Category: Sri Lanka
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Modi ignores protest over Rajapaksa
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Delhi-based journalist M.R. Narayan Swamy looks in to the first rift in the BJP coalition. Asian Lite, top newspaper for NRIs and Indian diaspora, will carry regular features on the Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka Narendra Modi deserves praise for not acting like Manmohan Singh vis-à-vis Sri Lanka. Under pressure from Tamil Nadu, Manmohan Singh, the…
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Lanka to release all Indian fishermen
Sri Lanka Sunday ordered the release of all Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture to mark Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, the President’s Office said. Modi will take oath as the new Indian Prime Minister Monday and Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa is among the guests invited for the event despite strong protests…
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Rajapaksa meet Xi
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in Sri LankaChinese President Xi Jinping Thursday met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was in Shangai to attend a summit on Asian security, media reported. During Rajapaksa’s visit to China in 2013, both countries implemented strategic and bilateral co-operation. Calling Sri Lanka an important partner in building the 21st century maritime Silk Road and the Asian…
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Rift in Modi front over Lanka
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The Bharatiya Janata Party’s decision to invite the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in function has caused deep anguish and resentment among its allies in Tamil Nadu, The Hindu reported. The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), one of the allies of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), has requested the Prime Minister-designate…
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Lanka urged to launch probe
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The Sri Lankan government should comply with the March 2014 UN Human Rights Council resolution creating an international investigation into allegations of serious abuses by both sides during the civil war, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The resolution calls on the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate violations of the…