Colombo  

The names of seven JD(S) workers who travelled to Colombo are Puttaraju and Maregowda (missing), and M Rangappa, KG Hanumantharayappa, Ramesh, Laxmi Narayan and Shivakumar, who are confirmed dead.

 

The series of blasts in Sri Lanka has left one Indian dead, among the 185. The victim has been identified as Razeena from Kerala. The Sri Lankan police have arrested seven people in connection with the blasts and stated that it looks like suicide bombing. The efforts to bring back the mortal remains of the Kerala woman are underway.

A seventh blast has been reported from Sri Lanka and the death toll now stands at 185. About 400 people have been injured in the attack. 200 troops have been deployed to carry out rescue operation.

Multiple explosions rocked two churches while the Easter celebrations were going on in Sri Lanka. Though there is no confirmation on the casualties, the casualties are expected to run into hundreds
 

The trawlers were seized after Indian fishermen illegally entered Sri Lankan waters for fishing

The three Tamil-origin women who were flying from Colombo in a Sri Lankan Airlines flight were held after custom officials suspected them of smuggling.

In T20Is, the most memorable moment for Indian fans this year was Dinesh Karthik sealing the Nidahas Trophy with a last-ball six. It was an incredible knock of 29 not out from just eight balls with two boundaries and three sixes, against Bangladesh in Colombo

A PCB official said that India would be playing all their matches in Sri Lanka with the final also scheduled in Colombo. Bangladesh, UAE and Hong Kong are grouped with Pakistan for the Karachi leg of the tournament while Sri Lanka, India, Afghanistan feature in the other group in Colombo

Seven persons, including former northern provincial councillor VK Sivajilingam, were arrested at Prabhakaran's birthplace Valvettithurai, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s main parties today challenged in the highest court the President’s sacking of Parliament, a move which has escalated a political crisis and deepened international alarm.

The 72-year-old Mahinda Rajapaksa received the membership of the SLPP on Sunday. The party was launched by his supporters last year. In February this year, the party won two-third of the total 340 seats in the local council polls

The political crisis in the country began when Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and named former President Mahinda Rajapakse as the premier on October 26. However, Wickremesinghe has refused to leave the official residence

 "No one knew it better than me," said Sirisena, who was the acting defence minister during the last two weeks of the civil war with the LTTE in May, 2009 when the rebels were eventually defeat