Cobra bit teenager 31 times and ends his life

Fifteen year-old Mahadev Prasad was down with high fever and sleeping when a cobra bit him 31 times and ends his life. Mahadev Prasad's dreams of becoming a doctor met a venomous end, last Wednesday. Prasad hails from a family of agriculturists in Magadi and his parents were proud of their boy.

He scored 86 per cent in his SSLC exam this year and dreamt of becoming a doctor. He had recently enrolled in PU I science at a private college in Bangalore.His sister recalls how he loved football and cricket. Though he was sick in the past one week, he never missed watching matches in the ongoing FIFA World Cup. Last Wednesday was no different. He was watching a football match despite having fever. After some time he felt restless, switched off the TV and went to sleep. His sister was sleeping beside him.

The doctor who examined Prasad and declared him dead told, "I was really shocked to see the way the snake attacked him. As he was suffering from high fever he may not even have reacted to the bites. I have not seen an incident like this. When a snake bites, it's poison is exhausted in its initial bites. I am surprised how this particular snake bit him 31 times."

Last Wednesday Prasad was watching a football match. He felt restless, switched off the TV and went to sleep. Next morning, he did not respond to his mother's attempts to wake him up. The latter thought he was in deep sleep. His parents then noticed his whole body had turned blue. He was not breathing. Prasad's sister too was suffering with a lot of pain.They then took the daughter to the hospital. A doctor who came to their house and examined Prasad, declared him dead.

Prasad's dreams of becoming a doctor met a venomous end when a cobra bit him 31 times. When a snake bites, it's poison is exhausted in its initial bites. But surprisingly this particular snake bit him 31 times and ends his life.

India regain Asia Cup after 15 years

The victory helped India end their 15-year drought in the Asia Cup, having last won the tournament in 1995, in Sharjah.Chasing 269 for victory, the hosts folded up for 187, handing India an 81-run victory. India had an advantage batting first after Dhoni won the toss. Nehra was the star performer with the ball for India, claiming four for 40 in nine overs, while Zaheer (two for 36) and Jadeja (two for 29) made important contributions.

Openers Gautam Gambhir and Karthik hit boundaries early in their innings. On 7, Gambhir enjoyed two reprieves off successive deliveries in the third over by Kulasekara. First, he was dropped by Thilan Kandamby and off the next delivery, wicketkeeper Sangakkara, standing up to the stumps, failed to hold on to a difficult chance.Gambhir's luck finally ran out. He was run out for 15.

India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs

It was part-timer Thilina Kandamby, who provided Sri Lanka an important breakthrough when he claimed the wicket of Karthik for 66.Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma batted with caution at the start of their innings as Sri Lanka's spinners again stitched together a few tight overs.Raina grew in confidence and the shots started to flow. But Raina's innings was cut short when he was foxed all ends up Malinga. Raina was dismissed for 29 from 31 balls.

Sri Lanka had managed to check India's charge with a wicket at the right time.India's woes worsened when Rohit Sharma lost his wicket a couple of overs from the end. India failed to find even a single boundary in the last five overs, scoring just 32 runs, to finish on 268 for six in their 50 overs.

Sri Lanka got off to a horrible start, losing a wicket in the very first over.Praveen Kumar struck with the big wicket of Tillakaratne Dilshan for a duck. Nehra made it worse for the hosts when he got the wicket of captain Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara was dismissed for 17, leaving his team tottering at 51 for five after 16 overs. Ravindra Jadeja finished things off, having Muttiah Muralitharan stumped for two, as Sri Lanka were bundled out for 187 in 44.4 overs, giving India victory by 81 runs.

Teen kills self after failed to get admission

M Yashaswini killed herself by consuming poison on Tuesday night after she failed to get admission in the college of her choice. She had an argument with her parents who said they could not afford an education at the college due to financial constraints. Yashaswini a 16-year-old girl had passed her SSLC with distinction and wanted to join the Jyoti Nivas College at Koramangala.

She had an argument with her parents who said they could not afford an education at the college due to financial constraints.Yashaswini was speaking to her friend over phone at an STD booth, which her mother didn't approve of. She scolded her and said she would deal with her after returning from work in the evening. Yashaswini consumed Metacid the same evening and was rushed to the Bowring hospital by her brother with help from the neighbours. She died at 2:00 am on Wednesday morning.

The girl's father works as a chef in a small hotel and her mother is an employee at a garment factory. They got her admitted to the Adugodi Government College but Yashaswini wanted to join the Jyoti Nivas College at Koramangala, a college many of her friends attended. She had an argument with her parents who said they could not afford an education at the college due to financial constraints. "We had only one daughter and loved her very much. We are poor but provided her with all that she needed. She wanted to join Jyoti Nivas College but we couldn't afford it. The greatest tragedy in my life is that she died before me," said the girl's father, Manjunath.

Dholakia used his estranged wife’s email ID to send a terror threat

Western Inn, a five-star hotel in Pune, got an email warning of a bomb attack on the property using RDX. The sender demanded Rs 2.5 crore if the attack was to be aborted. The cops got IP address which turned out to be a cyber cafe in Bangalore.

On a complaint from the hotel,the Pune police who investigated the email threat contacted Yahoo as the mail was sent under a Yahoo mail ID. They gave the cops the IP address from where the e-mail was sent, which turned out to be a cyber cafe in Bangalore.

Last Wednesday, a Pune police team arrived at the cyber cafe, where the staffers suspected Dholakia who used to come there regularly. On Thursday, around 4.30 pm, an unsuspecting Dholakia came to the cafe and the cops arrested him. After preliminary questioning, where he confessed, he was taken to Pune.

Suresh Dholakia alias Sunil Suresh Nayak, a native of Pune,married a Mumbai girl in the ‘90s. They had two children, but later separated. Dholakia met Savitha, a Bangalorean, through a matrimonial site and they got married in April 2004. They had a daughter, now two and-a-half years old, but the marriage soon ran into rough weather. Dholakia apparently lived off her income and also physically abused her often. In August 2009, Savitha applied for divorce. Dholakia made repeated attempts at rappraochement but failed to really mend his ways. The couple came to Bangalore in January 2010. As the harassment continued, Savitha filed a complaint against him at Mahalakshmi Layout police station. Dholakia was arrested by the police, but the same day he managed to obtain bail.

Dholakia then threatened to kill her and Savitha again approached the police. Dholakia was arrested and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.Savitha meanwhile returned to Singapore to complete her project. Dholakia couldn’t go to Singapore and harass her as his passport had been seized by the police. According to Mahalakshmi Layout police, it was then that Dholakia, who was privy to Savitha’s email password, hatched the email plots.

Dholakia (40), who heads a HR consultany firm, had sent the mail from his wife’s ID, as a way of getting back at her for divorcing him. His wife Savitha Nayak (38), a HR consultant, is currently based in Singapore. Investigations revealed that in May Dholakia had used Savitha’s email ID to send threatening messages to Australia. The Australian authorities picked up her two siblings residing there for questioning, but let them off after ascertaining that it was a hoax.

On June 1, Suresh Dholakia sent a threat mail from his estranged wife’s email ID to Western Inn, a five-star hotel in Pune threatening bomb attack on the property using RDX. He demanded Rs 2.5 crore if the attack was to be aborted.The Pune cops arrested him here last Thursday.

Bangalore kids will participate in 44th International Children's Games

The International Children’s Games take place under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee, and are held in a different city each year, taking the form of Children’s Olympics.It is for the second time that the Bangalore Schools Sports Foundation (BSSF) team will represent the city in the international competition, conducted by the Olympic committee.

The BSSF was established in 2007 by two former athletes Elvis Joseph and Lionel Johnas. The members of soccer team are from various schools including Mallya Aditi International School, Ebenezer International School, National Academy for Learning, Indus International School, Vidyaniketan Public School, National Public School, Bangalore International School, St Joseph’s Boys High School and Jain Heritage School.

The team members are meeting the expenses of the trip. “We approached many people for sponsorship. But the moment, you mention it’s for children, they backed out from helping us,” says Elvis.

This year the team from Bangalore is going to represent India in soccer, at the age group of under-15 in Manama. Last year there were three schools from which the players were selected, but this year there are children from 10 schools.The event is being supported by the Sports Minister of Karnataka, Gulahathi Shekhar. He will be accompanying the team to Bahrain.This platform will help the BSSF in long term to propose International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be held in India.

The team from Bangalore is going to represent India in soccer and Kids were very much excited about the game and they are working very hard to win the match in Bahrain.The team will fly soon to Bahrain to participate in the international event to be held from June 28 to July 3.

Join BJP and save your encroachment

BJP worker Narayan Reddy pointing to the multi-storey houses built by Nagaraju on the storm water drain.

Last year, a Congressman named C Nagaraj joined the BJP with his supporters in Limbavali’s presence and saved as many as six buildings he built by encroaching a storm water drain in Channasandra, Whitefield. In fact, BBMP Joint Commissioner (Mahadevpur Sub-Division) Heera Nayak inspected the encroached buildings for demolition on October 24, last year. Portions of these structures were marked and notices were pasted. That very same day, Nagaraju joined BJP in the presence of Minister Limbavali and ensured his buildings were not razed.

Before Nagaraju joined the BJP, Limbavali took great interest in preparing the sketch of storm water drain and getting the order from the local tahsildar to raze all buildings belonging to Nagaraju. Nagaraju joined BJP in the presence of Minister Limbavali and ensured his buildings were not razed. Now, Minister Limbavali is guarding encroachments.

Local BJP politician Narayan Reddy alleges, “The huge storm water drain (about 50 feet wide) was filled with sand at night and buildings were constructed in a short span. Due to encroachment by Nagaraju, drain water is changing course and flowing into houses. When I obtained orders to demolish these structures Nagaraju joined our party. Since then, BBMP officials are giving one or the other excuse and not going ahead with demolition. Their latest excuse is that there are many encroachments on the storm water drain and public are opposing any attempt to tear down the illegal structures. Actually, Nagaraju is the only encroacher on the storm water drain.”

These houses are on a storm water drain which passes through survey numbers 124, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132. These survey numbers are government property. Nagaraju not only built these houses, he has also sold them. When Reddy refused to stay quiet, Limbavali reportedly came to his house and asked him not to make an issue as Nagaraju had now become a party worker.The minister’s U-turn forced Reddy to complain to the Lokayukta and the chief minister’s office (CMO) about BBMP’s refusal to raze encroachments. Lokayukta has already started an investigation and the CMO has directed the BBMP to look into the matter.

Nagaraju is the only encroacher on the storm water drain. He not only built these houses by encroaching a storm water drain but also sold them. Reddy alleges due to encroachment by Nagaraju, drain water is changing course and flowing into houses. Now Limbavali is guarding encroachments and BBMP officials are giving one or the other excuse and not going ahead with demolition.

Courtesy: bangaloremirror.com

Vuvuzelas too distracting World Cup 2010

Vuvuzelas, the plastic horns, have gotten on the nerves of the players, coaches, fans as well as broadcasting companies. Thousands of the vuvuzelas being blown in the stadium creates a buzzing noise that goes on from the start of the match right until the end.

For the viewer, it removes much of the pleasure of watching a football match. You can’t hear the roar of the supporters every time their team launches an attack, the “oohs” every time the ball misses the net, the cheers when it goes in. Indeed, the ebb and flow of sound that is so much part of the whole experience of watching a football match is absent. All you can hear is the monotonous drone of the vuvuzelas.It may be unpleasant having to listen to the vuvuzelas in the comfort of your sitting room but the people really suffering are the players.

The Indian football team may be far from qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, but the Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia certainly feels the pains of the players who are being forced to play with the bee-buzzing noise of vuvuzelas in the background.“It is causing too much of an irritation. It has to be banned immediately. This kind of noise does not help football,” Bhutia said.

The players and the coaches have already raised a cry over the disturbing vuvuzelas while the TV channel have brought to the notice of the FIFA World Cup organising committee that the noise was drowning out the commentary.Over 10,000 England fans have travelled to South Africa to show their support and there are many more fans already there. But forget about the supporters forming a 12th man. If we can’t hear them at home the players certainly can’t hear them in the stadium. They might as well not be there. If this tournament is to be rescued, Fifa needs to ban the vuvuzela straight away.

In a typically wet response, Fifa President Sepp Blatter has refused to entertain any such requests, saying “we should not try to europeanise an African World Cup”. So it’s racist to try and prevent a stadium sounding like a traffic jam is it? What balls, not least because the majority of people blowing the vuvuzelas in the stadiums are the visiting fans. Like Blatter, they think it’s the “African” thing to do.

Courtesy:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100043517/world-cup-2010-ban-the-vuvuzela/
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/06/15/fifa-vuvuzelas-too-distracting-jabulani-too-fast.html

A Prank Call Sent the City Police into a Panic

A prank call to the police control room on Sunday afternoon sent the city police into a panic and caused a scare in the area. The police control room received a call by an unidentified boy, sounding eight to 10 years old, on Sunday afternoon that a bomb would explode in the upscale M G Road. Though the control room operator felt the caller's voice seemed to be that of a young boy, he alerted the Cubbon Park police station for preventive action.

"The police control room received a call at around 2 pm from a coin box phone in Shivajinagar area informing that a bomb had been placed at a construction site on M G Road and it would explode soon. The caller's voice was that of an 8-10 year boy who dialled 100 number. We rushed a bomb detection squad and a dog squad to inspect the one km long M G Road, especially the stretch where the Bangalore metro rail project work is on. A thorough search of the area by the squads and our beat constables proved the call to be a hoax. We are trying to locate or identify the missing boy as no one noticed him calling the control room in the busy Shivajinagar on a Sunday afternoon. If we succeed in identifying the caller, we will register a case against the boy under section 506 and 182 IPC (Indian Penal Code) for criminal intimidation and false information with intent to cause damage or panic," said Cubbon Park police station inspector Jagdish.

As the prank (hoax) call was from a public booth, the control room and the police could not trace the caller. During the hour-long search operation, the anxious crowds on the popular M G Road were kept at bay. If the caller is identified, the caller will be charged under section 506 and 182 IPC (Indian Penal Code) for criminal intimidation and false information with intent to cause damage or panic. The prank call is made from a coin box phone in Shivajinagar area and the caller's voice was that of an 8-10 year boy.

National PTA and Facebook announced a formal collaboration

National PTA and Facebook announced a formal collaboration to promote responsible and safe Internet use to kids, parents and teachers.The announcement kicks off the National PTA convention in Memphis, Tenn. which marks the 40-year anniversary of the union of two parent associations dedicated to children and when the National PTA became a desegregated association.Together, National PTA and Facebook will establish a comprehensive program that will provide information, support and news to encourage citizenship online, reduce cyberbullying and advance Internet safety and security.


PTA and Facebook are committing to aggressively promoting Internet safety information to their respective audiences. National PTA will use its Website (www.pta.org), and actively reach out to the 24,000 local PTAs across the country with a goal of reaching every American public school. Facebook will raise awareness of the resources among the hundreds of millions of parents, teachers and children using its service through an in-kind Facebook commitment equivalent to $1 million and promotion on other parts of the site, including the safety center.

To stay up to date on the initiative visit the "Safety" tab on the Facebook in Education page at www.facebook.com/education and National PTA's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ParentTeacherAssociation. You can share your thoughts by visiting www.facebook.com/ptafeedback.

Extension of the deadline for late-night party

The state government is finalizing the extension of the deadline by two hours from the present midnight cut-off for star hotels and clubs in the city. The excise ministry has already given an in-principle nod for the extension of the deadline and is now awaiting the completion of formalities before the extension becomes a reality. Bangalore’s nightlife deadline was restricted to 11.30pm in 2008 by the police which later extended to 12 Am.

If the deadline is extended by two hours, star hotels and clubs will remain open till 2am. The decision is being finalized following pressure from the star hotels in the city who were not happy with the midnight deadline. Besides, the restriction was posing inconveniences to the thousands of employees working in call centers and IT firms, who finish work late in the night and struggle for a quick bite or drink.

The excise ministry has given its in-principle approval. But before finalizing discussion on pros and cons of extending the night life in the city will be conveyed with home department and tourism department officials. However, the extension will not apply to the thousands of wine stores and bar and restaurants in Bangalore. The city police have enforced shutting these down by 11.30pm, in some sensitive areas even by 11pm with an eye on curtailing night-time crime in the city.

3rd Anniversary for maxHeap Teachnologies

maxHeap Technologies Private Limited celebrates its 3rd Anniversary on June 5, 2010. maxHeap technologies offers products and service CommonFloor. CommonFloor.com is the largest online group of apartment owners and association members comprising more than 20,000 apartment societies across 70 cities in India.It provides advanced communication to the residents, Apartment Owners, Resident Welfare Association (RWA) and easy management tools to the apartment owner associations.

It's a one stop online destination for all apartment related needs including important Articles, Services and tools including Issue Tracker, Maintenance Dues, SMS Alerts, Residents Database, etc. Last year at this point of time CommonFloor served 8 cities in India and around 3000 communities, now CommonFloor serves over 70 cities in India, over 20,000 apartment communities and 4 more countries US, UK, UAE & Singapore. CommonFloor has young and dynamic team consisting three co-founders Lalit Mangal,Sumit Jain, and Vikas Malpani, two Business Heads Manoj Kumar Singh and Rahul Gupta and more than 25 members.

Avoid Mekhri Circle for Two Days

Global Investors Meet, is being held in Bangalore on the 3rd and 4th of June 2010. The meet will be inaugurated at 10.30am on the 3rd of June, marking the beginning of the 2-day event. The morning session on Day 2 will commence at 10.00am, and the afternoon sessions on both days will commence at 2.30pm. With the Karnataka government holding its ambitious Global Investors Meet (GIM) at Palace Grounds on Thursday and Friday, traffic around Mekhri Circle is bound to be thrown out of gear on these two days.

Since the vehicle flow will be high in these parts, the police have requested regular commuters to avoid Ramana Maharshi Road, Jayamahal Road, Palace cross road, Palace Road, Millers Road and Vasanthnagar Road on these two days. The traffic police, who are expecting a huge crowd, anticipate over 10,000 cars of VIPs, ministers and bureaucrats alone for the two-day extravaganza.The Traffic Police have detailed some directions for people coming to the meet.

Coming from the international airport: VIPs and VVIPs coming from the international airport are scheduled to take Ramana Maharshi Road and take a left near Palace cross flyover on service road and continue on Palace cross road to reach Vasanthnagar railway underbridge, and take a left to reach the main entrance of the meet.

Coming from Tumkur and Bellary: Vehicles coming from Tumkur side to Mekhri Circle are to continue on Jayamahal Road and take a right turn in front of JC Nagar police station to enter Palace Grounds through Mavinakayi Mandi entrance. Vehicles coming from Bellary Road through Mekhri Circle are to continue on Jayamahal Road and take a right turn in front of JC Nagar police station to enter Palace Grounds through Mavinakayi Mandi entrance.

Vehicles coming from Hosur Road, Kanakapura Road, Mysore Road and Bangalore South: Vehicles coming from Hosur Road, Kanakapura Road, Mysore Road and Bangalore South are to take Palace Road, Cunningham Road and reach Cantonment railway station underbridge and reach Jayamahal Road, then take a left at JC Nagar police station junction and enter through Mavinakayi Mandi entrance. Vehicles coming from Cantonment area are to take Cunningham Road, Millers Road and Cantonment Station railway underbridge to reach Jayamahal Road to reach the grounds.

Since the vehicle flow will be high in these parts,the police have requested regular commuters to avoid Ramana Maharshi Road, Jayamahal Road, Palace cross road, Palace Road, Millers Road and Vasanthnagar Road on these two days. Vehicles parked at Shahrukh Khan grounds are scheduled to leave through Mavinakayi Mandi entrance to reach Jayamahal Road.

Adugodi traffic police inspector Jeep adds Traffic woes

Around noon on Tuesday, traffic on the 100-ft inner ring road in Koramangala was completely thrown out of gear for nearly 45 minutes. This was because of traffic police jeep parked in the middle of the road. The 100-ft road near BDA complex in Koramangala already has a traffic problem due to ongoing construction work of an underpass near the Kendriya Sadan complex and traffic diversion of Vehicles moving from Silkboard and electronic city towards Water tank in Koramangala.

“Doesn’t she know that leaving her vehicle in the midst of a busy road would also cause traffic problems? If the traffic cops themselves create this kind of chaos, then only god can protect the city’s traffic,” said a commuter in Koramangala.

Onlookers and motorists initially thought that the jeep had suffered a breakdown. There was also no sign of a breakdown. On her part, Inspector Susheela seemed unperturbed by the chaos she had created. “Yes, I parked my jeep on the road as there was no space around. It was important for me to attend to the traffic jam on the adjoining road in the interest of the public. Why don’t you understand that I did not go there for my personal work,” she retorted.

“I initially did not know what the reason was. But when I got down from my car to see what was happening, I saw a police jeep without any driver parked in the middle of the road. This is certainly not the way in which a public servant should act,” said Alok Kumar Varma, a software employee at a reputed firm in Electronics City, who was struck in the traffic jam for more than half an hour.

Colleges are getting ready to welcome their new students

Colleges across the city are bustling with energy that marks the memorable opening day. Most colleges have scheduled the induction programme on the first day, at which students will be briefed on the college rules and regulations. Various colleges are laying out the red carpet differently. For instance, G R Group of Educational Institutions is going traditional, with a Saraswati pooja and rangoli. “We want to make it eco-friendly. We won’t allow any decorations with paper or plastic,” founder-director Geetha Ramanujam said.

Students need not fear ragging at all, assure college officials. “We don’t need to specifically talk about it but on our campus, we don’t allow ragging. The new students can feel completely safe,” said SBMJ College principal B T Venkatesh. Some colleges are also figuring out dress codes. While most want students to “dress appropriately”, others are putting codes in place. “MES students must follow the code designed by the college, which consists of formal outfits for boys and salwaar-kameez with dupatta for girls,” said principal Prabhavati B G.

Colleges are getting ready to welcome their new students with a colourful rangoli at the entrance, a huge banner saying ‘Welcome to College’, sugar candy for new comers. New Comers may not see familiar faces, but don’t worry. There are many like you who feel the same way. So cheer up, make the first move in extending the hand of friendship.Be punctual and regular to class as many colleges insist on more than 75% attendance. Don’t bunk class, kep your ID card safely and follow the college handbook carefully. Be yourself. Be confident and speak your mind with peers.