Sri Lanka extended power cuts for a third day on Thursday as it scrambled to restore its national grid to full capacity after a monkey triggered a widespread blackout over the weekend that ...

A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation's 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local ...

Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan congratulated the artist for being awarded the Padma Shri. “I hope the award will inspire many young artists in Puducherry. He has got the highest award ...

Veteran Marathi actor and comedian Ashok Saraf has been announced as a recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri Award, marking a significant moment of pride for Maharashtra. The announcement was ...

The Padma Shri award is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India after the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, and the Padma Bhushan. The Padma Shri awardee list includes several ...

The awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service).

COLOMBO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will outline the government's revenue and policy goals in his first full-year budget on Monday, seeking to extend the ...

Australia brushed aside any concern over Galle's fickle weather by steamrolling through Sri Lanka's listless batting order across two innings on day four to complete a near-flawless performance in ...

Manda Krishna Madiga, who has been selected for the Padma Shri award in the Public Affairs category, led the public movement for categorisation of reservations of Scheduled Castes seeking more ...

China’s record US$3.7 billion investment in a Sri Lankan oil refinery has sparked fresh security concerns in India, analysts say, as New Delhi sees the growing Chinese presence near its borders ...

The highest civilian awards in the country, the Padma awards are presented in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. While the list includes many big names across ...