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While the heatwave is expected to return to Delhi, storm Asani will provide rain to coastal Odisha, neighbouring parts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, and coastal West Bengal in the coming days, despite its weakening.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa announced his resignation hours after riots erupted in Colombo, where supporters of the ruling party attacked an anti-government protest camp and were driven back by police using tear gas and water cannon. A police source informed Reuters that 

ruling party parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala died after a standoff with anti-government protestors in the town of Nittambuwa near Colombo. According to the source, at least three people were injured, and the situation remained heated with dozens of demonstrators still there.

A group of anti-government protestors set fire to the Rajapaksas' ancestral home in Hambantota, only hours after Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned in response to rising calls for his removal as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

According to the Daily Mirror, video footage showed the entire house of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in Medamulana, Hambantota city, blazing as protestors hooted away.

- Protesters also set fire to the homes of ruling coalition ministers and legislators.

A government spokeswoman, Nalaka Godahewa, stated that all cabinet members had also resigned. He told Reuters that the president will now approach other political parties to create a unity cabinet. "The president will meet with independent and opposition political groups, and a new administration should be formed within the next several days," said the president.

- As they returned from Colombo, pro-government supporters were attacked in at least four sites, according to media reports. According to police sources, at least two mayors' homes were also set on fire.