The terror crime investigators also arrested Mohammed Azarudeen, the alleged mastermind of ISIS TN module, also an aide of Sri Lankan blast.
13 Jun 2019 8:40 AM
According to sources, as many as 15 ISIS affiliates have set-off in a boat from Sri Lanka towards Indian islands of Lakshadweep and Minicoy.
28 May 2019 7:15 PM
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said curfew was declared to prevent unidentified groups destabilising country by orchestrating communal violence.
14 May 2019 9:25 AM
There are many others in the Muslim world who fall into the category of educated, well-off killers.
06 May 2019 12:27 AM
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.
05 May 2019 6:25 AM
The 25-year-old Pakistani and the 24-year-old Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Grandpass for residing in country without valid visa.
04 May 2019 1:05 PM
Citing a ban on burqa in Sri Lanka post deadly Easter attacks, Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' demanded imposition of a similar ban in India.
02 May 2019 11:29 AM
The accused, Riyas Aboobacker or known as Riyas A, would be produced before the NIA Court in Kochi on Tuesday.
30 Apr 2019 11:40 AM
Three churches and three hotels were targeted by suicide bombers in the attacks in which at least 40 foreigners were killed.
28 Apr 2019 8:58 PM
Sri Lanka has a population of 21 million which is a patchwork of ethnicities and religions, dominated by the Sinhalese Buddhist majority.
28 Apr 2019 4:53 PM
BJP leader also said threat of IS coming to Bengal has taken us by surprise, all of this is happening due to Mamata’s appeasement politics.
28 Apr 2019 3:25 PM
Digging deeper, NIA found out that Hashim was in his early 40s, was a loner from a middle class family in Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka.
28 Apr 2019 6:56 AM
The use of C4 explosive in the blasts is a clear indication that the bomb making expertise came from sources well outside Sri Lanka.
28 Apr 2019 6:46 AM
Given the rocky relations between the two ambitious politicians, such a lack of communication is understandable.
28 Apr 2019 2:53 AM
A couple of "handlers" were said to have been present on the island to direct the local radical Islamist outfit NTJ's suicide bombers.
27 Apr 2019 12:47 AM
Donald Trump called Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to express condolences over the killing of nearly 300 people.
23 Apr 2019 10:39 AM
The Sri Lankan government never expected the Easter Sunday bombings of such magnitude, Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando said.
23 Apr 2019 10:27 AM
At least two of the deceased Indians were reportedly political workers of the JD(S) from Karnataka, said the MEA.
23 Apr 2019 12:55 AM
No Sri Lankan holding dual nationality is eligible to stand for the presidency.
23 Apr 2019 12:10 AM
Eventually the armed insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam emerged in 1976 to fight for a Tamil homeland in the northeast.
23 Apr 2019 12:05 AM