International

Cape Town ,June 11 (BPNS)  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said his country wants to see a “greater and deeper partnership” with other members of BRICS, an “attractive” bloc that many other countries have confidence in. BRICS groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, reports Xinhua news agency. Ramaphosa made the remarks when responding […]

New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI)  An woman diplomat was part of the Indian team that visited Afghanistan to oversee the delivery of India’s humanitarian aid to that country and meet with senior members of the Taliban. Deepti Jharwal is part of the external affairs ministry’s Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) division, people familiar with the development said on […]

Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The Bangladeshi railway minister Mohammed Nurul Islam who is on a visit to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here has expressed interest in the LHB coaches and DEMU coaches made by the ICF. The minister inspected LHB, Vistadome, LHB AC II-tier, and LHB AC III-tier coaches and air-conditioned Self Propelled Inspection […]

Chennai, June 1 (BPNS) With Sri Lanka facing an acute economic crisis, the migration of people coming to India continues, and on Wednesday, 3 more from the island nation reached Tamil Nadu. Rameswaram Marine police found them at the seashore near the Gothandaramar temple during a routine inspection. The three who reached on the early hours […]

Chennai, May 11 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu coastal police are on high alert after inputs from Central agencies on the possibility of a heavy intrusion from Sri Lanka following political and economic uncertainty in the island nation. A senior officer of the Tamil Nadu home department told BPNS that the state is constantly in touch […]

Chennai, May 5 (BPNS) The Members of Parliament of Loksabha and Rajyasabha from DMK will contribute one month’s salary to the Sri Lankan relief fund following the appeal by  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin. The money will be contributed to the Chief Minister’s Public relief fund. It may be noted that the  Chief Minister […]

Chennai, May 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has appealed to the people of the state to contribute to the state government to buy food materials and ship to Sri Lanka to help the people of that country who are reeling under an economic crisis. Chief Minister Stalin also announced that his party, […]

Chennai, April 25 (BPNS) With the economic crisis continuing to loom large in Sri Lanka, 15 more  Tamil refugees from the island nation reached the Indian shores on Monday early morning. The refugees have landed at Rameswaram. Tamil Nadu Coastal police received tips that some Sri Lankan refugees have landed up at the mount near […]

Chennai, April 24 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Government has approached the services of legal experts to provide refugee status to the Sri Lankan Tamils who are reaching the country after the economic crisis has escalated in the island nation. Since the economic crisis commenced in Sri Lanka, 60 Sri Lankan Tamils have reached the shores […]