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Sri Lanka arrests over 600 protestors violating curfew in Western Province
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka on Sunday arrested over 600 protestors violating the curfew in Western Province imposed from 6 pm from Saturday to 6 am on Monday.
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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew ahead of 'Arab Spring" style protest
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of an 'Arab Spring" style protest scheduled to be staged on Sunday, a nationwide curfew has been declared by Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka prohibits people from staying in public places
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday issued an Extraordinary Gazette barring people from staying in public places ahead of a planned protest for Sunday.
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Sri Lanka imposes nationwide social media blackout
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka government imposed a nationwide social media blackout after midnight on Sunday, April 3, according to an internet observatory.
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Sri Lanka: Emergency should not become pretext for rights violations, says
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): A London based rights watchdog on Saturday warned the Sri Lankan government that the declaration of emergency in the island nation, in the name of public security, should not become a pretext for human rights violations.
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Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour nationwide curfew amid economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide curfew starting at 6 pm in the evening today till the morning 6 am on Monday (April 4) following unrest in the country with protests outside the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the ongoing economic crisis in th
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Muslim devotees offer prayers at Andhra's Lakshmi Venkateshwara Swamy Temp
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): Several Muslim devotees on Saturday offered prayers at Sri Lakshmi Venkateshwara Swamy Temple in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh on the occasion of the Ugadi festival.
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High Commission in Colombo denies reports of India dispatching soldiers to
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka denies reports of India dispatching its soldiers to Sri Lanka and called the reports 'completely baseless'.
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India delivers 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): India on Saturday delivered 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the power crisis in the island country which is witnessing acute power cuts.
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J-K: Subramanian Swamy attends 'Navreh' celebrations in Srinagar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 2 (ANI): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy attended the "Navreh" celebrations at Mata Chakreshwari temple on Saturday. The Kashmiri Pandits celebrated the first day of "Navreh"- New Year with all sorts of enthusiasm here on Saturday.
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India supplies 6000 MT of fuel to Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 2 (ANI): Indian Oil Corporation subsidiary in Sri Lanka on Saturday has supplied 6,000 MT of fuel to the Ceylon Electricity Board, to help ease the power crisis in the island country which is witnessing acute power cuts. The consignment of fuel is part of the US 50
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Former Sri Lankan envoy to US pleads guilty for fraud
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 2 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to the US, Jaliya Chitran Wickramasuriya, on Saturday pleaded guilty to defrauding the Lankan government.
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