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When demonstrators invaded PM Rajapaksa’s home, he was evacuated

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When demonstrators invaded PM Rajapaksa’s home, he was evacuated

Thousands of protesters stormed the main gates of Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official residence in Colombo this morning, forcing heavily armed troops to rescue him. Protesters then attempted to force their way into ‘Temple Trees,’ a two-story colonial-era building that serves as the Lankan Prime Minister’s home and where his family and he were taking refuge.

How did Sri Lankan forces get ex-President Rajapaksa out?

As security forces moved Rajapaksa and his family out of ‘Temple Trees,’ police fired tear gas and warning shots into the air to keep mobs at bay.

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Protesters set fire to a military truck in an attempt to block the main gate and security forces from entering the compound.

“The former Prime Minister and his family were evacuated to safety by the army after a pre-dawn operation,” a security official told AFP. “There were at least ten petrol bombs thrown into the compound.”

The US embassy compound across the road was hit by some of the tear gas canisters fired by Sri Lankan forces, but no casualties were reported.

As the island nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in living memory, Sri Lanka saw its most violent protests in this week. According to the news agency PTI, at least eight people have died and over 200 have been injured in clashes with security forces so far.

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One of the dead is Amarakeerthi Athukorala, a member of the ruling party who allegedly shot himself after killing two people, including a 27-year-old man.

The Rajapaksas’ ancestral home in the southern Hambantota district, as well as dozens of buildings belonging to his loyalists and others, were set on fire.

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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