Chennai, July 12 (BPNS) Six fishermen from Tamil Nadu who went to the sea on Monday were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy near Karainagar on charges of poaching in the waters of that nation. All the six are from Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu and had set sail from the Jagadapattinam harbour. The fishermen, […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 (BPNS) Union External Affairs minister, S. Jaishankar who is on a three-day visit to Kerala has said that the situations in Sri Lanka were sensitive and complicated. He said, “ Support of India is for the people of Sri Lanka as they are our neighbours and we want to help them go […]
Colombo, July 11 (BPNS) Sri Lanka, which is completely bankrupt and embroiled in a political crisis virtually with no leader, had decided to elect a new President from the Parliament on July 20. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena made the announcement after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed him officially that he would resign on July 13, as […]
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10 (BPNS) Union Minister of External affairs, S. Jaishankar said that India is watching the developments unfolding in Sri Lanka. He was speaking to reporters here on his arrival to the state on a three-day visit. Jaishankar said that the Government of India has been supporting the Sri Lankan government in its crisis […]
Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) With the arrival of eight more Sri Lankan nationals to Dhanushkodi on Tuesday, the number of refugees who have fled from the island nation after the economic crisis erupted in that country has crossed 100. Kamalarani 43, from Jaffna’s Velvettithurai, and her two sons and a daughter, Lavendran (25) of Velvettithurai, […]
New Delhi, June 30 (BPNS) India on Thursday supplied the seventh batch of its medical assistance, consisting of 6 tons of essential medicines, to Afghanistan, as part of its ongoing humanitarian aid. The consignment was handed over to the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital, Kabul, an official statement said. In view of the urgent appeals made by […]
Paris, June 22 (IANS) A teacher received death threats and was accused of ‘Islamophobia’ after asking a Muslim student to remove her face veil – as required by French law – before taking an exam at a high school in Paris, Daily Mail reported. The teacher was attacked on social media following the altercation with the […]
Abu Dhabi, June 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the UAE on June 28, India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday. PM Modi will be visiting the UAE after attending the G7 Summit, and will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 28 to pay his personal condolences on […]
Chennai, June 18 (BPNS) The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai celebrated the 246th anniversary of U.S. independence as well as 75 years of U.S.-India partnership in Chennai on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July in the United States, commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July […]
Chennai, June 17 (BPNS) Seven Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who are fleeing from the economic crisis in the island nation reached Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The Lankan Tamils were spotted by the local people at Mandapam and alerted the Coastal Security Police who reached the spot and took them into custody. Police said […]
