LIVE updates: Ex-Sri Lanka PM Rajapaksa, his family take refuge at naval base

According to reports, former Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family are taking shelter at Trincomalee Naval Base.

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New Delhi: 10 flights including from Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur and Mumbai cancelled at Chennai Airport due to Cyclone Asani on Tuesday (May 10), informed the Airport Authority, Chennai.

Severe cyclonic storm Asani is over the west-central region and adjoining southwest region of Bay of Bengal. It is 330 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam Likely to move further northwest till tonight, thereafter it'll recurve said Kumar, Duty Officer, Cyclone Warning Center Visakhapatnam.

Meanwhile, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann called for a meeting at his residence at about 10 am today with DGP and other senior officers to seek a report on the course of action so far, in the Mohali blast incident.

10 May 2022

17:15 IST

According to sources, former Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members are currently taking refuge at Trincomalee Naval Base while protests continue outside.

A protest underway in front of the Trincomalee Naval Base claiming former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members are inside pic.twitter.com/fJ6hOh6b3Y

— NewsWire (@NewsWireLK) May 10, 2022

15:53 IST

#WATCH | Odisha: A group of fishermen had a narrow escape, as their boat capsized in the turbulent sea at Aryapalli near Chatrapur in Ganjam district. All the fishermen managed to swim to the shore, and no loss of lives reported. #CycloneAsani pic.twitter.com/ZH3ryOlHvR

— ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2022