Live: Sri Lanka PM quits, MP dies in standoff, Rajapaksa property attacked
LIVE news updates: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation came hours after clashes broke out in Colombo
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Sri Lanka's pro government and anti-government protestors clash amid tear gas outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Shots fired in air from outgoing Sri Lanka PM's residence; protesters breach gate
Sri Lanka protesters set fire to Rajapaksa family memorial
Sri Lanka ruling party MP dies after standoff
Mahinda Rajapaksa urges all all-party government in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka MP found dead as violence engulfs nation
Ukrainians report fierce fighting as Russia marks Soviet WW2 victory
Ruling party MP in Sri Lanka dies in clash
Shops, schools and businesses close in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa brothers face growing public anger
Ukrainians report fierce fighting as Russia marks Soviet WW2 victory
ED summons Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal in money laundering probe
The ED has summoned Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal for questioning on Tuesday in Ranchi in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds and other charges, officials said.
They said the 2000-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) has been asked to depose before the investigation officer of the case at the federal agency's zonal office in Ranchi.
6 shot, 3 fatally at a greater Atlanta condo complex: Police
A shooting at a greater Atlanta condominium complex has left three people dead and three others wounded, police said, adding no arrests were immediately made.
Police in Dekalb County said the six people were shot on Sunday night at the complex near Clarkston, a community in a suburb east of Atlanta.
Cancer Care Centre in Ambala will benefit Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, UP: Nadda
SC to hear CPI(M)'s plea against building demotions in Shaheen Bagh
Shah reviews Indo-Bangla border situation in Assam, interacts with locals
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the situation along the Assam-Bangladesh border from the Mankachar sector of the state.
Shah, who arrived at the Kamakhya Hilltop via a chopper earlier in the day, offered prayers at the temple there before leaving for the Mankachar.
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan joins locals protesting anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh
Shah, Biswa offer prayers at Kamakhya Temple in Assam
Severe cyclone Asani rages in Bay of Bengal; Odisha plans evacuation
With severe cyclonic storm Asani packing gale-force winds up to 120 kmph and moving towards the east coast bringing along heavy rain, the Odisha government on Monday planned evacuation of people residing in four coastal districts. The system lays centered around 550 km southeast of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and 680 km south-southeast of Puri in Odisha at 5.30 am on Monday and was moving towards the coast at 25 kmph, a bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at 8.45 am said.
Distant warning signal 2 (asking ships not to come near the coast) has been hoisted in all ports in Odisha in view of the approaching severe cyclone. "The system is very likely to move northwestwards till Tuesday and reach westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh & Odisha coasts," the weather office said.
Pak PM Sharif warns of legal action against Imran for statements against institutions
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused his predecessor Imran Khan of planning to trigger a civil war in the country and warned of legal action for concocting a narrative against the country's national institutions.
His remarks came on the heels of Pakistan's powerful army warning its critics to avoid throwing dirt on the premier institution as it took "strong exception" to "intensified and deliberate attempts" to drag it into politics after the removal of the Khan-led government last month.
Sri Lanka PM Rajapaksa may offer resignation today
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as the prime minister on Monday, political sources said, as pressure mounts on the embattled government led by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an interim administration to overcome the worst economic crisis facing the country.
Rajapaksa, 76, under intense pressure from within his own Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) ranks to resign was gathering his supporters to apply counterpressure not to stand down.
First Published: May 09 2022 | 07:07 AM IST