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PM Modi first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after Easter terror attack
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be making a brief stopover in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from the Maldives, becomes the first foreign leader to visit the island nation after the deadly Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people o
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PM Modi's visit shows India's solidarity with Sri Lanka following Easter t
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming official visit to Sri Lanka after taking charge for a second time shows India's humane approach towards the people of island-nation after the Easter Sunday terror blasts, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Aus
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Sri Lanka: Suspended Police chief blames Sirisena for not allowing him to
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 6 (ANI): Sri Lanka’s suspended police chief Pujith Jayasundara on Thursday told the special parliamentary select committee, appointed to probe the Easter Sunday blasts, that President Maithripala Sirisena had denied him from attending any meetings of the Na
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S. Lankan President denies he was informed about Easter Sunday attacks
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 31 (ANI): Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday evening denied reports that he had prior knowledge of the Easter Sunday bombings, which targeted several high-end hotels and three churches, killing over 250 people across the country on April 21.
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Kin of BJP workers killed in WB and Pulwama martyrs attend Modi's swearing
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 30 (ANI): Apart from the top leaders and high-profile guests that included foreign dignitaries, Bollywood actors etc., Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony was also attended by family members of the BJP workers allegedly killed in political violence i
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Family of CRPF jawan killed in Pulwama attack arrive for swearing-in
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Family members of Sudip Biswas, one of the CRPF personnel who lost his life in Pulwama terror attack on February 14, have arrived in Delhi to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
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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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Pakiriguri terror attack: NIA court sentences 4 persons to 5 years' impris
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Four persons were convicted by a special NIA court in Assam's Guwahati on Monday in connection with the terror attack on December 13, 2014, by NDFB(S) cadres in Pakiriguri village of Kokrajhar (Assam) district, the agency said in a statement.
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Raking Balakot instead of Pulwama cost dearer to opposition : Omar Abdulla
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 23 (ANI): Dismayed by the poor show of the opposition in the Lok Sabha elections, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah suggested that questioning of Balakot air strikes instead of Pulwama terror attack and the Congress' "chowkhidar chor hi" sl
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Sri Lanka: MP to be grilled over links with terror group NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 22 (ANI): A member of Parliament who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), has been detained and will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
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Foreign embassies websites under cyber attack in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 19 (ANI): Websites of at least 11 foreign embassies, including the Kuwait Embassy, here has come under a cyber attack, the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) said on Sunday.
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Pak U-19 to play 5 ODIs against Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Pakistan Under-19 are set to tour Sri Lanka to play five One-Day Internationals (ODIs), beginning May 26 in Hambantota.
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