Sri Lankan woman, kids arrive in Tamil Nadu by illegal ferry; detained

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 14:51

A Sri Lankan woman, who arrived at Dhanushkodi with her two children by an illegal ferry, was detained by police and sent to refugee camp in Mandapam.

Sri Lanka police in doghouse over canine `wedding`

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 22:25

Sri Lanka`s cultural affairs ministry has taken strong exception to a mass "wedding" of police dogs, which used symbols of traditional Buddhist nuptials on the Indian Ocean Island.

Lanka police stop Tamil protesters from coming to Colombo

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 17:50

Minority Tamils in Sri Lanka on Wednesday held demonstrations in Colombo to highlight the plight of the next of kin of the disappeared persons?

Police becomes truly Sri Lankan for first time in 3 decades

Last Updated: Friday, January 7, 2011, 20:36

Some 356 Tamil youths from Sri Lanka joined police force after being recruited for the first time in 30 years following the end of the civil war in 2009.

Sri Lanka police raid brothel in Colombo

Last Updated: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 16:38

Sri Lanka`s police raided a brothel operating out of a luxury condominium located at a short distance from President`s official residence and arrested five women.

Blast at Sri Lanka police station kills one, wounds 18

Last Updated: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 00:39

A blast ripped through a police station in central Sri Lanka on day, killing one person and wounding at least 18 others, as constables were questioning an army deserter arrested in connection with a drug offence.

Sri Lanka: 25 killed, 52 injured in accidental blast

Last Updated: Friday, September 17, 2010, 18:19

The containers packed with explosives blow up inside a police station.

Lankan police announce Rs 1 mn reward for info on Fonseka kin

Last Updated: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 16:36

Sri Lankan police have announced a Rs one million reward for information on Danuna Tillekaratne, the son-in-law of detained ex-Army chief Sarath Fonseka, over alleged profits made by his firm from illegal defence deals.

Sri Lankan police baton charge Fonseka`s supporters

Last Updated: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 19:42

Violence continued in Sri Lanka for the second straight day on Thursday as agitated supporters of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka demanded his immediate release, who used batons to disperse them.