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Page 6 - Latest Updates on Mahinda Rajapaksa

Hope Sri Lanka will fulfill Tamil people's aspirations: Modi to Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa's visit here assumed significance as his tenure as Sri Lanka's president from 2005 to 2016 saw expansion of China's footprints in the Indian Ocean island nation, triggering concerns in India

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2020 | 10:33 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

After his official engagement in Delhi, Rajapaksa will travel to Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya and Tirupati

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Updated On : 08 Feb 2020 | 12:53 PM IST

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day visit to India

The visit, beginning February 7, is the Rajapaksa senior's first overseas trip since his brother Gotabaya was elected President in November.

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2020 | 5:43 PM IST

Top events of the day: Lankan PM visit, Auto Expo, Nirbhaya case, and more

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will undertake a four-day state visit to India and hold talks on a number of key areas

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2020 | 6:45 AM IST

Sri Lanka and the Sino-Indian rivalry

Economically sluggish India faces tough Chinese competition in Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean

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Updated On : 05 Dec 2019 | 12:16 AM IST

Rajapaksas returning to power in Sri Lanka worries Tamil Nadu politicians

As parties in the state continue to fear for the future of the Tamils in the island nation, they have sought the Centre's help to protect them

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Updated On : 24 Nov 2019 | 10:21 PM IST

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appoints interim Cabinet

The 16-member Cabinet included President's brothers- Mahinda Rajapaksa, 74, and Chamal Rajapaksa, 77, two Tamils and a woman

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2019 | 11:32 AM IST

Will India kiss and make up with the Rajapaksa brothers? Wait and watch

Appointing his China-friendly brother Mahinda the prime minister ahead of India visit marks a testing point for the new president's neighbourhood policy

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2019 | 2:24 AM IST

Speculation over cricket legend Muralitharan becoming Lanka Governor

According to reports, Murali will likley join Rajapaksa presidency as the governor of the Northern province, which has a huge majority of Sri Lankan Tamils

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 10:04 PM IST

Will work with India for peace, prosperity: Lanka PM Rajapaska to PM Modi

President Gotabhaya has accepted Prime minister Modi's invitation to visit India on November 29

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Updated On : 21 Nov 2019 | 7:06 PM IST

Lanka President Rajapaksa names brother Mahinda PM as Wickremesinghe quits

Mahinda won power in 2005 and went on to become South Asia's longest-serving leader. He became the country's youngest ever parliamentarian in 1970 at the age of 24

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Updated On : 20 Nov 2019 | 9:13 PM IST

Gotabaya Rajapaksa: The man who ended Sri Lanka's 30-yr civil war with LTTE

The 70-year-old politician served as the defence secretary during his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa's tenure as president from 2005 to 2014

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Updated On : 17 Nov 2019 | 1:25 PM IST

Sri Lanka's strongmen brothers seek comeback as presidential vote underway

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, a a former defence secretary, is running as the candidate for the nationalist Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party. He has made national security his key campaign platform.

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Updated On : 16 Nov 2019 | 3:23 PM IST

A lot rides on Sri Lanka elections

The winner of its upcoming presidential elections could alter the nature of India's relationship with that country

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Updated On : 15 Nov 2019 | 8:21 PM IST

Rajapaksa names brother Gotabaya as Sri Lanka Presidential candidate

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said recently that the Presidential Elections is likely to be held in November or December

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Updated On : 12 Aug 2019 | 9:18 AM IST

Rajapaksa resigns as Lanka PM; Wickremesinghe may take oath on Sunday

Rajapaksa informed the lawmakers of United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) that he has resigned from the post, MP Shehan Semasinghe told reporters

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Updated On : 15 Dec 2018 | 12:16 PM IST

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign, says his son after court setback

Rajapaksa was appointed as prime minister on October 26 by President Maithripala Sirisena, who sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe and plunged the nation into a constitutional crisis.

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Updated On : 15 Dec 2018 | 2:24 AM IST

Sri Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa calls for snap polls in 1st statement as new PM

Rajapaksa's return to power ended a more than three-year-old coalition government that was formed by Sirisena and Wickremesinghe on a promise to combat corruption and financial irregularities

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Updated On : 28 Oct 2018 | 9:20 PM IST

High political drama in Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa becomes new PM

Reacting sharply to the development, dislodged premier Wickremesinghe termed the swearing in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as new prime minister as "illegal and unconstitutional

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Updated On : 27 Oct 2018 | 1:17 AM IST

US' ties with Russia under Trump will solve problems: Rajapaksa

He hopes that US interference in Sri Lankan affairs would decrease under Trump

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2016 | 3:06 PM IST