The Island Home News Tuesday 27th December, 2011 3 SATURDAY MAHAJANA DEVELOPMENT FORTUNE JATHIKA VASANA JAYODA SUPIRI VASANA FORTUNE JANA JAYA Draw No: 1356 SAMPATHA SAMPATHA SAMPATHA Date 21-12-2011 GOVI SETHA NIYATHA JAYA Date 23-12-2011 Date: 19-12-2011 SAMPATHA Date: 18-12-2011 Bonus No 36 Draw No: 185 Date: Main Draw Date: 24-12-2011 Date: 19-12-2011 Date: 23-12-2011 Draw No. 812 Draw No. 2285 Date 21-12-2011 Date:22-12-2011 Draw No.289 Zodiac symbol - Pisces 23 -12 - 2011 Draw No. 672 Winning No: Draw No. 900 Draw No. 838 Draw No.010 Winning Nos: Winning Nos: Lucky No. 07 Super No. 07 Draw No. 2488 Super No.07 U- 05-14-15-45 C-16- 65- 12 -01 E -15-22-47-55 01-06-29-38 Winning Nos: Bonus No. 64 27-40-48-49 E- 20-24-27-53 Ranwarama - Winning No: T 27-39-59-67 C-7-7-0-1-6 G- O1-42-49-51 G 28-32-42-70 5-1-2-7-1-1 Ranil says no shortcuts to power

BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE his leader at Deputy leader of the UNP Sajith – United National Party moments the leader Premadasa MP told the meeting that and opposition leader Ranil was in utter despera- late minister Hameed was not a politi- Wickremesinghe on Saturday declared tion, the UNP leader cian who boasted. Hameed proved his that there were no shortcuts to power. said. capabilities in practice. Because of his One should act with a plan, patience Hameed was the capabilities Hameed received the sup- and tolerance to gain power, he said. first Foreign Affairs port of the people irrespective of dif- Addressing the 12th death com- Minister of Sri ferences. memoration of late Alhaj Dr. A. C. S. Lanka. The portfolio Hameed felt the pulse of the people Hameed, Foreign Affiars Minister in was earlier held by and worked for their benefit, he said. Six sluice gates of the D.S.Senanayake Reservoir in Ampara were opened on Sunday following the heavy rains experienced in the catchments of the reservoir. It was rare occasion that the reservoir the President J. R. Jayewardene gov- the Prime Minister of Ven. Prof. Kamburugamuwe Thera reached spill over level and sluice gates opened twice in a year. The reservoir reached spill level ernment, at St. Anthony’s College Hall the country, Ranil who delivered the A. C. S. Hameed ora- during the North Eastern monsoon rains in Janauary – February this year, Amapara District in , Wickremesinghe iden- Wickremesinghe said adding that he tion said that late Dr. Hameed treated Secretary Neil De Alwis who inspected the sluice gates opening said. Pic by Gayan Chinthaka, tified the late Dr. Hameed as a politi- was fortunate to hold the office of the all people alike. He never had partisan Lahugala Corr cal leader who possessed the impor- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs feelings and was a politician who met tant qualities that one aspiring to under Hameed. his people whenever it was possible. become a leader should have. Wickremesinghe said that it was But now-a-days politicians do not Pakistani nabbed with Rs. 10 million Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne Hameed who formulated a foreign poli- want to meet the people who voted presided. cy for . He initiated bilateral them to power. The politicians live in Late Dr. Hameed was popular not relationships with many countries without going to their con- worth of heroin in belly only in Harispattuwa and Akurana, he including South Korea and several West stituencies because they could not ful- BY RAJITH SAVANADASA gained popularity in the entire Kandy Asian countries. fill their promises. A man who arrived in Sri Lanka, where the drugs were extracted and district and in almost every part of the Sri Lanka was regarded as a non- Former UNP Deputy Leader Karu around midday on December 23 was handed over to the courts. country, Wickremesinghe said. aligned country. But many countries Jayasuriya, MPs Ravi Karunanayake, arrested at the Bandaranaike According to officials at the Police He was a fine friend and colleague could not remain non-aligned. J. R. Lakshman Kiriella, Gamini International Airport for possession of Narcotics Bureau at the BIA, the 31- of his leader J. R. Jayewardene. Jayewardene once said that no-country Jayawickrema Perera, former MP heroin. The man had attempted to year-old Pakistani national was travel- Hameed stood with his leader through- could remain non-partisan. There were Wijayapala Mendis and several others smuggle the drugs by swallowing 118 ling to Sri Lanka for the first time. He out and did not desert J. R. only two countries which were non- were present. packets weighing over 800 grams in was pretending to be a businessman but total. This haul of narcotics was worth officials suggest he frequently crossed Jayewardene at any time. He stood by aligned. They were America and The Dr. A. C. S. Hameed Felicitation almost Rs. 10 million. He has since been the Afghan-Pakistan border, probably Russia. volume was presented to the guests. handed over to the Negombo hospital engaging in drug trade. Twenty nine Indian fishermen land on Sri Lankan shores during Christmas week Seven more Tamil Nadu fish- lined report said. due to the impact of hitting the ermen have landed on the Sri In another instance, the Sri rocks in the rough seas. The Sri Lankan shores, taking to 29 the Lankan Navy said that one fisher- Lankan Navy personnel retrieved total number of people who have man was rescued from a boat that the damaged boat and effected ended up in the north of Sri had run aground in the Sri repairs having brought it Lanka during the Christmas Lankan waters, north-east of ashore,” the Navy said. week. Delft island on December 24. The seven fishermen have “The fishermen were in a boat “He was brought ashore safely joined 22 others in Jaffna to await that suffered engine failure on and handed over to the law repatriation. The 22 others were December 24. The Sri Lankan enforcement authorities for legal reportedly fishing in Sri Lankan Navy rescued them and they were formalities. The boat had left the waters when their boats got handed over to the Point Pedro Jagathapatnam fishery harbour entangled in coral rocks. police,” the Hindu quoted a sen- on December 22. It ran aground Indian officials are working ior official as having said. “There whilst poaching in the Sri with the Sri Lankan government was no fish in their boat, suggest- Lankan waters closer to the rocky to secure permission for an ing that this is a genuine case of shoreline off Delft. The propeller Indian tow boat to pull the six engine failure,” the Dec. 26 date- shaft of the boat was damaged vessels that have been stuck near Indian bookies hope to rake in No response to bag snatching $7bn to $9bn from betting on complaints

India-Australia Test series BY RAJITH SAVANADASA

BY S VENKAT NARAYAN There has been no response from Our Special Correspondent authorities to numerous complaints from a passenger who had her hand- NEW DELHI, December national cricket in the very luggage snatched, during a stopover 25: Indian bookies are hoping first match to be played in in Qatar, more than two-weeks ago. to rake in seven to nine billion Melbourne. Mr. and Mrs Nizam Ismail were US dollars on betting on the Tendulkar’s century is on a Qatar Airways, London- four Test India-Australia series, placed at INR 4.50, while the Colombo flight on December 9, when which began yesterday (26). bookies are accepting bets at the incident occurred. The aircraft They have declared INR 1.75 for half a century by had stopped and a few passengers Australia as the favourite to him. were alighting to change flights win the series. While Australia Rahul Dravid has been when a man of South Asian appear- has been placed at INR 1.17, declared as the favourite for ance grabbed the bag that was India is at INR 2.20. scoring the maximum number between Mrs Ismail’s feet and bolted. A series draw is placed at of runs from India, while from Though the Ismails gave chase along INR 2.85. the Australian side, they have the crowded aisle, they could not The bookies say the pitches chosen Captain Michael Clarke. catch up with the thief. at all stadiums where the four While Dravid has been They had complained to the air- Test matches are to be played— placed at INR 4.50, Clarke is line staff, transfer desk, airport secu- -Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth placed at INR 4.70. rity and the country manager at and Sydney—-are favourable According to reports in the Qatar Airport and according to Mrs for fast bowlers. Since media here, the bookies also Ismail, none of them made much Australia has good fast plan to accept “sessions bets” effort to find her bag. The local bowlers, they will benefit from (fancy bets) on things like Qatar Airlines spokesperson said them. scores in the first 20 overs, or there was little they could do aside Primarily operating from who will take the maximum from informing the authorities in Gujarat and Rajasthan states, number of wickets in every Qatar and waiting for a response, the bookies say they expect to inning. which was expected in two to three do a business of anything A bookie told a local news- weeks. between INR 10 billion and INR paper: “We will also take bets The bag contained valuable items 12 billion for each match. on what will be scored in an such as a camera and charger, brand The bookies have also come inning. We expect to do busi- new clothes Mrs Ismail had bought out with their rates for Sachin ness to the tune of INR 10 bil- to attend a wedding in Sri Lanka. Mr Tendulkar achieving the mile- lion to INR 12 billion per each Ismail is a retired civil servant and stone of 100 centuries in inter- Test match.” both are British citizens.