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International cricket stadium in Jaffna: Sanath Jayasuriya's request to Modi
April 08, 2025 9:39 am
Sri Lanka head coach Sanath Jayasuriya sought India's help to build an international cricket stadium in Jaffna in a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Colombo on Sunday.
In Tamil-dominated Jaffna, President Wickremesinghe pushes for land connectivity between Sri Lanka and India
January 07, 2024 9:41 pm
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has highlighted his desire to create land connectivity between Mannar and south India and has already discussed the idea to build a bridge with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wickremesinghe's office said.
8 more Sri Lankan nationals arrive in Tamil Nadu
August 29, 2022 6:46 am
The eight, including minors, came from Thalaimannar and Jaffna.
Daily Briefing: Missing case in Khargone communal clash becomes the first casualty, Jaffna's fishermen issue aggravates following New Delhi-Beijing renewable energy project
April 19, 2022 8:58 am
A week after communal clashes broke out in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone during a Ram Navami procession, a 28-year-old man who went missing soon after became the first casualty of the clashes.
In Jaffna waters, India sinks China bid, but an old net problem rises
April 19, 2022 8:47 pm
The Sri Lanka-India Memorandum of Understanding for the project was among several signed in March during the visit of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, as Delhi extended a helping hand to Colombo during the economic crisis with financial assistance worth $2.4 billion.
Beijing bares it in Jaffna, warms up to Tamils in Sri Lanka
December 17, 2021 7:43 am
China’s Ambassador to Colombo visits Tamil-dominated Northern Province
June 5, 1981, Forty Years Ago: Lanka Emergency
June 04, 2021 11:05 pm
Opposition sources alleged that security forces shot and killed at least five people in Jaffna.
Chinese firm wins contract for Sri Lanka wind and solar energy projects near Tamil Nadu coast
February 08, 2021 8:53 am
The Sunday Times report said that India had lodged a strong protest with the Sri Lankan government on the contract to the Chinese company days before the Sri Lankan government cancelled the contract for the Eastern Container Terminal.
Explained: Why a demolition in Jaffna recalls Sri Lanka's unaddressed Tamil question
January 19, 2021 11:03 am
The demolition triggered protests by Sri Lanka’s Tamil community in the North and East, and condemnation by Tamil diasporas and human rights groups, and from politicians in election-bound Tamil Nadu.
Alliance Air announces daily flights between Chennai and Jaffna from February 27
February 25, 2020 2:29 pm
The Chennai-Jaffna airfare costs about Rs 3,190 and the Jaffna-Chennai airfare is Rs 3,990.
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