All set for Batticaloa LG polls tomorrow
270,471 voters to elect 101 members:
Batticaloa will go for Local Government polls
tomorrow with 270,471 voters casting their votes at 285 polling
stations in the district. Assistant Commissioner of Elections T.
Krishnananthalingam told the Sunday Observer that the Elections
Office in Batticaloa with the assistance of the police and the
Security Forces has taken all steps to ensure that the local polls
in the Batticaloa district take place without any hindrance.
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Navy rounds up 63 South Indian fishermen
The Navy arrested 63 South Indian fishermen in
six fishing trawlers in Lankan territorial waters on Friday, Navy
spokesman Commander, D. K. P. Dassanayake said. Commander
Dassanayake told the Sunday Observer the South Indian fishermen were
rounded up by the Navy eight nautical miles off the west of Talawila
around 12 noon on Friday.
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Lid blown off lucrative mining business
A lucrative business involving mining of rose
silicon in the mountainous region of Naula, Matale came to light
when policemen from the Central Anti Vice Striking Force swooped on
the mining site last Monday and arrested 64 persons involved in
mining. The suspects had been in possession of bogus permits issued
by several state agencies.
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