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Rajapaksa scion Namal enters Sri Lanka presidential race — ‘need to take up challenges when needed’

Elections in September are seen as 3-way contest between Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa & Anura Dissanayake, but entry of Mahinda Rajapaksa's son could throw spanner in works.

Who will succeed Gotabaya when he resigns? Game of Thrones begins to pick next Lanka President

After mass protests over surging prices and shortages of food & fuel, Rajapaksa announced he will resign on 13 July, PM Wickremesinghe has announced intent to resign too.

Former minister Basil Rajapaksa stopped from boarding Dubai flight while fleeing Sri Lanka

Basil reportedly tried to take a flight out of the country amid the ongoing economic crisis but airport officials refused to let him leave following protests by passengers.

As Colombo turns to China, RSS helps Jaishankar tamp down furore on Amit Shah’s ‘remarks’

From human rights vote in Geneva to Maldives defence pact, India seeks options to chastise Sri Lanka.

Ruthless Rajapaksas back in power, they’ll go after Sri Lankan NGOs, Tamils & institutions

Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President and brother Mahinda as PM will try to undermine fragile democratic gains Sri Lanka has made in recent years.

Modi right to invite Rajapaksa for a reset, but India pushed Sri Lanka into China trap

New Delhi will have to seriously rethink its Sri Lanka policy. It must start by countering President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ‘pro-China’ image.

India need not fear Rajapaksa’s win and Sri Lanka’s embrace of China

New Delhi must be watchful but not necessarily too concerned about China angle in Sri Lanka. Colombo has the rationale, reason and space for engaging both.

In Brazil for BRICS summit, Modi’s mind will be on Maharashtra and eyes on Sri Lanka

Few other places have had such a grip on India’s imagination like Sri Lanka, and not just because of the Ramayana connection.

Be it Shavendra Silva or Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s love for ‘war criminals’ runs deep

Sirisena’s appointment of Shavendra Silva as Army commander looks like a well-timed political manoeuvre ahead of presidential vote.

Easter massacre opens door for strongman Rajapaksa to return in Sri Lanka

The major security lapse on the part of Sri Lanka's govt has given former president Rajapaksa and his brother a chance to make a comeback.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.