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'138 million': Donald Trump tweets wrong figure of dead in Sri Lanka...

In March, Trump mistakenly referred to Apple CEO Tim Cook as 'Tim Apple', a verbal slip.

21 April 2019 5:57 PM IST

Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat. (Photo: ANI)

Sri Lanka police had warned of suicide attack on Indian Embassy too:...

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks today that included three churches.

21 April 2019 3:21 PM IST

Sri Lankas sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo | AP)

Lanka PM, prez condemn coordinated bomb attacks, urge countrymen to...

Three explosions were reported from the five-star hotels - the Shangri-La, the Cinnamon Grand and the Kingsbury.

21 April 2019 2:26 PM IST

Sri Lankan firefighters stand in the area around St. Anthonys Shrine after a blast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka police chief had warned of suicide attack 10 days before...

At least 156 people were killed in six bomb attacks on Sunday that included three churches, three hotels.

21 April 2019 1:49 PM IST

One of the blasts hit St Anthonys Church in Kochchikade of the capital, Colombo. (Photo: Twitter | @aashikchin)

7 arrested after eight blasts in Sri Lanka; death toll rises to 215

Following the deadly attack that claimed several lives, Sri Lankan government ordered curfew from 6 pm Sunday to 6 am...

21 April 2019 10:28 AM IST

Kerala DGP Loknath Behera. (Photo: ANI)

Better to be alert than complacent: Kerala DGP on ISIS 'threat'

According to sources, as many as 15 ISIS affiliates have set-off in a boat from Sri Lanka towards Indian islands of...

28 May 2019 7:15 PM IST

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard outside a closed church in Colombo on April 28, 2019, a week after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.(Photo: AFP)

1 killed in Sri Lanka anti-Muslim riots despite curfew

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said curfew was declared to prevent unidentified groups destabilising country by orchestrating...

14 May 2019 9:25 AM IST

Sri Lankan security personnel walk past debris next to a dead body slumped over a bench following an explosion in St Sebastians Church in Negombo, north of the capital Colombo, on April 21, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

To end jihad in Lanka, jobs are not the mantra

There are many others in the Muslim world who fall into the category of educated, well-off killers.

6 May 2019 12:27 AM IST

Terrorists appear to attack members of another religion but, in reality, their actions do more harm to the religion they claim to defend.

Terror across the Straits

The war on terror is indeed a catchy phrase but it will often be a wild goose chase, if it is fought only with weapons.

5 May 2019 6:25 AM IST

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard outside a closed church in Colombo on April 28, 2019, a week after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.(Photo: AFP)

Pakistani among 4 arrested without visas in Sri Lanka

The 25-year-old Pakistani and the 24-year-old Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Grandpass for residing in country...

4 May 2019 1:05 PM IST

Culturally and geographically, burqa may be considered as more Indian than Western attire such as shirt-pants. Questioning its usage and that of other religious symbols is nothing else but manipulating false notions to target particular communities.

Shiv Sena clarifies its 'ban on burqa' remark; calls it personal...

Citing a ban on burqa in Sri Lanka post deadly Easter attacks, Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' demanded imposition of a...

2 May 2019 11:29 AM IST

National Investigation Agency on Wednesday recovered 14 mobiles, 29 SIM cards and other incriminating materials including 300 air-gun pellets and posters of some proscribed organisation during its searches in Coimbatore in connection with ISIS Tamil Nadu-Kerala case. (Photo: File)

NIA arrests TN-Kerala ISIS module mastermind; recovers 14 mobiles, 29...

The terror crime investigators also arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS TN module, also an aide...

13 Jun 2019 8:40 AM IST