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