JAFFNA/MULLAITIVU: In the Tamil-majority northern province of Sri Lanka, as a road turns uphill towards Old Chemmalai ... say they have worshipped the Hindu deity here for generations.

MULLAITIVU/ JAFFNA: In the Tamil-majority northern province of Sri Lanka, as a road turns uphill towards Old Chemmalai ... say they have worshipped the Hindu deity here for generations.

Crowds around the world marvelled at fireworks, raised their toasts and greeted 2025 across dozens of timezones as they bid farewell to a tumultuous year that was the hottest on record in more ways ...

Picture: AFP In Sri Lanka people gathered in the port city of Colombo on the island ... AFP Fireworks also lit up near the Prambanan Temple, a 9th-century Hindu temple complex and UNESCO World ...

1984: Operation Blue Star, launched by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by sending troops into the Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out Sikh ... The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed in Colombo on ...