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Cricket World Cup: South Africa post record-shattering 428/5 against Sri L
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
South Africa created a record for the highest score in IPL in their opening match of the World Cup demolishing the Sri Lanka attack in a manner that left the spectators at Arun Jaitley Stadium here almost spellbound
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Modi plants sapling at President's Secretariat in Colombo
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after the Easter terror attacks, planted a sapling at the President's Secretariat here on Sunday.
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Sri Lanka: Modi visits church targetted during Easter terror attacks
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Showing India's solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid his respects at the St. Anthony's Church, which was targetted during the Easter terror attacks.
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Muslim ministers decide to resign as wave of communal violence grips Sri L
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): All Muslim ministers -- Cabinet, State, and Deputy -- on Monday decided to resign from their respective positions after accusing the government of failing to guarantee the security of the nation's minority Muslim community amid fears of attacks following th
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Indian nationals travelling to Sri Lanka advised to be careful, vigilant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Acknowledging the return of normalcy in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday terror attacks, the Indian government on Tuesday advised its citizens to be "careful and vigilant" while traveling to the island nation, unlike the previous travel advisory where In
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Kerala's Muslim Education Society bans burqas in its colleges
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 2 (ANI): Kerala's Muslim Education Society (MES) has issued circular banning girl students from covering their faces with burqas in its colleges.
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ISIL chief says Sri Lanka attack was 'vengeance for brothers in Baghouz'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Apr 30 (ANI): Chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a propaganda video, asserted that the battle for Baghouz, ISIL's final bastion in eastern Syria, "is over."
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Sister of Easter Sunday bombing mastermind fears 18 relatives dead after a
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 28 (ANI): The sister of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka's debilitating Easter Sunday bombings has claimed that nearly 18 members of her family are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids.
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Sri Lanka bombings: Prez asks Defence Minister, IG to resign
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 25 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday asked Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Inspector General (IG) of Police Pujith Jayasundara to resign following the devastating Easter Sunday bombings over allegations of mishandling intelligen
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Sri Lanka attacks: One of the 9 suicide bombers a woman; 60 arrests made
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Apr 24 (ANI): One of the nine suicide bombers who carried out the blasts across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday was a woman, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said on Wednesday, adding that 60 arrests have been made in connection with the attacks.
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Sri Lanka attacks: Death toll mounts to 359
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 24 (ANI): The death toll in the multiple bomb blasts that rocked Sri Lanka during Easter celebrations has risen to 359, country's Deputy Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene told reporters here on Wednesday.
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Vaiko expresses anguish over terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 23 (ANI): MDMK Chief Vaiko on Tuesday expressed anguish over the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka. He reckoned that the churches which were attacked were mainly situated in Tamil areas and hence, many Tamil people may have lost their lives in the attack. Read More
