Nirupama Subramanian is National Editor (Strategic Affairs). She writes on India’s foreign policy and national security issues.
April 22, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, April 21: At least 41 soldiers were killed and nearly 300 injured as fierce fighting erupted between Tamil Tigers and government fo...
Wed, Apr 22, 1998April 18, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, April 17: If the Jain Commission report was the official acknowledgement that India armed and financed Tamil militancy in Sri Lanka...
Sat, Apr 18, 1998April 14, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, April 13: In spite of Arthur C Clarke's denials and at the risk of great embarrassment to itself, the Sri Lankan government has no ...
Tue, Apr 14, 1998April 08, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, April 7: Sri Lanka has sought Interpol's assistance to investigate allegations of paedophilia against science-fiction writer Arthur...
Wed, Apr 08, 1998April 03, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, April 2: Sri Lanka's star athlete and world silver medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe has tested positive in a dope test recently carr...
Fri, Apr 03, 1998April 02, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, April 1: President Chandrika Kumaratunga's gift of luxury cars to two Buddhist high priests of Sri Lanka has sparked off sharp deba...
Thu, Apr 02, 1998March 26, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, March 25: In a blatant attempt to draw the attention of the BJP-led government in New Delhi, the LTTE lost no time in projecting it...
Thu, Mar 26, 1998March 25, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, March 24: It is one of the biggest events on Sri Lanka's cricket calendar. In the past, the Parliament has been known to adjourn fo...
Wed, Mar 25, 1998March 23, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, March 22: Police investigations into child-sex allegations against science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke may be called off, a Sund...
Mon, Mar 23, 1998March 22, 1998 00:00 IST
VEYANGODA (SRI LANKA), March 20: Nearly two years after Wajira Gamlath, a Major in the Sri Lanka army, was reported Missing In Action (MIA),...
Sun, Mar 22, 1998March 21, 1998 00:00 IST
VEYANGODA (SRI LANKA), March 20: Nearly two years after Wajira Gamlath, a Major in the Sri Lanka army, was reported Missing In Action (MIA),...
Sat, Mar 21, 1998February 08, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, February 7: The suicide bomber who killed nine people at a checkpoint in the capital on Friday has been identified as a Tamil woman...
Sun, Feb 08, 1998February 03, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Feb 2: After a day of silence following the publication of a damning interview with a British tabloid, science fiction writer and v...
Tue, Feb 03, 1998February 02, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Feb 1: Over 300 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) members were killed and 20 soldiers died when government troops fought back...
Mon, Feb 02, 1998February 02, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Feb 1: Shock, disbelief and outrage greeted the confession by Sri Lanka's best known expatriate and science fiction guru Arthur C. ...
Mon, Feb 02, 1998January 31, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, January 30: After years of exile, Sri Lanka's oldest and only moderate Tamil party, the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), made ...
Sat, Jan 31, 1998January 30, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Jan 29: The death sentence to 26 LTTE members and the conviction of Velupillai Prabhakaran by an Indian court is being viewed in Sr...
Fri, Jan 30, 1998January 29, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, January 28: Anurudha Ratwatte, Sri Lanka's deputy defence minister, has resigned following Sunday's LTTE bomb attack at the country...
Thu, Jan 29, 1998January 28, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Jan 27: The Colombo High Court has issued an arrest warrant for Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee...
Wed, Jan 28, 1998January 27, 1998 00:00 IST
JAFFNA, Jan 25: Local issues have taken a back seat in the upcoming civic elections in the war-ravaged Sri Lankan peninsula as contestants v...
Tue, Jan 27, 1998January 27, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Jan 25: Eleven people were killed and 22 injured when a Tamil Tiger suicide squad blasted an explosives-packed vehicle in Kandy ear...
Tue, Jan 27, 1998January 26, 1998 00:00 IST
JAFFNA, Jan 25: Local issues have taken a back seat in the upcoming civic elections in the war-ravaged Sri Lankan peninsula as contestants v...
Mon, Jan 26, 1998January 26, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Jan 25: Eleven people were killed and 22 injured when a Tamil Tiger suicide squad blasted an explosives-packed vehicle in Kandy ear...
Mon, Jan 26, 1998January 21, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, Jan 20: Prince Charles' visit to Sri Lanka next month as chief guest at the golden jubilee celebrations appeared to be plunging dee...
Wed, Jan 21, 1998January 09, 1998 00:00 IST
COLOMBO, January 8: The Sri Lankan government has given an ultimatum to the Opposition United National Party (UNP) to make their suggestions...
Fri, Jan 09, 1998