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Sri Lankan court bars Rajapaksa from acting as PM

A Sri Lankan court on Monday barred Mahinda Rajapaksa from acting as prime minister, in a major setback to President Maithripala Sirisena who had installed his former rival in place of Ranil......

Sri Lankans on edge ahead of President's promised resignation

Sri Lankans were on the edge on Tuesday as they waited whether embattled Gotabaya Rajapaksa will honour his offer to resign as president, amid signs that key members of the erstwhile powerful......

Sri Lankan Navy arrests 13 Tamil Nadu fishermen, CM writes to Modi

Thirteen Indian fishermen were on Thursday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy, prompting the Tamil Nadu government to dash off a letter to the Centre seeking its intervention. Taking up the matter......

India is not dharamashala: SC on foreign convict's plea

The Supreme Court on Monday observed the country was not a "dharamshala" or a public shelter to accommodate foreign nationals from across the globe. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court of India.......

Is Tamil Nadu Heading For A Jallikattu 2.0 Moment?

The recent 'revelation' by TN fishers freed by Sri Lanka after they had paid up Lankan rupees 50,000 each in fines, that their hair was tonsured in prison and they were forced to remove their......

Adani withdraws from $1 bn Sri Lanka power project

Adani Green Energy, the renewable arm of billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate, has withdrawn from two proposed wind power projects in Sri Lanka, following the Island nation's new government......

US Supreme Court rejects Rajat Gupta's appeal against insider trading

In a setback to India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, the US Supreme Court on Monday rejected his appeal to overturn his conviction on insider trading charges and upheld his......

Now Maran, Essar too under CBI scanner in 2G scam

Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran has come under the scanner in the 2G scam probe, with the Central Bureau of Investigation telling the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he had misused his......

Ram Setu Review: Bizarre!

Ram Setu is silly and boring, sighs Deepa Gahlot. Anyone who is acquainted with the Ramayana or has even read the Amar Chitra Katha version, would know of the episode in which Lord Rama's......

John: Nothing's wrong with Madras Cafe; respect our opinion too

Actor-producer John Abraham, whose upcoming release Madras Cafe has run into trouble with several pro-Tamil outfits, is determined to take his film to the theatres on its scheduled release......

SHOCKING! Sex bribe scandal rocks Sri Lankan women's cricket

‘Report found evidence of sexual harassment by members of the Sri Lanka cricket women's management against several members of the Sri Lanka cricket women's team’ Picture for......

Sri Lanka's Gunathilaka denied bail over alleged sexual assault

IMAGE: Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested on Sunday morning following an investigation into alleged sexual assault of a woman on November 2.. Photograph: Danushka......

Former Lanka opener Dilshan takes up politics

Joins Rajapaksa's newly-formed Sri Lanka People's Party Former Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan on Wednesday joined the party of Mahinda Rajapaksa, on a day when the premier's......

Lanka Sports Minister order probe into Nimbus deal

Sri Lankan Sports Minister, Mahindananda Aluthgamage has ordered a probe into the controversial Nimbus deal that had rocked the country's cricketing circles, besides costing SLC a a huge amount of......

Cricket can never be rid of corruption: Saleem Malik

'These people who want to make easy money from cricket will always come up with new ways to target players and officials and make them greedy' Pakistan's only cricketer to get a life ban for match......