A brief opportunity to bring down the caseload before cold weather sets in may be squandered.
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Bengaluru drug case: Crime Branch to seek extension of Ragini Dwivedi’s custody
The police have detained Prashanth Ranka, another accused in the case.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB), on Monday, said it is planning to seek the extension of actor Ragini Dwivedi’s custody in the Bengaluru drug case, stating that she has not cooperated with the investigation so far. Ragini has been lodged at the state-run women’s home in National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) and is being questioned by four women officers. CCB sources said that Ragini, upon advice from her attorney, has remained tightlipped. She had applied for anticipatory bail on Friday evening, and the hearing is slated for Monday. Meanwhile, the Bengaluru police detained Prashanth Ranka, one of the accused in the Bengaluru drug case, on Sunday evening. The CCB officers said that he will be arrested soon after they procure a warrant. According to CCB sources, Prashanth Ranka allegedly procured drugs and supplied it to the private parties that were organised at various locations in Bengaluru and the city’s outskirts. The police have so far arrested four of the 12 accused in the case, including actor Ragini Dwivedi, Viren Khanna, the party planner, Rahul Tonse and Senagalese national Loum Pepper Samba. CCB sources maintained that Loum Pepper has not answered any of their questions, claiming that he does not know English. Another accused, Vaibhav Jain, is currently in home quarantine and the CCB officials are surveilling his movements. “He will be detained and questioned once his quarantine period ends,” the CCB source added. The CCB is still on the lookout of Aditya Alva, brother-in-law of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. CCB sources said that Aditya Alva is believed to be in Mumbai but his residence in the city is locked. Ragini Dwivedi was arrested on Friday after the CCB questioned one of her friends Ravi Shankar, a clerk at the regional transport office in Jayanagar. Meanwhile, the CCB has also summoned Pruthvi Shetty for questioning on Monday. Pruthvi is a resident of Mangaluru and the police believe she was supplying drugs to the celebrities. Read: Actor Vivek Oberoi’s brother-in-law among 12 named in Bengaluru drug case
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Bengaluru has 14,520 active containment zones, most in RR Nagara
Bengaluru reported 2,824 COVID-19 cases on Sunday.
Bengaluru has 14,520 active containment zones, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s bulletin showed. The BBMP said that the city has seen 17,282 containment zones so far, of which 2,762 have returned to normal. In terms of active containment zones, the most were seen in RR Nagara, where there are 3,155 containment zones. This is followed by Bommanahalli at 2,893, Mahadevapura at 2,410, Yelahanka at 1,684, Bengaluru West at 1,525, Bengaluru South at 1,192, Dasarahalli at 1,048 and Bengaluru East at 613. Bengaluru reported 2,824 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 4,540 recoveries and 38 deaths. Karnataka, on Sunday, registered 9,319 fresh COVID-19 cases and 95 related deaths, pushing the total infections to 3.98 lakh, the health department said. The total number of infections comprise 2.92 lakh discharges, whereas there were 99,266 active cases in the state including 775 in the ICU, the department said in a statement. Mysuru the sewascond biggest contributor after Bengaluru Urban, with 686 fresh cases and five deaths on Sunday. According to the health bulletin, 427 COVID-19 cases were reported in Belagavi, 396 in Ballari, 326 in Dakshina Kannada, 324 in Hassan, 329 in Shivamogga, 311 in Dharwad, followed by others. A majority of those who died of the deadly virus were above 50 years of age. Most of the deceased had Severe Acute Respiratory Illness, or the Influenza-Like Illness. The health department said as on Sunday 4.94 lakh people were home quarantined whereas in the past 14 days, 7.86 lakh primary contacts and 10.90 lakh secondary contacts have been traced. As many as 72,684 tests were done on Sunday, taking the total number of tests so far to 33.48 lakh, the department added. With PTI inputs
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Karnataka BJP dissociates itself from actor Ragini Dwivedi held in drugs case
The actor had campaigned for the BJP in the 2019 Karnataka bye-polls.
Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday attempted to dissociate itself from Ragini Dwivedi, a Sandalwood actor arrested in the drugs scandal. "We disown Ragini Dwivedi," said BJP spokesperson Ganesh Karnik, saying that she was one of the hundreds of celebrities who campaigned for the BJP on her own volition. "Hundreds of celebrities from different walks of life campaigned for the BJP voluntarily during the 2019 bye-elections. The Kannada actress may have been one among them," he said. According to Karnik, Ragini is neither a member of the BJP nor had the party assigned her any election duty. However, in the run-up to the 2019 by-elections, she was the star campaigner for BJP MLA Narayana Gowda "Ragini Dwivedi is not a member of the BJP. The BJP has not assigned her the responsibility of electioneering. She may have been involved in the campaign on her own," he said. The BJP is neither accountable nor answerable for her deeds in her personal capacity or professional life, he added. "We have nothing to do with it and we maintain distance from it," he said. Karnik stressed that the BJP is totally against any sort of anti-social activity, done by anyone. State BJP media joint convenor BN Raghavendra and convenor AH Anand endorsed Karnik's statement. In July, Ragini had rubbed shoulders with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa at a programme aimed at fighting coronavirus. She took part in a short rally with Yediyurappa outside the Vidhana Soudha along with several other ministers and senior officials such as former cricketer Anil Kumble, Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Revenue Minister R Ashok and others. Wearing blue sportswear, she stood right behind the Chief Minister on the stage. Ragini also shared the stage with politicians from different parties when she was part of a scheme launching packaged drinking water at Rs 9.90 per litre on July 31. She has also campaigned for plasma donation to treat COVID-19 patients. The actress was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths on Friday for her alleged links with the drugs scandal that has presently shaken the Kannada film industry. Earlier on Friday, seven CCB sleuths, including a woman police inspector, raided her flat. The CCB also filed a FIR against Ragini in the Cottonpet police station in the city under the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Services (NDPS) Act. Ragini debuted in the film industry in 2009 with Veera Madakari and gained fame for stellar roles in movies such as Kempe Gowda, Ragini IPS, Bangari and Shiva.
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'Close Cubbon Park for motorised vehicles': Karnataka urban body tells state govt
The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) said that it received representations from the public to ensure a traffic-free Cubbon Park.
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The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) has recommended to the Karnataka government that Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park be closed for motorised traffic and parking of vehicles. "DULT is of the view that reopening of Cubbon Park to motorised traffic is not advisable and parking of motorised vehicles should not be allowed in Cubbon Park," said DULT Commissioner V Manjula. Manjula wrote a letter recommending this move to Rajender Kataria, Secretary to Government in the Department of Horticulture and Sericulture. In the letter, she said that even as the government is considering reopening the park for motorised traffic, the directorate has received representations from the public to ensure a traffic-free Cubbon Park. "There is some thinking on the part of the government to reopen Cubbon Park for motorised traffic. At the same time, DULT has also received representations from citizens groups to intercede on their behalf for ensuring traffic-free Cubbon Park. DULT has examined the matter in detail," she said. Manjula said a vast green space such as Cubbon Park in the heart of the city should be preserved. "In various cities across the world, spaces in the city are being reclaimed for the use of pedestrians and cyclists. Cubbon Park would be an ideal place to be reserved for pedestrians and cyclists," she observed. The senior official suggested that pedestrians and cyclists can use the park as a shortcut to reach their destinations and pointed out that the motorised traffic passing through the park will not be inconvenienced as there are alternate routes. DULT is an urban body responsible for overseeing all the urban land transport initiatives in Urban and Local Planning Areas of Karnataka. Cubbon Park is located between the High Court and Chinnaswamy Stadium and close to the Vidhana Soudha in the centre of the city. Cubbon Park was reopened to the public last month at stipulated times in the mornings and evenings in May, after it was shut during the COVID-19 lockdown in March. Currently, motorised traffic is not allowed inside the park.
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Sunday, September 6, 2020
Moral policing row: Kavitha Reddy puts out video apology to Samyuktha Hedge
The apology comes after an FIR was registered against Kavitha based on a complaint by Samyuktha Hegde at the HSR Layout Police Station.
Bengaluru-based Congress spokesperson and lake activist Kavitha Reddy on Sunday evening released a video and apologised for the incident involving Kannada film actor Samyuktha Hegde and her friends at the Agara Lake on Friday. In a tweet, she said, “I have always opposed Moral Policing. I realize that my actions were construed as such. An argument ended up in me reacting aggressively as well, it was a mistake. As a responsible citizen n progressive woman, I own up to n sincerely apologise to @SamyukthaHegde and her Friends!” I have always opposed Moral Policing. I realize that my actions were construed as such. An argument ended up in me reacting aggressively as well, it was a mistake. As a responsible citizen n progressive woman, I own up to n sincerely apologise to @SamyukthaHegde n her Friends! pic.twitter.com/pM9UJkWESC — Kavitha Reddy (KR) Jai Bhim! (@KavithaReddy16) September 6, 2020 "I have stated my version of events and expressed regrets. And even though I did not physically hit or assault Samyukta’s friend, I still owe an unconditional apology for losing my temper irrespective of whatever the provocation was. Moral policing is something I have always opposed and it is unthinkable that I would make such regressive comments. With a lot of public around, there were a lot of heated arguments and commotion as well as out of context recordings the ugly incident should not have happened nor should be seen as political or moral policing," (sic) she said. Initially, Kavitha had claimed that she was being wrongly blamed for “moral policing” the actor. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against her on Saturday morning at the HSR Layout Police Station based on the complaint by the actor. As widely reported, Samyuktha and two of her friends had gone to the park to exercise with hula hoops. This was when Kavitha Reddy, a known face in the area had taken objection to Samyuktha’s choice of attire. In an Instagram live by the actor on Friday, Kavitha Reddy can be heard saying that Samyuktha was 'indecently dressed' and used a term equivalent to vulgar dance and is heard telling the police personnel that she wanted to file a case accusing Samyuktha of 'public indecency". Following the incident, Kavitha had faced much backlash from the public on social media which prompted her to first issue a detailed written statement on Saturday morning. While many from the Congress party have expressed their individual opinions on the issue, the party has steered clear from the controversy with the leadership refusing to make their stand public. In that statement, while she said she regretted losing her temper, Kavitha Reddy insisted that she did not moral police.
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Bengaluru woman reinfected by coronavirus within a month of discharge, says hospital
The COVID-19 patient did not have severe symptoms of COVID-19 on both occasions, said the private hospital.
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In what is likely the first case of COVID-19 reinfection in Bengaluru city, a private hospital stated that a patient who was discharged in the month of July after recovering from the disease, has tested positive for the coronavirus once again. In a press statement, Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road said that a 27-year-old woman is found to be the first confirmed case of COVID-19 reinfection. In a press statement, Dr Pratik Patil, Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, said, “In the first week of July, the patient was symptomatic (fever, cough and sore throat) and was tested positive. She was admitted at the hospital and recovered well. A repeat test was conducted on her, which turned out to be negative, post which she was discharged on July 24. However, nearly after 1 month, in the last week of August, she developed mild symptoms again and has been tested positive again. Both the times she did not have severe disease. This is possibly the first reported case of COVID-19 reinfection in Bangalore.” Dr Patil explained that Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody lingers in the received patient’s blood after two-three weeks of infection. However, the patient later tested negative for IgG antibodies, suggesting she did not have immunity following the infection. “Other possibility is that the IgG antibodies disappeared in nearly one month leaving her susceptible for reinfection,” he said. “Reinfection cases mean that the antibodies may not be produced by every individual or if they do develop, they may not last long enough, and therefore, allowing the virus to enter the body and cause the disease again,” he added. Speaking to TNM, Dr Srinivas, District Health Officer, Bengaluru Urban denied knowledge about the development and said he will look into the issue. He added so far no such case of reinfection has been reported in the city. Earlier in May, a case of COVID-19 reinfection was reported from Belagavi where a 50-year-old man was thought to have gotten infected. While he tested negative successively for the second time on May 1, he had tested positive for the virus again on May 4 with his symptoms resurfacing on May 5. In August, a 33-year-old man from Europe who returned to Hong Kong was reportedly the first case of COVID-19 reinfection in the world. A genome sequence study by a group of researchers in University of Hong Kong found that he was infected with two different strains of the virus.
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