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Gotabaya Rajapaksa not using state funds for expenses abroad: Sri Lankan g
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 17 (ANI): Amid the row surrounding the frequent travel of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to foreign countries since his ouster from power, the new Sri Lankan leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has come forward to clarify that the current government is not playing fo
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Two BSF personnel killed during violent protest in Congo
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on a UN peace-keeping mission in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo on Tuesday succumbed to fatal injuries they had received during violent protests.
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We will continue peaceful non-violent protests: Sri Lankan protesters
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 24 (ANI): Calling the actions of Sri Lankan authorities against the peaceful protesters at Galle Face as "brutal and torture", the agitators condemned the act and said that they will continue the protests, even if they are attacked.
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Kallakurichi student's death case: Notice to schools for shutting down on
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI): A notice has been issued to all private nursery, matriculation and CBSE schools that remained closed on Monday following violent protests over the death of a schoolgirl at a private residential school in Kallakurichi district in north Tamil Nad
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Jharkhand govt seeks explanation from Ranchi SSP over putting up posters o
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 16 (ANI): A day after Jharkhand police put up posters carrying photographs of those allegedly involved in the recent violent protests in Ranchi over controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad, the State's Home Secretary Rajiv Arun Ekka on Wednesday evening
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WB clashes: Bengal BJP submits memorandum to Governor, seeks armed forces
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 12 (ANI): The West Bengal BJP submitted a memorandum to Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday seeking the deployment of paramilitary forces in the state over the violent protests in Howrah and Murshidabad against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhamm
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Controversial remark row: Situation peaceful, precautionary measures being
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], June 11 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday held a high-level meeting with top police officials against the backdrop of violent protests in different parts of the state on Friday over controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
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Section 144 imposed in several areas of Ranchi after protests
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 11 (ANI): A day after violent protests killed two people and injured many in Jharkhand's Ranchi over Prophet Muhammad remarks row, section 144 was imposed in several areas of the capital city on Saturday.
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'Lot to be done and undone': New Sri Lankan PM on severe financial crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Newly appointed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he will provide a full explanation of the financial crisis faced by the island nation on Monday, days after he was appointed as the prime minister in the midst of the violent protests t
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Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa agrees to form new govt
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Sri Lanka's opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has agreed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's proposal to assume the office of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, days after Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned after a series of violent protests.
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Sri Lanka issues shoot-on-sight orders as protests intensify
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Sri Lanka tri forces have been ordered to shoot all those who plunder public property or cause personal harm, local media reported on Tuesday as large-scale protests continue to take place across the island nation.
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Violent protests force former Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to take shelter
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 10 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his family members have been shifted to Trincomalee Naval Base, a day after he resigned following violent protests that led to a nationwide curfew.
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