DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: Court orders Sallay to provide laptop and telephone passwords; request to remove Shani Abeysekara from the investigation is also rejected | Pictorial: Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner to Chennai Ganesanathan Ketheeswaran meets with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay Thinakaran: “State of emergency will not be extended further” – Government decides |
Thinakkural: Hand over mobile phone and computer passwords; court issues strict order to Sallay; Request submitted by his side also rejected; 23-page order read out by magistrate | Bus fares increased by 12%; minimum fare is Rs. 34 | Suresh Sallay ends his hunger strike Thamilan: Bus fares increased by 12% | “Hand over mobile phone and provide password!” Fort Magistrate orders Suresh Sallay; also announces that Shani cannot be removed from the investigation | “Parliament itself will decide the provincial council election date; it will be held soon” – Cabinet spokesperson |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: Dengue: The University of the Visual and Performing Arts closed; 36 students fall ill; another group suffering from fever Divaina: “The CID cannot be removed from the investigations against Sallay” – The Colombo Fort magistrate; [Sallay] ordered to hand over the passwords to his mobile phone and laptop; [Sallay] to be produced in court via video conference
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Dinamina: “Hand over Sallay’s passwords to the CID” – The court orders; request to remove Shani from investigations, rejected | Sallay calls off the fast | “The ‘fasting drama’ has ended amidst medical investigations” – The People’s Power Collective | Emergency aid worth Rs. 67 billion from the ADB to provide Ditwah relief | Bus fares to be increased from July 6 Aruna: Bus fares increased: Minimum fare Rs. 34; the fares for short and long distances rise by 12% and 20% respectively |