In a significant development that could bring Congress' role into India's neighbourhood diplomacy party president Sonia Gandhi and her son and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi have been invited to Sri Lanka by PM Ranil Wickremasinghe, Indian media reported. The invite to Sonia and Rahul was extended by Wickremasinghe when he was in India earlier this week on his maiden visit abroad after taking over as PM. According to sources quoted by the Economic Times the duo had responded positively to the invitation. An invitation to visit Sri Lanka had also been extended to former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh who had called on the Sri Lankan Prime minister during his trip, sources informed according to the report.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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