Chennai, Sept 20 (BPNS) With the financial situation in Sri Lanka till remaining uncertain 12 more refugees from the island nation arrived in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The 12 were rescued by the Hovercraft of the Indian Coast Guard from the 4th islet in Dhanushkodi police station limits. Those arrived on Tuesday included 3 men, […]
Chennai, Sept 14 (BPNS) The Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are in rehabilitation camps for them at Dindigul for the past thirty years can now live in concrete houses. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin on Wednesday inaugurated the Sri Lankan Tamil’s rehabilitation camp through video conferencing from Chennai. The rehabilitation camp at Dindigul for […]
Chennai, Aug 22 (BPNS) With the Sri Lankan economy reeling and political instability looming large in the island nation, eight more people from Sri Lanka reached the Indian shores at Arichalmunai, Rameswaram on Sunday. The eight members of two families from Sri Lanka claimed that they had paid their live savings of Rs 1 lakh […]
Taipei, Aug 2 (IANS) US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of a Congressional delegation issued a statement upon arrival in Taiwan on Tuesday. The visit is the first official visit to Taiwan by a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 25 years. “Our Congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan honours America’s unwavering commitment […]
New Delhi, July 28 (BPNS) Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is set to visit India in the first week of August, during which discussions on connectivity and trade would likely remain in focus. Though the date of his visit is yet to be confirmed, he is expected to arrive on August 2-3. President Solih, during […]
Chennai, July 28 (BPNS) The Consul General of the United States of America in Chennai, Judith Ravin said that deep ties between India and the United States are built on the people-to-people connections forged by sports diplomats. She was speaking to a group of US Chess Grandmasters (GM), International Masters (IM), and Women Grand Masters […]
Washington, July 27 (BPNS) The US Department of Justice could be closing in on former President Donald Trump for his lies about the 2020 election that he lost to President Joe Biden and his efforts to overturn the outcome culminating in the historic insurrection at the US Capitol, home to American Congress, on January 6, 2021. […]
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Senthil Thondaman is the President of the Ceylon Workers Congress, the largest trade union in the island nation. He was the former Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka and was a former minister in the same province. His party, Ceylon Workers Congress has two Members of Parliament. Senthil […]
Chennai, July 25 (BPNS) A 40-year-old Polish national, Wladyslaw Franoszek Matuszewski was arrested by the Tamil Nadu police on Monday for illegally entering India through Kodiyakkarai in Nagapattinam district. IANS had reported in the morning that a kayak boat was found abandoned on Nagapattinam shore on Monday morning and police had commenced a probe on […]
New Delhi, July 18 (BPNS) A day after the 16th round of the India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on the Indian side of the Chushul-Moldo border meeting point, the Defence Ministry on Monday said that “both sides agreed to stay in close contact and maintain dialogue through military and diplomatic channels”. “Building on […]
