Fearing sabotage President deploys army to protect power supply

Puducherry Chief Minister seeks release of Indians in Sri Lanka

The Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy has called upon the Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka seeking his intervention to secure the immediate release of six fishermen from Karaikal allegedly arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on March 30 and also their boats, The Hindu newspaper reported. Speaking to reporters in his chamber in the Assembly, he said the families of the fishermen, Gajendiran, Tamilmani, Arul, Jayaseelan, Backiaraj and Ponnusamy, had presented a petition seeking his int

04 Apr, 2017

Sun directly over Sri Lanka from tomorrow to 15th

The sun?is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka from the?05th to the?15th of April, the Department of Meteorology said today. The nearest areas of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead tomorrow (05th), are Hambantota, Katudampe, Nakiyadeniya and Maliduwa about 12:13 noon. Meanwhile, showers or thundershowers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, North-western, Uva and Southern provinces and in the Ampara district after 2.00p.m tomorrow (Wednesday). A few showers

04 Apr, 2017

Sri Lanka condemns suicide attack on Russian train

Sri Lanka condemned the suicide attack on a Russian train in which 11 people were killed. President Maithripala Sirisena tweeted saying “#lka condemns the incident at #SaintPetersburg which caused deaths and injuries to many in #russia. My condolences to affected families”. The blast in a St Petersburg train carriage on Monday that killed 11 people and injured 45 was carried out by a suspected suicide bomber with ties to radical Islamists, Russia?s Interfax news agency cited a law enforcement

04 Apr, 2017