The SLFP candidate was Hector Kobbekaduwe. The other candidates were Dr. Colvin R de Silva (LSSP), Rohana Wijeweera (JVP) Kumar Ponnambalam (ACTC) and Vasudeva Nanayakkara (NLSSP). The TULF officially ...

Shortly after the shocking murder of underworld drug lord ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ inside the Colombo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning which left the government rocked over a serious security lapse ...

More importantly, it does not do justice to Ajith Kumar's stature. Made with almost ₹175 crores budget, Vidaamuyarchi was released on 6 February 2025, after a lot of postponements including ...

ACTC left TNA after LTTE was defeated & grandson Gajendra formed TNPF in 2010. An interesting event took place in 1988 when LTTE boats attempted an unsuccessful coup in Maldives. The response to this ...

Kumar asserted that the "Election Commission was, is and will always be with the voters".

Prior to being appointed as the new CEC, Kumar has held several other important positions/ranks in the government. (Image: X) Gyanesh Kumar officially assumed charge as India’s new Chief ...

Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner last year, has been appointed the next Chief Election Commissioner of India, replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar. Mr Kumar will oversee the ...

Gyanesh Kumar, a retired IAS officer, has taken charge as the 26th chief election commissioner of India. He emphasised the importance of voting as the foundational step for nation-building ...

The case of 18-year-old Daman Kumar - who awaits the outcome of an eleventh hour appeal to Associate Immigration Minister Chris Penk against being deported to India - has highlighted a generation of ...

Rajiv Kumar completed his tenure as the 25th Chief Election Commissioner of India on 18 February 2025. Kumar, a 1984-batch IAS officer, became the CEC on 15 May, 2022. In his stint that last ...

Gyanesh Kumar is a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the 1988 batch of the Kerala cadre. Earlier, he held key roles in both state and central governments. He also played an ...