TAMIl WOMAN ACTIVIST RElEASED IN SRI lANKA
Colombo: A Sri lankan Tamil woman, who symbolised the fight against the alleged disappearances during the final stages of the war against the lTTE in 2009, was on Tuesday released on conditional bail after spending nearly a year in jail on charges of sheltering a criminal. 50-year-old Balendra Jeyakumari’s release came days ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the country.
GANGRAPE DOCUMENTARY BY BBC PREMIERS IN US
New York: The controversial BBC documentary, depicting the aftermath of the brutal gangrape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012, has premiered in the US with Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, Frieda Pinto and actor Farhan Akhtar in attendance as a show of support for the film banned in India.
2 KIllED, 36 INJURED IN ATTACKS IN EGYPT
Cairo: At least two persons, including a police officer, were killed and 36 others were injured on Tuesday in two separate bomb attacks targetting security forces in Egypt’s volatile North Sinai. Both the incidents took place in N Sinai’s Al-Arish city.