Prabhakaran shot himself

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, who commanded the Sri Lanka Army during the 2006-2009 Eelam War IV, has refuted the contention of former LTTE?commander ?Col? Karuna Amman, that Tiger Supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran had shot himself dead and was not killed by Lankan troops as claimed, the New Indian Express reported. ?He had a head injury in which a part of the skull had come off. If he had shot himself, the bullet would have come out from the other side of the head. But this had not happened. He m

31 Aug, 2015