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Peaceful transfer of power within Sri Lanka is essential: US
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung has urged for the peaceful transfer of power within the country's constitutional framework and said that the US condemns all violence and calls for the rule of law to be upheld in the crisis
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Adhir Chowdhury calls for all-party meet on Sri Lankan crisis
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 13 (ANI): With Sri Lanka reeling from its worst economic crisis, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday asked the Centre to convene an all-party meeting over the issue.
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies out of country amid raging p
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has flown out of the island nation on Wednesday, a media report said quoting officials.
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Indian Coast Guard on alert, will ensure no influx happens: DG Pathania on
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New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard is on alert and will ensure that no influx takes place from Sri Lanka, said the Indian Coast Guard Director General VS Pathania on Tuesday.
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Sri Lankans turn to bicycles amid fuel shortage, skyrocketing prices
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): As hundreds of Sri Lankans continue to queue up at petrol pumps across the debt-ridden country every day amid fuel shortage, a large number of people are ditching their cars and motorcycles for bicycles for their daily commute.
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Sri Lankan President signs resignation letter, parliament to make public a
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 12 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday signed his resignation letter dated July 13 which will be handed over to the speaker of Parliament to make a public announcement on Wednesday.
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UAE's flydubai suspends operations to Sri Lanka amid political unrest
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Dubai [UAE], July 11 (ANI): After protests intensified in Sri Lanka amid political and economic unrest in the country, UAE's flydubai has suspended its flights to the South Asian country.
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BJP's Soumitra Khan calls TMC MLA Idris Ali 'terrorist' after remark on PM
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Just hours after Trinamool Congress MLA from West Bengal Idris Ali on Sunday made a controversial remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party's Bengal vice president Soumitra Khan on Monday called Ali a "big terrorist" and said he is
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Sri Lanka: Emergency ambulance service suspended in several areas amid fue
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 11 (ANI): Amid the fuel shortage in Sri Lanka, the 1990 emergency ambulance service has been suspended in several areas.
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Former Lankan cricketer marks July 9, when protestors took to streets, as
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 11 (ANI): As the countrywide protests continue over the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya called the 9th of July, the day when the demonstration started, a "public da
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West Bengal: TMC MLA makes controversial remarks against PM Modi linking S
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Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 10 (ANI): Amid the Sri Lankan crisis, Trinamool Congress MLA from West Bengal Idris Ali on Sunday made a controversial remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the latter will meet the same fate that of his Sri Lankan counterpart.
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Sri Lankan crisis a 'serious' matter, says EAM Jaishankar
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 10 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday called the economic crisis in Sri Lanka is a "serious" matter and highlighted India's help to the island nation.
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