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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 President Pardons Hardline Buddhist Monk Serving Jail Term
Sri Lanka's president granted an amnesty to a firebrand Buddhist monk on Wednesday, four days after holding talks with him at the country's main prison, officials said.
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3-5 Years In Jail For Spreading Fake News About Sri Lankan Blasts: Report
The Sri Lankan government on Friday warned that anyone found guilty of spreading fake news and false propaganda about the Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 253 lives may be imprisoned for 3 to 5 years, following a growing number of incidents of public disturbance.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Sentenced Six Years' Jail In Contempt Case
A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist.
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CBI, Accused Of Gaps In Probe By Rajiv Gandhi Killer, Blames Sri Lankans
A convict who has spent 26 years in jail for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi has requested the Supreme Court to reopen the case and cancel his conviction. This, after the CBI said in court today that it could not properly investigate the bomb that killed the former prime minister because it "got no help from Sri Lanka" in establishing the origin ...
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Sri Lanka Court Jails Top Former Officials For Corruption
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday jailed and fined two top officials in former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's government for misappropriation of funds, a lawyer said, the first convictions in a series of investigations into official corruption.
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India Vs Sri Lanka: Coach Ravi Shastri Tweets About 'Jail Break' In Kandy After Dhoni-Bhuvi Show
MS Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were involved in a match-winning 100-run stand.
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Australian Cricket Streaker Jailed By Sri Lankan Court For Indecent Exposure
The man, identified as Alexander James from Queensland, was jailed for one week for his naked run across the ground in Pallekele near the picturesque town of Kandy during Tuesday's washed-out final session on day one of first Test between Sri Lanka-Australia
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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 President Pardons Hardline Buddhist Monk Serving Jail Term
Sri Lanka's president granted an amnesty to a firebrand Buddhist monk on Wednesday, four days after holding talks with him at the country's main prison, officials said.
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3-5 Years In Jail For Spreading Fake News About Sri Lankan Blasts: Report
The Sri Lankan government on Friday warned that anyone found guilty of spreading fake news and false propaganda about the Easter Sunday bombings that claimed 253 lives may be imprisoned for 3 to 5 years, following a growing number of incidents of public disturbance.
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Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Sentenced Six Years' Jail In Contempt Case
A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday handed a six-year jail term to a Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims, holding him guilty of contempt just months after he was convicted of intimidating the wife of a missing journalist.
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CBI, Accused Of Gaps In Probe By Rajiv Gandhi Killer, Blames Sri Lankans
A convict who has spent 26 years in jail for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi has requested the Supreme Court to reopen the case and cancel his conviction. This, after the CBI said in court today that it could not properly investigate the bomb that killed the former prime minister because it "got no help from Sri Lanka" in establishing the origin ...
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Sri Lanka Court Jails Top Former Officials For Corruption
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday jailed and fined two top officials in former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's government for misappropriation of funds, a lawyer said, the first convictions in a series of investigations into official corruption.
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India Vs Sri Lanka: Coach Ravi Shastri Tweets About 'Jail Break' In Kandy After Dhoni-Bhuvi Show
MS Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were involved in a match-winning 100-run stand.
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Australian Cricket Streaker Jailed By Sri Lankan Court For Indecent Exposure
The man, identified as Alexander James from Queensland, was jailed for one week for his naked run across the ground in Pallekele near the picturesque town of Kandy during Tuesday's washed-out final session on day one of first Test between Sri Lanka-Australia
