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"Struggling With 140 Crore. India Not Dharamshala": Top Court To Lanka Man
India is not a dharamshala (free shelter) that can entertain refugees from all over the world, the Supreme Court said today, refusing a Sri Lankan national's plea for refuge
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Sri Lanka Cricket Invites Retired Judges To Form Independent Committee
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday invited retired Supreme Court judges, who were part of interim seven-member committee formed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Clears Path For Decriminalising Homosexuality
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Lanka Ex President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Summoned In Missing Activists Case
Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday has given orders to summon former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the disappearance of two human rights activists in 2011 as he is now out of constitutional powers.
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Sri Lanka Top Court Extends Travel Ban On Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa until September 5.
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Former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, Brother Barred From Leaving Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has already left the country for the Maldives and onwards to Singapore; his 2 brothers can't leave, as per Supreme Court order
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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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BCCI Awaits Supreme Court Hearing Before Deciding On CAC, Selection Panel
The BCCI will decide on the composition of its Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) and subsequent changes in the national selection committee only after the Supreme Court hears its plea on amending some of the key Lodha reforms in January.
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1,369 Arrested, 717 Detained In Sabarimala Flare-Up So Far
The Kerala police had arrested 1,369 protesters and took 717 into preventive custody until Friday morning in the wake of violence that erupted over the entry of two middle-aged women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. This number includes a couple of CPI(M) workers who were arrested earlier today in connection with the death of a right-win...
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Amid Kerala Protests, Lankan Is Third Woman To Enter Sabarimala Temple: Police
A 46-year-old woman from Sri Lanka, who entered the Sabarimala temple last night, became the third woman of menstruating age in the temple's history to offer darshan to the shrine of Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats, since Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Resigns As Sri Lanka PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe To Return
Ending the power tussle in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned today and Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to take oath as the island nation's prime minister tomorrow.
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Sacking Of Sri Lanka's Parliament By President Is Illegal: Top Court
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President Maithripala Sirisena's sacking of parliament last month was illegal, clearing the way for potential impeachment proceedings against him.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Votes Against Controversial New Rajapaksa Government
Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a presidential decree dissolving the legislature.
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Sri Lanka Top Court Overturns Sacking Of Parliament By President Sirisena
Sri Lanka Supreme Court today overturned sacking of parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena.
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Sri Lankan Parties Challenge Dissolution Of Parliament In Supreme Court
Sri Lanka's main political parties on Monday filed petitions challenging President Maithripala Sirisena's sacking of parliament and asked the Supreme Court to restore the legislature.
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"Struggling With 140 Crore. India Not Dharamshala": Top Court To Lanka Man
India is not a dharamshala (free shelter) that can entertain refugees from all over the world, the Supreme Court said today, refusing a Sri Lankan national's plea for refuge
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Sri Lanka Cricket Invites Retired Judges To Form Independent Committee
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday invited retired Supreme Court judges, who were part of interim seven-member committee formed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe
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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Clears Path For Decriminalising Homosexuality
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.
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Lanka Ex President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Summoned In Missing Activists Case
Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday has given orders to summon former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the disappearance of two human rights activists in 2011 as he is now out of constitutional powers.
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Sri Lanka Top Court Extends Travel Ban On Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa until September 5.
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Former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, Brother Barred From Leaving Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has already left the country for the Maldives and onwards to Singapore; his 2 brothers can't leave, as per Supreme Court order
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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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BCCI Awaits Supreme Court Hearing Before Deciding On CAC, Selection Panel
The BCCI will decide on the composition of its Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) and subsequent changes in the national selection committee only after the Supreme Court hears its plea on amending some of the key Lodha reforms in January.
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1,369 Arrested, 717 Detained In Sabarimala Flare-Up So Far
The Kerala police had arrested 1,369 protesters and took 717 into preventive custody until Friday morning in the wake of violence that erupted over the entry of two middle-aged women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. This number includes a couple of CPI(M) workers who were arrested earlier today in connection with the death of a right-win...
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Amid Kerala Protests, Lankan Is Third Woman To Enter Sabarimala Temple: Police
A 46-year-old woman from Sri Lanka, who entered the Sabarimala temple last night, became the third woman of menstruating age in the temple's history to offer darshan to the shrine of Lord Ayyappa nestled in the Western Ghats, since Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa Resigns As Sri Lanka PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe To Return
Ending the power tussle in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned today and Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to take oath as the island nation's prime minister tomorrow.
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Sacking Of Sri Lanka's Parliament By President Is Illegal: Top Court
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that President Maithripala Sirisena's sacking of parliament last month was illegal, clearing the way for potential impeachment proceedings against him.
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Sri Lanka Parliament Votes Against Controversial New Rajapaksa Government
Sri Lanka's parliament passed a motion of no-confidence in the controversially appointed government of Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court overturned a presidential decree dissolving the legislature.
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Sri Lanka Top Court Overturns Sacking Of Parliament By President Sirisena
Sri Lanka Supreme Court today overturned sacking of parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena.
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Sri Lankan Parties Challenge Dissolution Of Parliament In Supreme Court
Sri Lanka's main political parties on Monday filed petitions challenging President Maithripala Sirisena's sacking of parliament and asked the Supreme Court to restore the legislature.
