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Colombo, March 19 US Special Representative for South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor, and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, discussed strengthening bilateral relations and Sri Lanka's position on the West Asia crisis on Thursday.Gor's visit to Sri Lanka comes at a time when Sri...

Jerusalem, March 17 – Israel claimed on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.In a statement shared on X, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated that Larijani was considered one of the most senior figures in the Iranian regime leadership...

New Delhi, March 10 – The Congress party expressed serious concerns on Monday regarding External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s statement in Parliament, describing it as “empty” and inadequate in addressing India’s strategic challenges in West Asia.Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, on...

New Delhi, March 9 External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's statement in the Rajya Sabha regarding developments in West Asia "rings hollow and evasive," CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar said on Monday.The CPI leader, in a statement, said it read "less like a serious diplomatic assessment and more like a...

New Delhi, March 9 Iran had sought India's permission for three of its ships to dock at Indian ports, and the approval was granted the next day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, amid tensions in the Indian Ocean region following the sinking of an Iranian warship by the US...

New Delhi, March 9 Iran had sought India's permission for three of its ships to dock at Indian ports, and the approval was granted the next day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, amid tensions in the Indian Ocean region following the sinking of an Iranian warship by the US...

Colombo, March 8 Sri Lanka will grant free one-month visas to a group rescued from Iranian vessels, allowing them to remain in Sri Lanka under humanitarian protection, a senior minister said on Sunday.Speaking on the matter, Minister of Public Security Ananda Wijepala said similar decisions...

Colombo, March 8 At least 22 Iranian sailors from the IRIS Dena, the Iranian ship that was torpedoed by the US, have been discharged, hospital authorities said on Sunday.“They were transported by ambulance to the Sri Lanka Air Force facility at Koggala, outside Galle, under heavy security,”...

Colombo, March 7 Sri Lanka will repatriate the bodies of the Iranian sailors who were killed on the IRIS Dena, the first Iranian ship that was torpedoed by the US, the Deputy Defence Minister said on Saturday.Sri Lanka said on Wednesday that it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after...

New Delhi, March 7 External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar explained on Saturday India's decision to allow an Iranian naval vessel to dock in Kochi amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, saying the ships had been "caught in the wrong circumstances".Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in...

New Delhi, March 6 Days before the US torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, India approved emergency docking for another Iranian naval vessel in Kochi after it developed a technical problem, government sources said on Friday.The vessel, docked in Kochi on March 4 with its 183 crew...

New Delhi, March 6 India has allowed the urgent docking of an Iranian ship in Kochi and provided accommodation to its 183 crew members, government sources said on Friday.The ship, IRIS Lavan, developed urgent technical issues and was granted emergency docking approval on March 1, following a...

New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago off the coast of Sri Lanka as "baseless and preposterous."There is no question of providing...

New Delhi, March 6 The Left questioned the Centre on Friday over the US' announcement of a "waiver" to Indian refiners for purchasing Russian oil, calling it a "humiliation" of sovereign India.In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the country has not faced such a "grave national...

Hyderabad, March 6 AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "break his silence" on the conflict in West Asia and urged US President Donald Trump to end the war.Addressing a gathering here, he also asked the PM to provide a full account of the sinking...

Chennai, March 6 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday questioned why India needed approval from another country to meet its own energy needs.His statement comes after the US issued a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, amid escalating tensions...

New Delhi, March 6 Top government sources on Friday described claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US about an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days ago as "baseless and preposterous".There is no question of providing any input to the US on this...

March 06, New Delhi: The Sri Lankan Navy had earlier disembarked 208 crew members from a second Iranian vessel off the island's coast.This development follows a U.S. submarine attack on a first Iranian warship in the same region, which resulted in 87 deaths and several others missing.Anura...

Colombo, March 6 The Sri Lankan Navy said on Friday that 204 out of the 208 Iranian personnel aboard the IRINS Bushehr had been "safely" transferred to the Colombo port, two days after another Iranian frigate was sunk near the island nation.Four sailors remain on the ship, which had...

Mumbai, March 6 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) raised concerns on Friday about the sinking of an Iranian naval vessel – which had participated in India’s joint military exercises – in the Indian Ocean after being struck by a torpedo from a US submarine. It stated that amid the...