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SJB, SLFP to back 22A

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The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today (20) stated their decision to support the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament that the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution has some positive changes when compared to the 20th Amendment and they will support the amendment based on several conditions.

Premadasa said that they will support it provided that no underhand revisions are sneaked in at the committee stage.

However, if there are unacceptable changes in the committee stages then the SJB will oppose it, he further noted.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Freedm Party leader – Maithripala Sirisena said that the SLFP will vote in support of the 22nd Amendment on the basis that it is good for the people.

“We admit that this a very good amendment from the point of the public. We are voting in favour of this while standing in the side of the people,” he added.

However, he pointed out that the 22nd Amendment alone will not solve the current issues of the public and urged the government to focus their attention to that issue as well.

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Power supply restored in 80% of affected areas – CEB

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The power supply in 80% of the affected areas has been restored, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) reported.

Efforts to restore power in all remaining areas are also currently underway, CEB Media Spokesman Engineer Noel Priyantha said.

Earlier this evening (09 Dec.), major power outages were reported across the island due to a breakdown in the transmission line from Kotmale to Biyagama.

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6 dead, 10 injured as fire breaks out at candle factory

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At least six people died and 10 sustained injuries after a fire broke out at a sparkling candle manufacturing unit in the Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune district on Friday, an official said.

The fire brigade received a call about the blaze at the factory located at Talawade around 2.45 pm, said Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal commissioner Shekhar Singh. The factory manufactured sparkling candles which are generally used for birthday celebrations, he said.

“The fire has been doused. The cause is yet to be ascertained,” Singh added.

The owner of a nearby unit alerted the fire brigade to the incident, after which a team rushed to the site, doused the blaze and sent the injured to the hospital, an official from the Pimpri Chinchwad civic body’s disaster management cell said.

The six bodies have been charred beyond recognition, while the injuries sustained by 10 persons, comprising nine women and a male who is the owner of the ill-fated unit, are serious, he said.

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar expressed grief at the incident and assured a inquiry.

Source – Times of India

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Youth abducted in Matara and shot

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A youth, abducted from Matara by a group claiming to be police officers was shot and left behind with injuries in Habaraduwa last night (8), Police said.

The persons had arrived in a car and taken him claiming he was wanted for an investigation.

He had been shot on the leg and injured.

He is currently receiving treatment at hospital.

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