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Topic: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

In pictures — Gotabaya Rajapaksa all smiles at Modi, Kovind’s Rashtrapati Bhavan welcome

PM Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind received Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Friday at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Modi announces $450 million line of credit to Sri Lanka after meeting President Rajapaksa

PM Modi called his talks with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa 'fruitful', and also extended a $50 million fund to the island country to fight terrorism.

Raja Mohan’s India-Sri Lanka cheer, Surjewala on ‘practical concerns’ in Ayodhya verdict

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Want to bring ties with India to a very high level, says Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who recently won the Sri Lankan elections, arrived in India Thursday, for a 3-day official visit.

Sri Lanka wants to undo deal to lease port to China for 99 years

Previous PM Wickremesinghe had changed the terms of Hambantota port deal, saying it would be difficult to pay the loans taken to build the project.

India looks to bring ties with Sri Lanka back on track as Gotabaya Rajapaksa comes calling

Gotabaya Rajapaksa is travelling to India Thursday on his first foreign trip as Sri Lankan President. He will hold a meeting with PM Narendra Modi Friday.

The Rajapaksa brothers who ‘controlled every aspect of Sri Lankan life’ return to power

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, sworn in as President Monday, has picked brother Mahinda as PM. And they are just 2 of at least 14 Rajapaksas who've held important positions in Sri Lanka since 1936.

Sri Lanka Court drops corruption charges against new president Gotabaya Rajapaksa

A Sri Lankan high court also lifted the overseas travel ban on Gotabaya Rajapaksa who was linked to the case of embezzlement of nearly $1,85,000 public funds during the construction of the DA Rajapaksa Memorial and Museum.

New Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to visit India 29 November

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, who is in Sri Lanka, said Gotabaya Rajapaksa had accepted PM Modi's invitation.

In Sri Lanka, Modi’s India must deal with reality as exists on ground, not as it wants it be

Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will wait and watch if India and US are coming closer together to take on the Chinese.

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Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.