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Air India sky marshal detained at BIA with loaded gun

A Chennai-bound Air India flight was delayed by over four hours at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo after the sky marshal of the aircraft was detained by the security agency with a weapon at the BIA airport.? ?? “The sky marshal was detained at the transit terminal (passengers) area with loaded firearms, delaying the flight by over four hours,” an official with knowledge of the incident told?ANI. In India, sky marshals or flight marshals were introduced in 1999 after t

07 May, 2023

Gunathilaka has three sexual assault charges dropped

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has had three out of his four sexual assault charges dropped after he allegedly raped a Sydney woman. The 32-year-old was facing four counts of sexual intercourse without consent while in Sydney for the T20 World Cup, however, the public prosecutor withdrew three of the charges in a Sydney court on Thursday. Police allege the batsman met up with the 29-year-old woman at Sydney’s Opera Bar after matching with her on Tinder in November 2022. The pair th

18 May, 2023

Mahinda’s links with Ubert and Jerome likely to be probed

By Easwaran Rutnam Links between former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and controversial preachers Ubert Angel and Jerome Fernando is likely to be looked into as part of ongoing investigations launched by the authorities. Fernando is being investigated over controversial statements he had made on Buddhism and other religions. Investigators said that links between former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ubert Angel and Jerome Fernando will be looked into. A complaint was lodged with the criminal

16 May, 2023