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Govt not concerned about Wikileaks, says Krishna
Rediff.com28 Nov 2010

On whether India was concerned what the leaks might contain, the minister said "Indian...

Krishna inaugrates Indian mission in Jaffna
Rediff.com28 Nov 2010

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna inaugurated the new Indian consulate in southern...

Lanka President approves 30-month jail for Fonseka
Rediff.com30 Sep 2010

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has approved the 30-month jail term given to...

Sri Lanka: Fonseka convicted for corruption
Rediff.com17 Sep 2010

Already stripped off his military rank and medals, former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath...

Rajapaksa ratifies Fonseka's court martial
Rediff.com14 Aug 2010

"The President in his capacity of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces has confirmed...

Lankan war hero Fonseka stripped of rank, medals
Rediff.com13 Aug 2010

A Sri Lankan military court on Friday stripped the country's war hero and former army...

Lanka panel starts public hearings on LTTE war
Rediff.com11 Aug 2010

A high-level commission appointed by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to look...

A taxi meter that fixes fares according to load
Rediff.com16 Jul 2010

The taxi fare meter invented by Kalindu Siriwardene, shows the taxi fare based on...

Lanka cabinet holds meeting in former LTTE bastion
Rediff.com14 Jul 2010

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday held its first ever Cabinet meeting in the Tamil...

Fonseka charged with employing deserters
Rediff.com14 Jul 2010

The Sri Lankan government has slapped a fresh case on detained former army chief Sarath...

Lanka miffed with UN over rights panel
Rediff.com21 Jun 2010

The Sri Lankan government has slammed the decision of the United Nations to set up a...

Lanka government must respect Fonseka's rights: US
Rediff.com29 May 2010

The United States has said the Sri Lankan government must respect the rights of...

Scribe jailed for 'pro-LTTE' article gets pardon
Rediff.com3 May 2010

A prominent Sri Lankan Tamil journalist, whose arrest and subsequent 20-year sentence...

Jayaratne sworn in as Lanka PM
Rediff.com21 Apr 2010

Veteran Sri Lankan socialist leader D M Jayaratne, a close ally of President Mahinda...

Sri Lanka: Fonseka's court martial postponed
Rediff.com6 Apr 2010

Fonseka was to appear before the two court martials appointed to look into charges...

Lanka won't allow outside 'interference': PM
Rediff.com23 Mar 2010

As the United Nations chief planned to set up an advisory panel on alleged human rights...

Fonseka's court martial to begin on March 16
Rediff.com11 Mar 2010

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed a three-member court martial panel to...

India wants to open consulate in Jaffna
Rediff.com8 Mar 2010

India is keen to open a consulate in Jaffna, once a stronghold of the Liberation Tigers...

'Indian officials worked against Prez Rajapaksa'
Rediff.com8 Mar 2010

A Sri Lankan federal minister on Monday alleged that 'certain Indian officials' wanted...

Sri Lanka: Fonseka to be tried in military court
Rediff.com3 Mar 2010

Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka, who has been arrested on conspiracy...