The Fort magistrate today (21) ordered to further remand Sicille Kotelawala until March 28.

Hill-country Tamils in Sri Lanka do not want to be called “Indian Tamils” anymore. This nomenclature of theirs has been “a source of political and administrative discrimination and social antipathy”, besides carrying a “historical baggage.”

A Sri Lankan tourist, critically injured after she was hit by a two-wheeler in front of a petrol pump at Khuldabad, died in a city hospital on Saturday night.

A family of three refugees, including a child, is on an indefinite fast seeking release amidst fear of getting deported to Sri Lanka.

The Attorney General has permitted the CID to summon former head of the state intelligence service senior DIG Chandra Wagista and obtain a statement over a cover-up of evidence in the murder of ‘The Sunday Leader’ editor Lasantha Wickramatunga, a senior official at the police headquarters told Sri Lanka Mirror.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by Anand District Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Yadav to probe into the kidney racket of Pandoli village, has fanned across to Delhi and Mumbai to trace the timeline of the alleged organ extractions as well as “big fish” involved in the racket. Investigators have hinted that it could seek help from the Interpol to probe the link into the kidney extractions carried out in Sri Lanka, after following the due procedure of law.