Nalaini Kirubakaran, born in 1986 at a refugee centre in Rameswaram Mandapam camp is residing now in the rehabilitation camp for Sri Lankan Tamils at Kottapattu in Trichy. On Friday, Kirubakaran cast her vote for the first time in Trichy.
Nineteen fishermen from Tamil Nadu apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy in January, have been repatriated from the island nation and are on their way to Chennai.
In recent past, the Indian Coast Guard has undertaken many such successful medical evacuations from deep sea, both on the east as well as on the west coast of India, in keeping with its motto, "We Protect."
He announced the presentation of a rare Buddha relic to the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. The relic, discovered during the British reign in India in the Piprahwa excavations, holds immense significance for Buddhists worldwide.
The 19 fishermen included nine from Mayiladuthurai, four from Pudukottai, six from Karaikal in Puducherry state. All of them went fishing in the sea in two boats on March 6.
Sri Lankan bowlers, especially the spinners Prabhat Jayasuriya and Kamindu Mendis, gave the team an upper hand on the fourth day of the second Test of the two-match series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday
"This did not involve either acquiring or ceding of territory belonging to India since the area in question had never been demarcated. Under the Agreements, the Island of Katchatheevu lies on the Sri Lankan side of the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line," the RTI reply from
According to S&P Global Commodity Insights, the demand spike, estimated to be over 30 per cent in ports across India and Sri Lanka, has been primarily attributed to longer voyages undertaken by ship owners and charters to circumvent the Red Sea region.