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Adani hosts a farewell dinner for Milinda

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2 weeks ago

September 9, 2023

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Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda who is to relinquish duties at the end of this month, was hosted by two top corporate leaders in India recently.

Adani Group’s Chairman Gautam Adani hosted High Commissioner Moragoda a farewell dinner at his residence on September 5.

Earlier this week, the High Commissioner was hosted for a farewell lunch by the Chairman of the Hinduja Group Europe, Prakash Hinduja.

On both occasions, High Commissioner Moragoda recalled the close interactions he has had with these two top businessmen and thanked them for the assistance that they had extended to him during his tenure in Delhi.

Founded by Gautam Adani in 1988, Adani Group is one of the largest corporations in India and its businesses include port management, electric power generation and transmission, renewable energy, mining, airport operations, natural gas, food processing and infrastructure.

Hinduja Group is a top Indian transnational conglomerate, which is present in eleven sectors including automotive, oil and specialty chemicals, banking and finance and power.It owns the automotive manufacturer, Ashok Leyland.Both Groups have invested substantially in Sri Lanka.

Source – Daily New

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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4 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)