Om Prakash Chautala, who is now 87 years old, is Tihar's oldest prisoner.

Politics
May 28, 2022, 11:29 a.m.

Om Prakash Chautala, the former Haryana chief minister, is one of seven inmates over the age of 80, according to jail data. Another 63 are between the ages of 70 and 80. Until Chautala's sentencing on Friday, the prison's oldest inmate was an 85-year-old man convicted of murder.

The security of 424 VIPs in Punjab has been withdrawn.

Politics
May 28, 2022, 11:26 a.m.

Past MLAs, as well as current and former police personnel, are among them.

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe thanked India for its assistance during a "tough moment" in Sri Lanka.

Politics
May 28, 2022, 11:24 a.m.

PM Wickremesinghe's praise for India came on the same day that India provided 25 tonnes of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies worth around SLR 260 million to Sri Lanka.