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Bengaluru Police direct religious institutions, malls to increase security measures
Bengaluru City Commissioner T Suneel Kumar held a meeting on Thursday with in-charges of religious institutions, shopping malls, and star hotels in light of the terror attacks in Sri Lanka.
In light of the deadly terror attacks in Sri Lanka earlier this week, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner T Suneel Kumar held a meeting on Thursday with in-charges of religious institutions, shopping malls, and star hotels instructing them to increase security measures. The terror attacks on Easter Sunday in Colombo killed more than 250 innocent people including six children. Among the dead were 10 Indians including seven JD(S) functionaries from Tumakuru in Karnataka. In the meeting, all institutions which see a daily footfall of more than 500 people have been instructed to install CCTV cameras and increase security measures, including frisking of visitors. Hotels and other such establishments have been advised to maintain records and verify address proofs of visitors. When asked if the city was on high alert, the police chief denied. He also confirmed that there has been no communication from the central government either. Speaking to TNM earlier in the day, the Police Commissioner said, “This is a security meeting with the in-charges of all religious places for awareness creation. We want to brief them and tell them to be aware and advise them in light of the Sri Lanka attacks.” Inspectors of many police stations, especially those in the central business district area of the city and other senior police officers attended the meeting. Sources in the police said that security has been heightened at all major railway stations, bus stops and other major spots which see high footfall. A state intelligence department source said airports in the state were already put on high alert following the heightened tension in the aftermath of the Pulwama attacks. Incidentally, the Bengaluru Airport has issued an advisory asking passengers departing from Bengaluru to start early and be prepared for longer wait times for security check on account of a high-security alert.
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Rains lash Kodagu damaging over 50 houses, more showers expected next week
Isolated spells of rain were reported in areas under Somwarpet, Virajpet and Madikeri taluks starting from Wednesday night.
More than 50 houses were damaged after a spell of rainfall hit Kodagu district of Karnataka. Isolated spells of rain were reported in areas under Somwarpet, Virajpet and Madikeri taluks starting from Wednesday night. This is the first spell of rainfall in the district in weeks. Around 25 houses in Kushalnagar reported minor damages due to the unexpected rainfall. The roof of the Gumanakoli Government School flew off due to high-speed winds accompanying the rains. The classrooms were inundated with water as a result. Three houses in Siddapura area were also damaged in the rains. "Kodagu received rainfall in isolated places but we are not expecting rain today or tomorrow. Next week, we expect more rainfall in Malnad and coastal Karnataka after April 28. There is a weak trough right now but by next week, we are expecting the trough will be stronger and that will be followed by more rainfall," Sunil Gavaskar, a meteorologist working with Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) told TNM. The rains in the district come a day after heavy rainfall and thunderstorm activity were reported in Shivamogga, Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts, affecting polling in these places. Spells of rainfall were also reported in the eastern parts of Dakshina Kannada district, including in Sullia. In August 2018, floods and landslides had ravaged the hilly regions of Kodagu district displacing thousands of people. Regiments of the Indian army along with other rescue groups were stationed in Kodagu for over a week during the disaster. While many areas in the district recovered after the rains subsided, coffee and pepper growers suffered huge crop loss, and residents of a few villages were rendered homeless following landslides. The state government decided to rehabilitate more than 800 residents who suffered losses during the floods and landslides, however, the construction of the new houses is yet to be completed.
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Bengaluru to see a Rs 5 cr sapling plantation drive, but will it serve its purpose?
Activists have welcomed the move especially for the maintenance clause of three years in the tender itself
Once called the Garden City, Bengaluru has been reduced to a concrete jungle with the green cover projected to shrink to as low as 2.96% by 2020 from 68.2% in 1973. With authorities turning a blind eye for years in times of rapid urbanisation and concretisation, a new move by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has made greens hopeful in restoring some of the lost tree cover. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike which had earmarked Rs 5 crore for tree plantation in its budget in February, had invited tenders to plant 2.5 lakh tree saplings and maintain them for three years in all 198 wards of the city. A source connected to the development, said, “We are now assessing the bids for street-side plantation of trees. A decision will be taken soon by the BBMP Commissioner on this as soon as the Model Code of Conduct put in place for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections is lifted. Work order will be issued soon before the MCC is lifted if the EC gives permission.” He added, “We will also utilise the funds that were unused in the previous few years.” It has been widely reported how the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Bangalore Development Authority did not plant a single tree in the last two years as tree felling continued unabated for infrastructural growth. Activists welcome the move especially for the maintenance clause of three years in the tender itself as in the past there has been no account of survivability of trees planted by the civic body. Urban ecologist, Vijay Nishanth, said, “This extended maintenance clause is very good. We have also asked the BBMP Forest Department to ask the contractor to maintain a digital record of watering details and corresponding growth of the saplings.” Similarly, veteran environmentalist and retired IAS officer AN Yellappa Reddy said the extended maintenance period will see a bigger success compared to previous such drives. However, he opined for a longer maintenance period would have proved even more beneficial. “The maintenance period should have been made to five years by that we could have ensured better survivability of the saplings. Also, the project will be successful if there is a pre-defined design protocol to plant what trees and where,” he added. While the move has made some hopeful, experts opine that a lot will depend on the implementation and good will of the BBMP and the contractor. “Once the trees are planted there has to be accountablity on where the trees are planted and what is their condition. The trees have to be planted in streets and open spaces and not somewhere in abandoned government land. Unless they are maintained in a system of open mapping platforms, it will be another exercise of waste of public money,” Harini Nagendra, Professor of Sustainability at Azim Premji University, said.
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9 kg malignant tumour successfully removed from Bengaluru woman’s body
After the six-and-a-half hour surgery in February, the patient’s recent scans show no sign of cancer.
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In February, 58-year-old Samantha* found herself in a troubling situation. She had put on significant weight, and her belly had begun protruding, almost as though she was pregnant. When she approached a private hospital in Bengaluru with these health issues, little did she realise how much more serious the ultimate diagnosis would be. After scans revealed that she had a mass in her abdomen, she was referred to Manipal Hospital in the city, where a successful surgery removed a nine-kilogram cancerous tumour from her abdomen. It has been about two months since this surgery, and her scans show no signs of the cancer. Dr Shabber S Zaveri, a consultant surgical oncologist and robotic surgeon, who handled Samantha’s case, spoke to TNM about how they went about it. How she was diagnosed When Samantha approached a gynaecologist at the private hospital, she was told that her uterus had prolapsed -- a medical term for when an organ or part of an organ slips forward or down -- and was coming out of her vagina. A CT scan was prescribed, which clearly showed the presence of a huge tumour. Doctors diagnosed it as a retroperitoneal liposarcoma, which is a cancer that arises out of fat. Liposarcoma is different from lipoma, which is the most common form of tumour in the human body. Lipomas are benign and do not cause any damage other than perhaps altering appearance. A liposarcoma rarely ever originates from an existing benign lipoma. Dr Shabber says that among liposarcomas, a retroperitoneal liposarcoma which arises at the back of the abdomen, is most common. After the CT scan, Samantha approached Manipal Hospital, situated on Bengaluru’s Old Airport Road. There Dr Shabber reviewed the situation. “The tumour was extended from her diaphragm to her pelvis. It had displaced several organs too – the left kidney had been pushed to the right side. The pancreas and spleen were also displaced. The tumour had pushed down her uterus too,” he explains. A six-and-a-half-hour surgery It became clear that Samantha would have to undergo surgery to remove the malignant tumour. The risk was that some of her major organs like the left kidney and pancreas would have to be removed as well because the tumour had displaced them completely. “We took her consent for the same, that we may have to remove those organs if the necessity arose,” Dr Shabber says. Fortunately, however, the six-and-a-half-hour surgery was successful. The tumour, that was about 18 inches and weighed nine kilos, was removed. Apart from her ovaries, uterus and part of the diaphragm, the surgeons did not have to remove any other organs. The tumour that was removed “The beauty of this case was that we were able to save most of her major organs. As she was post-menopausal, removing the uterus and ovaries weren’t an issue for her. We were also able to realign her organs to their original place. We secured them with sutures as they had been displaced, so that they would stay in place and not move when the patient walked around,” Dr Shabber explains. Samantha slowly recovered and she was discharged after a week. However, the doctors had to wait for a few months to ensure that she was cancer-free. The latest PET scan was clear, meaning Samantha was healthy and the surgery had been successful. Health advisory As per online resources, liposarcoma is a rare form of cancer and usually affects people who are above the age of 40. The tricky thing about this cancer is that the tumour forms over a period of time, says Dr Shabber. “The patient would present to the doctor only after some unusual symptoms start developing. In the present case, it was the uterine prolapse,” he says. In context of retroperitoneal liposarcoma, symptoms include bleeding from the anal area, blood in urine or stool and difficulty in swallowing persist; if one has mouth ulcers that don’t heal after two weeks; or if they have an appearance of something like a lump on their body, which seems to be growing over time, even if it is painless. He asserts that while these symptoms may not necessarily mean that one has liposarcoma, but seeking medical attention is a must. In Samantha’s case for instance, if the gynaecologist had not prescribed an ultrasound, the tumour may not have been detected. “Generally, a prolapsed uterus is removed by a vaginal hysterectomy; basically meaning that it is removed through the vagina. Had the ultrasound or CT scan not happened and only the uterus was removed, the tumour would have gone unnoticed because the patient did not have other alarming symptoms,” Dr Shabber. “She would have had to come back after a few months with much more alarming symptoms like being unable to eat and a distended abdomen. In my opinion, the organs we were able to save now would have had to be compromised had there been a delay,” he adds. *Not her real name
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Raichur student death: Policeman had victim’s phone before body was found
Anjaneya, the uncle of Sudarshan Yadav, is currently being questioned by authorities.
The CID team investigating the mysterious death of a 23-year-old engineering student is questioning the uncle of the suspect Sudarshan Yadav, who is in their custody. Sources say that Sudarshan's uncle, who was a station writer at the Sadar Bazaar Police Station, had given the woman's cellphone to the victim's parents, a day before her body was discovered. Sudarshan's uncle, Anjaneya, was suspended last week. "[Anjaneya] had given [the victim's parents] the phone saying he had found it. He is being questioned currently. He had handed over the phone one day before her body was found," the source added. The CID, however, did not divulge any information on how Anjaneya came into possession of the victim's phone. The suspect, Sudarshan Yadav, is currently in CID custody and is being questioned. The Judicial Magistrate of First Class in Raichur granted four-day custody of Sudarshan Yadav to the CID on Wednesday, though the CID had asked for 10-day custody. CID sources say that the victim had ended the relationship with Sudarshan five months ago. Sudarshan and the victim allegedly had a fight in public near the Raichur RTO. "Students at the college said that Sudarshan had hit her that day, after which she had ended the relationship with him. They said that he was extremely possessive of the victim and would fight with her for speaking to other men," the source added. Meanwhile, the constable of the Women's Police Station has been accused of failing to take seriously the missing persons complaint, filed by the victim's parents. The constable has been suspended pending a departmental inquiry. Investigators suspect that Sudarshan may have been accompanied by at least one other person. "The woman's scooter was in the college campus. There is no record of her stepping out of the college. There is suspicion of kidnapping, which can be determined after the suspect has been questioned," the source said. The engineering student, who went missing on April 13, was found hanging from a tree in a farm that belonged to Sudarshan Yadav's father. The Netaji Nagar Police, who were initially probing the case, had concluded that it was a suicide after they found a note in which the victim had alleged she was taking her own life. After massive protests from the students of the engineering college, who alleged foul play, the police were forced to register a case of murder and Sudarshan Yadav was taken into custody. The probe was handed over to the CID last week after pressure from the victim's parents.
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Bengaluru realtor stabs himself during questioning inside CCB headquarters
The accused Yusuf Sharif was treated at Victoria Hospital and was remanded to police custody.
A Bengaluru-based realtor who was being questioned by officials of the Central Crime Branch on Wednesday reportedly stabbed himself with a pair of scissors inside the CCB headquarters. The CCB had arrested Yusuf Sharif, the proprietor of Umrah Developers, after he had allegedly duped many people by selling them land using fake papers. The Hindu reported that the stabbing incident took place amidst a verbal rant after he grabbed a pair of scissors from table. He was then taken to the Victoria Hospital where he was treated for a minor stomach injury. He was later produced in a court, which granted police custody. Sharif reportedly screamed at the police personnel questioning him and threatened that he would get them suspended and even shut down the CCB, reported Deccan Herald. Police said the entire incident took place in the presence of his lawyer and doctor. For this episode, a different FIR has been registered at the Cottonpet Police Station against Sharif under sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty) of the Indian Penal Code. One of the allegations against him include selling six acres of government land to a private developer, Indraprastha Shelters Private Limited, for Rs 7 crore in 2011. He then mortgaged the same land for Rs 3 crore with another realtor in January this year. Police had started probing the case based on a complaint filed by Indraprastha Shelters. The CCB team had raided his residence and office in Richmond Road and recovered documents relating to properties worth multiple crores. “During the course of our investigation, we found that Yusuf had duped many people using fake property documents, following which the case was referred to the CCB,” a police officer told The Hindu.
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