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NEW DELHI: India on Monday handed over a Dornier-228 maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft to Sri Lanka to reaffirm bilateral security ties, even as Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed that the two countries may at…

NEW DELHI: India on Monday handed over a Dornier-228 maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft to Sri Lanka to reaffirm bilateral security ties, even as Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed that the two countries may at…

NEW DELHI: India is set to gift a Dornier-228 maritime patrol aircraft to Sri Lanka on Monday, a day before the Chinese research vessel Yuan Wang5 docks at the southern port of Hambantota in the island nation from August 16 to 22.…

NEW DELHI: Union shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowalon Sunday said India is well-equipped to handle any kind of challenges that may arise in the wake of Sri Lanka allowing a high-tech Chinese 'research' ship to dock in its waters. His…

NEW DELHI: India on Friday rejected China's "insinuations" that New Delhi pressured Colombo against a planned visit by a Chinese research vessel to the Sri Lankan port of Hambantotabut asserted that it will take decisions based on its…

Following a strong protest by India, Sri Lanka has blocked the proposed visit by a Chinese "spy vessel’’ to the Hambantotaport in southern Sri Lanka. In an official communication, the Lankan foreign ministry asked the Chinese embassy in…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday brushed aside Indian concerns over a scheduled visit by a Chinese ship, saying it was coming only to refuel and replenish supplies. The research and survey ship Yuan Wang 5 is due to dock in the Chinese-run…

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still in the country, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena’s office said on Wednesday, noting that media speculation that the embattled leader may have fled the country sparked due to a…

The Mundra port has emerged as the costliest port globally for standard containers for the first time this year, as Indian ports benefit from the disruptions caused at Colombo owing to the Sri Lankan crisis. It was the third most costly…