Politics

Sri Lanka: Protesters vacate Govt buildings; New President likely soon

The protesters took over President's house, President's office and Prime Minister's official residence Temple Trees on July 9.

Jul 14, 2022

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves for Singapore

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for Singapore from the Maldives, media report said.

Jul 14, 2022

Sri Lanka Crisis: Majority parties threaten no confidence motion against Ranil Wickremesingeh

Leading Sri Lanka's politics into further chaos, a majority of the political parties have threatened to bring a no confidence motion against the Prime Minister and Acting President Ranil Wickremesingeh.

Jul 14, 2022

Karnataka opposes Centre's draft notification on Western Ghats

The classification of 56,826 square km of Western Ghats region including the area in Karnataka and other states as per the report of the Kasturirangan Committee by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has led to stiff opposition in the state.

Jul 14, 2022

Two Chinese embassy attaches kicked out by Fiji police from Kamala Harris's virtual address

Two Chinese defence attaches have been kicked out by Fijian police from a Pacific Islands Forum meeting at which the US Vice-President Kamala Harris was giving a virtual address, The Guardian reported.

Jul 13, 2022

PM appointed as Acting President, declares emergency across Sri Lanka; protestors head towards his office

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Acting President.Soon after takeover, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered to impose a curfew.

Jul 13, 2022

India denies 'baseless reports' that it helped Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa fly to Maldives

India on Wednesday "categorically denied baseless and speculative media reports" that it had facilitated Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's travel to escape out of Sri Lanka.

Jul 13, 2022

UN expert sees merit in India's claim to UNSC as "Most Populated Nation" soon

A UN population expert has speculated that India becoming the world's most populous country could strengthen its claim to a permanent seat on the Security Council.

Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lanka protest: Protesters "will occupy palace until leaders officially resign"

Protesters in Sri Lanka have said they will continue to occupy the country's Presidential and Prime Ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign.

Jul 11, 2022

Ex-Mexican President Luis Echeverria dies aged 100

Luis Echeverria Alvarez, the former president of Mexico who served from 1970 to 1976, died at the age of 100, his son Benito Echeverria told Xinhua news agency.

Jul 11, 2022

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to take over as Sri Lanka President until all-party govt is formed

To end the current political crisis in Sri Lanka based on the decision taken by the leaders of the majority parties, the Speaker of the Parliament is set to ask President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to step down from their posts to make way for an all-party government.

Jul 9, 2022

Sri Lankan protesters seen chilling in Rajapaksa's pool; raid President's kitchen, bedroom in palace [watch]

In one of the latest demonstration of unrest, thousands of people poured onto the streets in the Capital. Thousands of anti-government protesters even ignored the curfew order.

Jul 9, 2022

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife Sadhana passes away

Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's wife Sadhana Gupta Yadav has died here on Saturday, according to reports.

Jul 9, 2022

Actor-turned-politician, Pawan Kalyan trends on Twitter after he alters profile photo [See the photo]

Pawan Kalyan, the actor-turned-politician, has an unrivaled fan base among Telugu people. With his difficult-to-attain fandom, even changing his social media profile display photo has become a Twitter topic.

Jul 9, 2022

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa flees as protesters storm the palace

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the presidential palace as protesters stormed it on Saturday

Jul 9, 2022