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For misbehaving after drinks Shahrukh Khan has been banned from entering into the Wahkhede Stadium:

The day before yesterday after the conclusion of the IPL cricket match Shahrukh Khan had misbehaved badly after drinks and even gone to the exert of assaulting spectators. After this incident the Wahkhede stadium has been declared a prohibited place for Shahrukh Khan by the authorities of the Stadium namely, the Manager, Deputy Manager and the committee of the administration of the Stadium.
Shahrukh Khan the owner of the Kolkata Knight Riders team, after beating the fancied Mumbai Indians team had run on to field with about 40 of his supporters and played havoc by abusing,
During this incident Shahrukh Khan’s body guards were also helpless. The security guards of the Stadium too had not been able to control him as he continued to use bad language and assaulted innocent spectators.
Regarding the decision that Shahrukh Khan has been banned from entering the stadium was released via a media release by the Deputy Manager of the Wankhede stadium Ravi Savanath.
However after everything calmed down Shahrukh Khan had denied that he was drunk but had disclosed that he had been in anger only.
After conclusion of this episode how Shahrukh Khan was yelling is shown in the video BELOW:

18th May 8.00 P.M updates
Fonseka to be freed on 19th Saturday

The latest news about the release of Sarath Fonseka would be tomorrow the 19th Saturday. It is learnt from informed sources that the President is to sign all papers pertaining to his release tonight.
It would be after announcing this to the public during his speech he is going to make on the ‘Victory day’ celebrations at the Galle Face tomorrow the 19th.


17th May 7.30PM
CABINET APPROVAL GRANTED TO FREE FONSEKA

A little while ago, Presidential media unit has announced that the Cabinet has approved the proposal brought forward by the President, Mahinda Rajapakse to release Sarath Fonseka.
Accordingly, the final announcement is to be made soon. It is reported that the President will announce that tonight or at the Victory celebrations day.
At the same time, Sarath Fonseka’s court case is to be held tomorrow and there is hope that he will get bailed out or to be released

State Television Rupavahini wins Temporary battle for telecasting London Olympics:

Recently Sirasa TV channel made announcements that they have got the Television rights to telecast the London 2012 Olympics games. About the telecasting of the Olympics the respective channels are more interested in obtaining commercial advertisements. It is purely on the grounds of financial gain, it is reliably learnt.
Although there had been press conferences, the intention of one channel is to sling mud at the other channel. However it is not certain yet which channel has been awarded the TV rights for telecasting the 2012 London Olympics scheduled to be held in July this year.
Even the advertisers and businessmen are not aware as to who has got the TV rights officially. Today the matter had been taken to the Commercial courts via a petition filed by the National TV, the Ruvavahini. Only a temporary solution has been reached. According to the National State Television, the Rupavahini in the year 2008 the Asian Pacific Telecast society had issued an agreement to telecast such events up to the year 2012.However according to the judges confirmed that until 31st May The Asia Pacific telecast society cannot hand over the telecasting rights to any other channel.
The petition has yet to be scrutinized properly. Since the MBC channel too has lodged a petition, hence the judgement would be delivered later. The 2012 London Olympics is scheduled to be held in July 2012.

To negotiate terms for Sarath Fonseka’s release President and Anoma Fonseka had gone to Tiran’s home:

There are indications that on the 18 th ‘Victory DAY’ celebrations day
Fonseka would be released:

It is learnt that to discuss about the finer points on Fonseka’s release President had visited Tiran’s home. Anoma Fonseka too had visited Tiran’s home. It is reported that the trio had met to have vital talks.
Accordingly it is learnt that he is due to be released this week end or before that. In the meantime a press conference was held yesterday with the participation of Minister Lakshman Yapa. The President had disclosed to the India Hindu media person that Sarath Fonseka would be released soon. The Minister had told that what every thing President tells the media, he has to oblige.
It is the first occasion that the President had disclosed to the media, to the Indian Hindu newspaper. He had confirmed that it is
 “Gotabhaya who wants him released soon”.

However Tiran has had talks with the President yesterday morning at ‘Temple Trees”. Again President had gone to Tiran’s home when Anoma Fonseka too had visited. This may be as Anoma Fonseka refused to meet the President when invited to “Temple Trees”. Hence an alternate venue had to be chosen for them to meet.

It is also learnt that Sarath Fonseka would be released on the 18th, the day “Victory day” celebrations day.

After marriage my acting would be confined to Colombo and suburbs only
-Paboda:

The story of the marriage of Paboda:

The other day our website published the news about Paboda’s wedding to be held at the end of this month. She had disclosed the name of the bridegroom as Sidath Harendra and that her wedding is fixed to be held at the end of this month.

• “It seems that our father will be released”
• “We know only what is been mentioned in the newspapers”
• “Most probably, he would come back to the political arena”
• “We don’t know which party he would select”

Apsara Fonseka speaks

Gossip Lanka news web site was able to get an interview with Sarath Fonseka’s eldest daughter, Apsara Fonseka who lives in Dallas in America about the various rumours that have spread in Sri Lanka about pardoning and releasing of Sarath Fonseka.
We spoke to her today (16th) on ‘Skype’ and the interview is as below:

How is your father’s illness?

“He is recovering. The doctors told us that his cough will be persistent for some time. .. That is something many people are experiencing and undergoing these days. They have told that it would take about another two months for him to recover fully. Recovery has delayed because of the damage to his lungs which as caused earlier during the bomb blast. As my mother told me, he is in the process of recovering.”

Have you come to see your father after he was sent to prison?

“No, I haven’t met him. My sister visited him several times but I didn’t get a chance to come.”

What do you know as to what took place while he was in prison?

“My father was a soldier, so he won’t fall so easily. He is strong both physically and mentally. People who are around him know how strong he is. As my mother told me, my father has had a plan and a schedule for the day for reading, exercising, watching news…etc He hadn’t wasted his time. He always worked according to a schedule each day.”

How did you send messages to your father?

“We could talk to him when he was in the Navy Base. When he could go to the parliament, we could speak on ‘Skype’. Apart from that father used to send letters and we sent him messages and letters through our mother.”

What is the rumour that says that your father will soon be pardoned?

‘I really don’t want to get excited because we have got disappointed several times. It is good if that happens. We have looked for it over the last few years. Not only us, but even the people were waiting for that day. We are hoping that day will come soon. We don’t know anything apart from what is been published in newspapers. We have got used to get to know everything through media over the last three years. We don’t know anything new other than that. We have promised many people that we will tell them the moment we hear of the good news. We haven’t still got a definite word about it”.

What will happen if he is pardoned?

“I hope that my father too will be pardoned like a normal person. We still have threats from the LTTE and from some others. We hope that my father will get sufficient security. We hope that our father will get house vice and security without house imprisonment so that he can live like a normal human being. I think that he should have that right. Whatever it is he has sacrificed many things in his life. Thus, we accept that he will get some kind of a justice on his behalf.”

What will he do when he is released? Will he go abroad or what?

“My father is not someone who would step back. He always keeps his foot forwards. Most of the time, he will be in the political arena. But I don’t think that he will do that in such way that it would be a problem to any other person I don’t know as to how the others will see that. The only aim of my mother, sister and I was to take my father out of the prison. If he comes out we will be the happiest and we will stop there. But we would lend our help to everything what our father wants to do. My father won’t forget the people. He might stay in the political arena.”

Which party will he select? JVP, Sajith’s  party or another liberal party?

“I can’t say that for sure because we have never spoken about his political career. All what we want to do is to take him out.”

If he is pardoned, will you think that your entire burden was over?

“I won’t say that we are the only people who have faced problems, but everybody knows that we had to undergo a lot of problems. Therefore we used to be happy even for the smallest thing. Therefore our biggest achievement would be to see the release our father one day. When we look at what we have lost at least we are left with our father’s life. We will be happy if our father could lead a normal life like everybody else.”

What will happen to the court cases?

“I don’t know. We haven’t done anything wrong. I hope that some good will happen to us. I can’t say anything about the court cases; I hope that everything would turn to its better.  I am ready to face things the way they come to us. We were strengthened during these three years. My sister, my mother and I trained ourselves to do not only to acquire women’s strength but also men’s strength. I think that my mother and my father can go far thanks to my father’s strength and my mother’s encouragement. I can face anything now.”

What is your sister and you are doing in America?

“I work in a bank as a Financial Analyst’. My sister is a Marketing Manager in a travel company. I have finished my MBA. My sister is doing LSAT exam as she wants to do law."

If your father is released, will you come to Sri Lanka who hasn’t been to Sri Lanka over the last three years?

“I hope to visit Sri Lanka if my father is released and that will be after I speak to both my parent s about the situation. I will take a decision depending on their word. I would love to come because I haven’t been to Sri Lanka in three years time. We used to visit Sri Lanka every six months and we used to stay at least for two weeks. We don’t get food like Sri Lankan food anywhere else and people are not friendly like the Sri Lankans. Even though I have seen my mother, I haven’t been able to see my father in three years. I love to see them but I won’t come without their permission.”

What do you have to tell the people who helped you during bad times?

“I would like to thank everybody because every time we were mentally down, people gave us enough strength over the face book or via e mails. They never let us fall. I would never forget those. I don’t know whether that was Sri Lankness that we never felt that we are alone. I thank all of them from the bottom of my heart.”

Listen to the video of the ;Skype’ call from BELOW:

CHILD ARTIST IN ‘PRAVEENA’ DIES IN A PLANE CRASH IN NEPAL

14 year old Tharuni Sachidev who portrayed a role in the mega Tele series, ‘Praveena’ had died in a domestic plane crash. She had died on the 14th Monday in the plane crash at Nepal.
The Indian child actress who attracted many had acted in over 50 advertisements and in a number of Hindi and Tamil movies.
She had acted with Abishek Bachchan in the movie called “Pa”. After the advertisement of Rasna which she acted with Karishma Kapoor, she was called “Rasna girl”.
The air crash had been due to a mechanical defect and it had fallen in to the city called Jomsom. All 15 people including Tharuni had been on board the aircraft had died in this plane crash.
Watch the video in which Tharuni acts with Karishma. From BELOW: