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Ministry of External Affairs issues advisory asking Indian citizens not to undertake non-essential travel to Sri Lanka

On Friday night, six children and three women were among 15 people killed when militants linked to the bombings opened fire and blew themselves up during a fierce gun battle with security forces in Sri Lanka's Eastern province.

Sri Lanka attacks: Suicide bomber detonates vest during police raids; cops seize explosives, Islamic State banner

Since the suicide bombings on churches and hotels in which more than 250 people were killed, Sri Lanka police have been conducting raids across the country.

Rajapakse party beats Tamil oppn in SL elections

Sri Lanka's ruling party has defeated the country's main ethnic Tamil party in a provincial election seen as a test of whether Tamils still want self-rule or are satisfied with government-led development programs.