Tourists in Kodagu made to clean up after activist sees them littering road

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Though the tourists had travelled far from the spot, they were made to come back.

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Kodagu activist Madettira Thimmaiah, with help from the police, made tourists clean up after they were found littering on Chettalli Road in Kodagu district. The tourists had ordered pizza from a Domino's outlet in Madikeri, the district centre of Kodagu, and left after discarding the boxes on the side of the road. They were going towards Mysuru.  Madettira, who is the former secretary of the Kadagadalu gram panchayat in Kodagu, was watching the tourists' actions. While going through the discarded boxes, he found a bill from Domino's and called the phone number printed on it to speak to the tourists. Madettira asked the tourists to return to the spot and throw the trash in the dustbin. The tourists reportedly said that they had travelled far from Kodagu and were near Periyapatna. Madettira however refused to relent and said that he would wait for three hours if it was needed. He also informed local police officer Anup Madappa about the incident.  Following this, the tourists returned to the spot where they had discarded the waste and cleaned up the area. Madettira's actions were filmed and shared widely on social media. He received overwhelming support from the residents of Kodagu.  In a second video, Madettira showed that the tourists had taken the discarded pizza boxes. The faces of the tourists were not visible in the video shot by Madettira. He thanked the tourists and asked them to maintain cleanliness in Kodagu. 

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Obamacare enrollment opening with millions more uninsured, law’s future in doubt

The sign-up season begins amid an intensifying pandemic and shortly before the Supreme Court will weigh Obamacare's fate.

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BBMP issues notices to 7 pvt hospitals for not having enough beds for COVID-19 patients

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The civic body issued show cause notices threatening to cancel licenses and demanded a response from these establishments within 24 hours.

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Bengaluru's civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), on Saturday issued show cause notices to seven private hospitals for not allocating the mandated 50% of beds for COVID-19 patients referred by the government. BBMP Commissioner Manjunath Prasad said that the notices were issued for the suspension of licenses of the seven hospitals, as per provisions of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act.   "Today (Saturday), show cause notices have been issued to the following seven hospitals under the KPME Act for suspension of licenses. These hospitals have been directed to show cause within the next 24 hours as to why the KPME registration licenses should not be cancelled," Manjunath Prasad added. The seven hospitals under the radar are Artyem Hospital, Rangadorai Memorial Hospital, Sanjeevani Hospital, Dr GVG Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Srinivas Hospital, Medstar Hospital and Nandana Healthcare Services India Ltd.  The BBMP said that the hospitals had failed to allocate high-dependency unit, ICU and ventilator beds for patients referred by the civic body. According to a government order issued in June, hospitals roped in by the BBMP for COVID-19 treatment have to provide 50% of their beds for patients referred by the BBMP. This was done as the government hospitals in the city had a limited number of beds, and the order was meant to ensure that people from low income backgrounds are able to secure a hospital bed for COVID-19 treatment. However, the seven hospitals were allegedly allocating its beds only to private patients and were not complying with the norms.      "If no proper explanation is received within 24 hours along with compliance of reserving 50% beds for BBMP-sponsored COVID patients, the BBMP will be constrained to close down the OPDs at the first instance and thereafter all the existing patients admitted in these hospitals will be shifted to some other alternate hospitals and subsequently these hospitals will be closed down," Manjunath Prasad added. In the notices issued to the hospitals, the BBMP said that they had not updated the information portal with details about the patients referred by the BBMP and patients in the private category. The Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust, which enforced the government order in June and also reimburses hospitals for bills incurred on behalf of the government, had conducted inspections recently and found that the hospitals were violating the norms. 

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Mangalore University to suspend professor two years after sexual harassment complaint

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The varsity had been pulled up by the Karnataka State Women’s Commission for inaction earlier in October.

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The Mangalore University syndicate has decided to suspend Arabi U, a professor in the economic department, two years after a student accused him of sexual harassment. The University’s syndicate made the decision after the Karnataka State Women’s Commission pulled up the university for inaction, despite the internal committee’s report regarding the incident on October 22.  Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor PS Yadapadithaya told the media on Friday that a suspension order would be issued to Arabi U on November 2. The university will issue a showcause notice on the same day asking Arabi U to submit a reply as to why the varsity should not terminate his employment for “serious misconduct,” Times of India reported. The report adds that Arabi is expected to respond to the notice by November 12, which is when the next syndicate meeting is scheduled to be held. In December 2018, a student of Mangalore University had filed a complaint with the varsity’s internal complaints committee that professor Arabi U had sexually harassed her. When the varsity did not take any action, she approached the Karnataka State Women’s Commission the same month, after which the issue came to light.  In October this year, the 10-member IC (Internal Committee), headed by Monika Sadanand, a professor with the PG studies in biosciences, had submitted the report to the Registrar AM Khan. The Internal Committee had submitted a report in favour of the student and had concluded that it had reason to believe that Arabi U sexually harassed the student. The registrar had failed to place the IC’s report before the varsity’s syndicate. On October 22, the Karnataka State Women’s Commission issued a notice to the varsity, asking why no action was taken against the professor despite the ICC’s report.  VC Yadapadithya said that Registrar AM Khan has been placed under investigation for “dereliction of duty” and has been asked to reply to a showcause notice for his actions.   

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Indian woman, her two kids found brutally murdered at their home in Ireland

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Seema Banu who is from Mysuru had moved to Ireland just a few months ago.

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The brutal murders of a 37-year-old woman from Karnataka’s Mysuru and her two children have shocked a small suburb in South Dublin. 37-year-old Seema Banu Syed, her 11-year-old daughter Asfira Riza and 6-year-old son Faizan Syed were on Friday found strangled to death in their house in Llywellen Court in Ballinteer suburb of Ireland. According to the local police, the three are believed to have been killed around five days before their bodies were found.  Local reports say the family had moved to Ireland less than a year ago. Seema's husband Sameer Syed was allegedly out of town and had been apprised of the incident, media reports said. The Syeds, who originally hail from Mysuru in Karnataka, had moved from Dubai to Ireland in February this year after Sameer got a job there. The Dundrum Garda Station in Ireland said in a press release that a murder investigation has been launched after an autopsy was performed. The Irish media reported that the two children were found dead with ligature marks around their neck in one room of the house, while Seema Banu was found strangled in another. The Irish Police said to the local media that the murders occurred over last weekend (Bank Holiday weekend). Officers from the Armed Support Unit entered Seema's residence in South Dublin after her neighbours had complained to the police that the family had not been seen for a while. The killer allegedly left water running and had caused extensive flood damage, The Irish Times reported. "Gardaí (Irish state police) are continuing to interview witnesses, conduct extensive door-to-door enquiries and gather and examine all relevant CCTV,” the Dundrum Garda said in a statement.  The Irish police had released a photograph of a person believed to have known the Syeds and sent out an appeal to report any information about the family or the person in the picture. The man in the photo appeared at the police station and news reports stated that he is allegedly cooperating with the Investigation. The 30-year-old man has now been put on 24-hour surveillance. According to reports, Seema Banu was also a victim of assault in May this year and a case was registered with the Irish Police. The Irish Times reported that the accused in the case was due to report before a court in April next year for the hearing in the case.  One among eight children to aged parents in Mysuru district, Seema's family has made an appeal to the Indian embassy in Ireland and Irish authorities, to help them with the repatriation of the bodies. The family told Irish website RTE that it would cost them close to Rs 15 lakh for the repatriation process and that they could not afford it. "We would be thankful for our lifetime if you could send our loved ones back to our family so we can see them one last time and do the last proceedings from our own hand. That would be really helpful," Seema's cousin Sufi Masood told RTE.  The Indian Embassy in Ireland has also expressed shock over the incident. RIP pic.twitter.com/YTmwX6zPof — India in Ireland (Embassy of India, Dublin) (@IndiainIreland) October 29, 2020

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Ex-BBMP Mayor, accused in Bengaluru riots case, is absconding say police

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He was recently discharged from a hospital after undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police have said.

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Former Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Mayor (BBMP) and current Congress corporator R Sampath Raj, who is an accused in the case related to the mob violence in August in eastern Bengaluru, is absconding after being discharged from a hospital where he underwent treatment for COVID-19, the police said on Friday. The police learnt that Raj, who is accused of instigating the violence in Bengaluru in August, had been discharged when Assistant Commissioner of Police Venugopal visited the hospital on Thursday. "Yes, he is absconding. We are looking for him," Venugopal, who is investigating the case, said.  According to police, Venugopal had issued a notice to the hospital authorities on October 7 asking them to inform the police before discharging Sampath Raj. However, the hospital had discharged him without informing the police, following which another notice had been issued to hospital authorities, they said. On the night of August 11, a violent mob attacked DJ Halli police station and the residence of Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, and his sister over an inflammatory social media post by the relative of the legislator. In its charge sheet filed in the case by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) earlier this month, police had accused Raj of instigating the mob against the MLA for political gain. Read: Bengaluru violence: Chargesheet says political rivalry within Congress led to riots The police have arrested over 400 people, including the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) leader Muzammil Pasha, in connection with the violence in which three people were killed in police firing and one died later due to injuries. The National Investigation Agency is also probing the case simultaneously and has arrested two conspirators. With PTI inputs

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U.S. surpasses 9 million Covid cases

Nearly every region of the country is reporting an uptick in infections and hospitalizations.

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