Sajith appears before Presidential Commission

PUCSL continues war against electricity tariff hike

The Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) has once again refused to approve the proposed electricity tariff hike. PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake also warned against political interference in the affairs of the PUCSL which is an independent institution. “There is an attempt to get rid of the independence of the institution. That is not good. That will be a historical mistake,” he said while addressing his staff on the first day of work. Ratnayake also said that there is an attempt to increase t

02 Jan, 2023

Kanjipani Imran sneaks into Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka

Notorious underworld gangster Mohamed Najim Mohamed Imran alias Kanjipani Imran has sneaked into Rameswaram days after his release on bail by a court in Sri Lanka. The Tamil Nadu intelligence has sounded an alert to senior police officers across the State to mount vigil along the coastal districts and look for him and his associate who landed along the Ramanathapuram district coast on December 25, 2022. Imran, wanted by the Sri Lankan authorities for various offences, including murders and cri

01 Jan, 2023

Iran ousted from UN Women?s Commission in 29-8 vote; India abstains

Iran was ousted from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday evening in the wake of the Mahsa Amini protest. In a vote of 29-8, some 16 countries, including India abstained from the vote. The eight nations who voted against were Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Bolivia, China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Zimbabwe. The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution to ?remove with immediate effect the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Wome

31 Dec, 2022