Turmoil in Sri Lanka: India makes urgent effort to regain lost ground with with pro-China PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

India, caught flatfooted by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka's premier, has opened urgent diplomatic and political contacts with the strongman who drew close to China during his previous tenure as president, officials said on Monday.

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