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Sri Lanka Jails Man For Hoarding 4 Litres Petrol Amid Fuel Shortage
Sri Lanka has jailed a man for three weeks after he admitted to hoarding four litres of petrol during a nationwide fuel shortage triggered by the Middle...
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Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Moved To ICU A Day After Being Jailed
Sri Lanka's jailed former president was rushed to intensive care at a state hospital on Saturday, a day after being charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel.
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Over 1,000 Convicts In Sri Lanka Prisons Released To Mark Christmas
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday.
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Ensure Indian Fishermen Arrested In Sri Lanka Return: M K Stalin Urges Centre
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday urged the Centre to ensure the early repatriation of the Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka recently.
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25 Indian Fishermen Accused Of "Illegal Poaching" Detained By Sri Lanka
25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their two trawlers, off Point Pedro town in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Grants Amnesty To 8 Tamil Prisoners Who Spent 10 Years In Jail
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners after each of them spent over 10 years in jail for their alleged connections to the LTTE.
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Another Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, P Ravichandran, Goes To Supreme Court For Release
In jail for 30 years, P Ravichandran cites case of fellow convict AG Perarivalan, who came out of jail after 31 years following court order two months ago
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Sri Lanka Frees 267 Prisoners After Row Over Releasing Teen Killer From Jail
More than 250 Sri Lankan convicts aged over 65 have been given amnesty just days after the president sparked outrage by pardoning the well-connected killer of a Swedish teen, officials said Thursday.
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14 Tamil Nadu Men Raised Funds To Set Up ISIS Cell In India: Sources
Fourteen men from Tamil Nadu who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency raised funds in Dubai to set up a cell of the terror group in ISIS in India, sources in the probe agency have said.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
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Sri Lanka Jails Man For Hoarding 4 Litres Petrol Amid Fuel Shortage
Sri Lanka has jailed a man for three weeks after he admitted to hoarding four litres of petrol during a nationwide fuel shortage triggered by the Middle...
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Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe Moved To ICU A Day After Being Jailed
Sri Lanka's jailed former president was rushed to intensive care at a state hospital on Saturday, a day after being charged with misusing government funds for foreign travel.
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Over 1,000 Convicts In Sri Lanka Prisons Released To Mark Christmas
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday.
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Ensure Indian Fishermen Arrested In Sri Lanka Return: M K Stalin Urges Centre
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday urged the Centre to ensure the early repatriation of the Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka recently.
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25 Indian Fishermen Accused Of "Illegal Poaching" Detained By Sri Lanka
25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their two trawlers, off Point Pedro town in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Grants Amnesty To 8 Tamil Prisoners Who Spent 10 Years In Jail
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday granted amnesty to eight Tamil prisoners after each of them spent over 10 years in jail for their alleged connections to the LTTE.
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Another Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Convict, P Ravichandran, Goes To Supreme Court For Release
In jail for 30 years, P Ravichandran cites case of fellow convict AG Perarivalan, who came out of jail after 31 years following court order two months ago
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Sri Lanka Frees 267 Prisoners After Row Over Releasing Teen Killer From Jail
More than 250 Sri Lankan convicts aged over 65 have been given amnesty just days after the president sparked outrage by pardoning the well-connected killer of a Swedish teen, officials said Thursday.
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14 Tamil Nadu Men Raised Funds To Set Up ISIS Cell In India: Sources
Fourteen men from Tamil Nadu who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency raised funds in Dubai to set up a cell of the terror group in ISIS in India, sources in the probe agency have said.
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Sri Lanka Proposes New Law On Fake News After Easter Attacks
Sri Lanka's government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks.
