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Want to take Sri Lanka-India relationship to higher level: President Rajap
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 29 (ANI): Asserting that India and Sri Lanka have a "long-standing friendship", the island nation President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday said that he will take the bilateral relationship to a "higher level".
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India ready to work with new SL govt, hopes to fulfill aspirations of Tami
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 21 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that the Indian government is ready to work very closely with the new government in Sri Lanka and expressed hope that it will fulfill the aspirations of the Tamil community living in the island nation.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's brother Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Thursday sworn in as the new prime minister of the island nation.
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Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa to be sworn in as PM today
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's brother Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the new prime minister of the island nation on Wednesday.
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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Frontrunner in Sri Lanka's Presidential Elections
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE] Nov 13(ANI/BusinessWire India): Sri Lanka's executive presidency is the most lucrative in the constitutional context in the island nation simply because of its formulation, a fact that is widely attributed to its creator, the late JR Jayawardene.
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Jaishankar welcomes opening of Jaffna airport, says will bring India, Sri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday welcomed the opening of the Jaffna International Airport in Sri Lanka and congratulated Air India for inaugural flight to the island nation's northern town, saying it is a "historic moment" which will bring t
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Singapore adds Bangalore to its Global Innovation Alliance
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, Oct 14 (ANI): Singapore announced the addition of India to its Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) tech startup network, which will connect the island nation's fledgling tech companies as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to India's technology ecosystem.
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General Rawat meets Maldivian Defence Minister, Chief of Defence Forces of
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sept 30 (ANI): Army Chief General Bipin Rawat who is on a five-day visit to Maldives called on the defence minister and other senior officials of the island nation on Monday.
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PM Modi meets Cyprus President, reiterates India's support to island natio
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated India's consistent support to the "independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and unity" of the Republic of Cyprus.
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We will help: Trump tells Bahamian PM in Hurricane Dorian aftermath
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept 7 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday assured Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis of help in relief efforts after the island-nation was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian.
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Pakistan left red-faced as Sri Lanka calls out their lies
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 23 (ANI): After the Pakistan High Commission in Sri Lanka claimed that the island nation's President, Maithripala Sirisena, has acknowledged Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory", Colombo on Thursday called out Islamabad's lies and clarified that the preside
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5.9 magnitude quake jolts Vanuatu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Port Vila [Vanuatu], Aug 7 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday.
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