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Pastor attacks family for opposing loud prayers, threatens media for reporting it: Sri Lanka
A pastor and his aides were arrested for attacking a family that objected to loud prayers and threatening reporters in Sri Lanka. His followers...
80 year old priest arrested for sexual abuse of minors in Christian ‘home’: Sri Lanka
Inmates of a Christian ‘home’ in Sri Lanka have complained of sexual and physical abuse by an 80-year-old priest and nuns respectively. The horrifying...
NIA busts Indo-Lankan drugs and arms racket working for LTTE revival, 1 held in Chennai
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In a crackdown on Indo-Sri Lankan illegal drugs and arms trade racket, which allegedly working for the revival of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
Bharatiya and Sri Lankan Tamils set to expand interaction with revival of historic ferry service
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A passenger ferry service between Karaikal port in India's Puducherry and Kankesanthurai port in Jaffna in North Sri Lanka is finally scheduled to start...
“This is Shiva Bhumi. Evangelists don’t set foot”, Sri Lankan officials send back pastor Paul Dinakaran after Hindus protest
Tele evangelist Paul Dinakaran and his family were sent back from Sri Lanka after Hindus protested against his event. He had planned a 2-day...
SL President calls armed forces to maintain public order
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Amidst looming protests mainly over tax hikes and early elections, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called armed forces to maintain public order in...
12 TN fishermen arrested by SL Navy
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The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 fishermen from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu near the Palk Bay.In two mechanised boats, the fishermen from Jagadapattinam...
‘LTTE chief Prabhakaran alive’, claims Tamil leader
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Tamil nationalist leader and President of World Tamil Confederation, Pazha Nedumaran on Monday claimed that LTTE leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran is alive and lives with...
SL to ban massage by opposite gender at spas, parlours
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Sri Lanka plans to introduce gender restrictions to spas and massage parlours, aiming to control prostitution conduct under the guise of spas and prevent...
Ahead of Jaishankar’s visit, SL Prez assures to fully devolve power and solve simmering ethnic problems between Sinhalese and minority Tamils
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Ahead of visit by Bharat's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Sri Lanka this week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured to fully implement the...