6 Friday 29th April, 2011 The Island Features Schoolboys Lovesick Indian man E m ergency Numbers Essential Services arrested in National Help D beheads woman at esk 118 Electricity Breakdown Service (CEB) Colombo y (1 - 15)Cit (011) 249 8498 blue film joint Water Breakdown Service her school (Colombo City) (011) 267 2222 he watching a porno- (011) 267 4444 (011) 537 4375 Nugegoda graphic film at Colombo Municipal Council (011) 4722022 Hot LIne 110 PATNA, (AP) — Police say that a Khushbu, who uses only one name. He Tpolice on the time of the Public Transport Service allegedly attacked her a ceremonial Tuesday, acting on raid. Central Bus Stand-Pettah (011) 232 9606 man armed with a large knife beheaded Private Bus Stand-Pettah (011) 586 5904 an 18-year-old woman at her school in curved weapon called a khukri as she a tip-off, raided a The police was leaving her classroom Wednesday video parlour in seized a computer, Colombo Fort Railway Inquiries (011) 243 4215 front of her horrified classmates in General Post Office Colombo (011) 232 eastern India. in the eastern city of Ranchi. Pannipitiya and a bundle of DVDs 6203 The attacker later told police he was Authorities say the blade sliced her took into custody containing porno- Emergency Services head off and she died instantly. Kumar two schoolboys. graphic material in love with the victim but her parents Fire Service (Colombo) (011) 242 2222, 110 wouldn’t allow them to marry. was quickly mobbed by the other stu- The police said and arrested the Police Emergency Service 119 dents and handed over to the police. Ganja smuggling that the two owner of the par- Police Emergency (Colombo) (011) Police official Pravin Kumar Singh 243 3333 minors had been lour. Bom said Thursday that officers arrested Singh says Kumar told the police that he b Disposal (Army Squad) (011) 243 4251 had also intended to kill himself. Accident Service (General Hospitals) (011) 269 1111 Bijendra Kumar on suspicion of killing Ambulance Services racket busted St. Johns (011) 243 7744 In this photo taken Monday, April 25, he mastermind of a ganja Red Cross (011 ) 555 5505 2011, Danish pop band Michael smuggling operation from South Mobile (077) 299 2312 Learns To Rock members, from left, TIndia to Talaimannar was Tragedy at Contact Norman Mikkel Lentz, Jascha Richter, Kare arrested by the Mannar police early Wanscher, pose before an interview this week. Tel: 2497500/0718442666 in Kuala Lumpur, . Michael Investigations have revealed that Fax: 2497543 he had been smuggling the narcotic Dunhinda Em Learns To Rock has sold more than ail: [email protected] substance with the help of some 10 million albums, performed in Indian fishermen who used their 16-year-old upon to search for packed stadiums and spawned a trawlers to transfer the stuff to small- boy who his body. string of soaring ballads that echo er vessels which brought it ashore. Avisited the The missing every night through countless One of his accomplices was arrest- Dunhinda Falls boy was Sashi karaoke bars. But the trio’s success ed in a joint operation conducted by on Tuesday Bandara of belies a curious facet of its career: the Navy and the police and he has slipped and fell Bindunawewa, exactly two decades after releasing divulged vital information, according into the water fall Aluthgama. to sources. while he was tak- The Badulla its debut CD, Michael Learns To Rock The main suspect escaped arrest ing photographs. police are con- remains unknown in the United when the Navy-police team surround- The Navy ducting investiga- States and much of Europe, but ed his boat off Talaimannar. divers were called tions. retains a legion of fans far away in However, he was later arrested . (AP) after his accomplice in custody spilled the beans. The police said that the arrest of Danish pop band marks more suspects involved in the opera- tion was imminent. Burglar 20 years of fame in Asia Sandminer killed KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) with their band’s name on a whim, makes the — The Danish pop band Michael Learns inspired by and 1980s To Rock has sold more than 10 million groups such as and by lightning albums, performed in packed stadiums Frankie Goes To Hollywood. most of music man died on engaged in sand and spawned a string of soaring ballads The young men enjoyed a promising admission to mining at the time that echo every night through countless beginning by winning a 1988 talent com- Athe in the Mahaweli karaoke bars. petition in and writing he Madampe police Polonnaruwa hos- river in But the trio’s success belies a curious English-language songs that secured are looking for a pital after he was Manampitiya . facet of its career: Two decades after them a recording contract in the United Tburglar who entered struck by lightning The deceased releasing its debut CD, Michael Learns States. a house in the area and on Tuesday. was Pradeep To Rock remains unknown in the United Despite recording their eponymous robbed cash and valu- The police said Kumaradasa of ables to the tune of Rs States and much of Europe but retains a first album in Los Angeles and embark- that he had been Lakshapathigama. 200,000. legion of fans far away in Asia. ing on a promotional push in New York The robber had “When we started out by playing in 1991, the CD flopped in America. Their entered the house while small gigs in small towns in Denmark, lead single, “The Actor,” received airplay the members of the we had big dreams about world fame and in Denmark, and , household were away at a ‘Weeds’ behind fortune, but we feel privileged enough but the foundation for their future was A warehouse gutted musical show in Chliaw, now to be embraced in Asia,” drummer paved by an Asian record executive who the police said. Kare Wanscher said in an interview in made it a No. 1 smash in . n Miyugunagama in The police said that The Madampe police paper mills Kuala Lumpur this week during a three- Other Asian nations such as Mahiyangana a ware- the cause of the fire or are conducting investiga- concert Malaysian tour. Malaysia, and the Ihouse of a confec- the losses incurred had tions. Michael Learns To Rock initially com- soon succumbed to the band’s charms, tionery factory caught not been established yet. prised a quartet of two high school which blend the easy-listening wistful- fire on Tuesday and three The Mahiyangana friends and their acquaintances who ness of Barry Manilow with the infec- rooms and its office were police are conducting grew up loving pop music. They came up tious melodies of ABBA. gutted. investigations. There were no causal- ties. 334 Arms cache found in Tangalle

he Tangalle police con- Tducted a he Embilipitiya police One suspect was arrested. series of raids in on Tuesday raided a The police said he would the area and recov- Tganja plantation in a be produced before the ered a number of half-an-acre plot of land Embilipitiya Magistrate firearms. behind the Kadurugasara today. Paper Mill in Embilipitiya. Among them were four T-56 assault rifles, 91 locally made guns, one 16 bore gun, 19 trap Drunkards in the soup guns, eight 12 bore guns, 256 he Kandy police on suspects had abused rounds of Tuesday night arrest- passersby in filth. ammunition, 5 Ted 15 persons who mis- They are scheduled to be hand grenades behaved in the town under produced before the Kandy and 150 grams of the influence of liquor. Magistrate today. explosives. The police said that the

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