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Friday, August 30, 2013
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Monday, August 26, 2013
Monsoon spurs alarming increase in ear infections
Mumbai: Little Snigdha Srivastava has not been her active self lately. The two-year-old hardly plays or even talks much, all she does is cry. A nagging pain in her left ear for four days has made her irritable and cranky.
Her mother Nidhi said the trouble started more than a week back, when Snigdha caught a cold. "She has been suffering from a congested upper respiratory tract for about 10 days now. First it was only a mild cold. But lately she not only has problems in breathing, she complains of a earache too. It is difficult for her to sleep. Moreover, she also feels a little disoriented," said Nidhi. Snigdha is only one of the many Mumbaikars complaining of ear infections, ear-nosethroat (ENT) specialists in the city say they have been receiving several patients complaining of ear infections in the last few weeks. Dr Vikas Agarwal, ENT surgeon at BSES Hospital in Andheri, said his team has seen an almost 50% increase in such cases. "While most are viral infections-turned-bacterial, we also have many cases of fungal infections lately," he said. Fungus, said Dr Agarwal, takes advantage of the moisture in the ears—especially during the monsoon.
A ear infection may sound minor but can affect a person's productivity, say doctors. "The ears feel blocked and there may be difficulty in hearing. The patients may also find it difficult to concentrate on anything and suffer from irritation and a little disorientation," said Dr Agarwal.
Dr Hetal Marfatia, professor of ENT department at the civic-run KEM Hospital said the phenomenon is not new. "We see an increase in the number of ear infections every monsoon, especially since the viral respiratory infections go up. Sometimes, a viral respiratory tract infection doesn't get cured and turns into a bacterial infection, which then reaches the ears. It may take a while to treat the infection," she said.
Dr Nishit Shah, ENT surgeon from Bombay Hospital emphasized on the importance of timely treatment of the infection. "In case of a fungal infection, we have to clean the ear with special equipment and then give anti-fungal ear drops. It may take up to a few weeks to get cured. The other type needs anti-bacterial drugs and decongestion to clear the infection," he said, adding people should get treatment for a cold before it affects the ears.
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Friday, August 23, 2013
‘Punish them. They’ve ruined my life’ 22-YEAR-OLD PHOTOJOURNALIST’S GANGRAPE TRIGGERS OUTRAGE ACROSS COUNTRY
No Other Woman Should Suffer Such An Ordeal, Victim Tells Mom
The victim said she wants life imprisonment for the perpetrators. "They have ruined my life and caused immense humiliation and physical pain," she is learned to have told her family. Barely 12 hours after the horrendous crime, the 22-year-old displayed "tremendous courage", said a source close to the family. She was alert and was closely monitoring each development as it unfolded on the
television in her hospital room.
The source told TOI that she has started coming to terms with the gruesome incident. "She is mentally tough and determined to finish her project as it goes on display in the near future," said the source suggesting that she would go on to finish the assignment she was working on for the national magazine. She has been working with the company as an intern for three and a half months.
According to the source, after spending a very restless night, the victim had her first cup of tea only on Friday evening. "She was on drips the whole night and on Friday morning," said the relative adding that the news programmes on the incident playing on TV only made her stronger. "She spent parts of the evening watching the news, which failed to ruffle her," the source said.
AREA OF DARKNESS IN HEART OF CITY THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
The 22-year-old photojournalist and her male colleague enter the deserted Shakti Mills compound near Mahalaxmi railway station at about 6pm on Thursday to take pictures for a feature they are doing for a magazine
Inside the compound, they are accosted by two accused, who call in three of their friends and tie up the boy with three belts
They then take turns to rape the girl at a spot 15 feet away from where the boy has been tied up. After the crime, they walk the victim and her male colleague to the Mahalaxmi station at 7.30pm. Outside the station, they click a picture of the girl and threaten her saying that if she complains, they will make her photos public
The girl and her colleague go to Jaslok Hospital; the NM Joshi Marg police file an FIR at midnight
THE ACCUSED ARRESTED: Chand Hussain Abdul Sattar Shaikh (18, seen at left) is a resident of slums at Dhobi Ghat at Saat Rasta WANTED: Qasam Shaikh (20), a resident of Madanpura, Agripada, and Vijay Jadhav, Ashfaak and Salim IPC SECTIONS AGAINST ACCUSE 1 376 (2) (g) GangrapePunishment: 20 years or a life term 2341 Wrongful restraint One month in jail and a fine 3343 Wrongf confineme 2 years in j and a fine 4 506 (II) Criminal intimidation 3 years in jail 5 34 Common intention (to be read with the other sections)
CONDITION OF THE VICTIMS
The girl Doctors at Jaslok Hospital said the victim's condition is stable. Though investigations to gauge the seriousness of her injuries were on, TOI has learned that she may not need any major surgeries. She has also undergone a round of counselling and may be discharged in a day or two
The boy He has abrasions on his limbs, face and abdomen, but they are not serious
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
From today, RTO eye on SoBo motorists
Mumbai: The RTO will keep a hawk-eyed vigil on all cars plying in south Mumbai from Thursday morning. Those caught travelling in polluting vehicles or driving without valid papers or tax defaulters will be prosecuted, officials said.
"We will also check if the imported cars have paid all duties and local taxes," said regional transport officer K T Golani, who initiated the drive. "We will stop cars randomly and check for all papers, including registration documents, insurance, tax papers and also licences," he said. "We appeal to all car owners in south Mumbai to carry the documents while travelling else, they will have to face embarrassment when caught by RTO officials."
The RTO will issue showcause notices and impound licences, if required, or impose heavy fines on offenders. If anyone is caught plying old and dilapidated cars, he or she will be prosecuted and asked to appear for a fitness test at the Tardeo RTO. Polluting vehicles will also be dealt with sternly, Golani warned.
"In our next phase of campaign, which is likely to be in September, we will conduct checks on school buses in the island city," Golani said. "Our objective is to increase visibility of RTO officials on the road and to create deterrent to those flouting the rules."
"Citizens should now watch out for RTO officials stopping vehicles and checking documents and other details pertaining to the vehicle," he added.
WHAT CAR OWNERS NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
PUC should be done on time Car should be in good condition, with engine, headlights/tail-lights in proper working state You should carry car registration documents and insurance papers Car should be registered at local RTO. If it's an outside vehicle, keep papers to show it has been transferred to local RTO and taxes paid Driver should have proper driving licence You should carry the one-time tax paid receipt and documents pertaining to green tax, etc RTO will train driving school instructors The Tardeo RTO will impart special training on road safety to 50 driving school instructors on Thursday.
"We are training the trainers, who, in turn, will sensitize learners on road safety," said regional transport officer K T Golani. "We will insist that the instructors have a day's lecture on road safety along with audio-visual aids," he said. Sources said the training will be conducted in batches to include as many schools as possible by the year-end.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Train runs over 37 pilgrims crossing tracks in Bihar Mob Thrashes Driver, Sets Bogies Ablaze
Saharsa/Khagaria (Bihar):
At least 37 people were crushed to death and scores of others injured when the Saharsa-Patna Rajyarani Express barrelled in at about 80km an hour at the remote Dhamara Ghat railway station while the victims were crossing the tracks on Monday. The accident led to violent protests, with mobs brutally assaulting the train driver, setting over a dozen coaches afire, ransacking offices and holding railway staff hostage for several hours. Most of the victims were pilgrims on their way to Katyayani temple of Lord Shiva, which is situated near the railway station, on the last Monday of the holy month of Shravan.
They had alighted from the Saharsa-Samastipur passenger and Jan Seva trains and were crossing the tracks to reach the platform on the other side when the speeding Rajyarani ploughed into them on the middle track at about 8.40am.
While nine of those killed by the train were women, four of them were children.Official blames pilgrims for 'trespass'
Saharsa/Khagaria (Bihar): With violent protests making it difficult for relief and rescue teams to reach Dhamara Ghat station in Bihar following the mowing down of at least 37 pilgrims, bodies lay on the tracks for hours. The accident site is around 160km from Patna and accessible only by rail. Six seriously injured passengers were rushed to Khagaria Sadar hospital, while two were sent to Patna. Relief and medical teams were rushed from Barauni, Saharsa and Katihar.
Seething with rage, people burned down over 12 coaches, including two AC ones, and the engines of both Rajyarani Express and the Saharsa-Samastipur train. There was no one to douse the flames until 4pm, said a passenger. While the delay in the rehab efforts raised the hackles of the mob further, railway officials blamed the issue on the agitation.
Calling it a case of "trespass", Railway Board chairman Arunendra Kumar said the pilgrims were illegally crossing the tracks. "Rajyarani Express ploughed into them as they were frenetically getting across the middle track at the station," said Samastipur divisional railway manager Arun Malik, adding that Rajyarani had clearance as it did not have a stoppage at Dhamara Ghat.
The Bihar government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of those killed. Chief minister Nitish Kumar said he had spoken to railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge and urged him to arrange more compensation from the railways. Kharge has reportedly promised to consider the demand. Agencies said Kharge has raised the compensation to Rs 5 lakh.
East Central Railway chief public relations officer Amitabh Prabhakar said the authorities had spoken to the district magistrate and the SP, both of who had to face public ire, and directed them to provide police reinforcement so that medical aid could be rushed to the injured before they could be shifted to hospitals.
Kharge faces opposition fury in RS over accident
New Delhi: Railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge had to face a tough time in Rajya Sabha on Monday while making a statement on the Bihar train tragedy. Kharge described the train mishap as an "incident" in his statement. He said that such tragedies were termed incidents under railway rules. A member said the compensation for victims of 'incidents' was less than in case of 'accidents' and it would not go on record while computing total number of train accidents. TNN
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
800 dead in 4 days of Egypt clashes Gen Sisi: Army Won’t Allow Violence
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Over 1K govt sites hacked since ’09 Miserly Attitude To Spending On Security Blamed
Mumbai: The MTNL Mumbai portal on Thursday night became one of the 1,300-odd websites run by the government or allied agencies that have been hacked into since 2009.
Cyber expert Vijay Mukhi blames the situation on a lack of awareness and the tight-fisted attitude of government departments and public sector agencies when it comes to cyber technology upgrades and security. "We really don't understand why government departments do not spend a little money on securing the country's vital data," he said. "This laxity is making the country's cyberspace vulnerable to intruders."
The MTNL site was defaced by self-proclaimed Pakistani hackers around Thursday midnight. The MTNL website was disrupted by a hacking group last year as well.
MTNL executive director Piyush Agrawal on Saturday ruled out any laxity in securing the website. Agrawal said MTNL periodically trained network maintenance staff through professional network security companies.
MTNL claims that only the webpage and server logs—files created by the server of the activities performed by it—were damaged, but cyber experts do not rule out the possibility of hackers having obtained subscribers' addresses, phone numbers and other data.
"They (hackers) can stop Mumbai's phone network and know who called whom," Mukhi said. "They can reduce or hike the bills too. They can delete software that ran the network. If you remember, an American-Israeli virus had put Iran's nuclear programme back by a couple of years."
Following a complaint lodged by MTNL, the crime branch at Fort registered an FIR and police officers visited the MTNL server office on Saturday. The MTNL Mumbai server was frozen and shifted to a forensic lab.
In the next few days, investigators are expected to consolidate details to know whether the hackers hailed from within the country or did their mischief from beyond the borders.
Investigators also hope to know from the server which data was accessed or damaged.
Besides the cyber police, three more teams have been deployed for separate investigations.
These three teams are drawn from a professional network security agency, MTNL experts, and the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), Delhi.
"Investigations by these teams will also help us formulate guidelines to secure servers so that such incidents are not repeated in the future," Agrawal said.
MTNL does not have as many cellphone users as other service providers, but it is the dominant player in the broadband and landline telephony market.
MTNL WEBSITE HACKING PROBE
MTNL server sent to forensic laboratory for investigations
Four separate investigations are to be conducted, by a network security agency, MTNL experts, Computer Emergency Response Team (Delhi) and city's cyber cops
Guidelines to secure the server are being sought from experts
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Over 500 in hospital with gastro, malaria Seven Cases Of Cholera, 11 Of Dengue Seen In Week
Mumbai: The city continues to reel under an onslaught of water- and vectorborne diseases despite a brief lull in rainfall over the past week. Over 500 people had to be hospitalized with gastroenteritis and malaria over the duration of a week.
BMC's epidemiologist Dr Mangala Gomare said that 11 cases of dengue were reported in the past seven days, and 17 this month. Cholera, too, seems to be lurking as seven cases were detected from the E ward, which includes Byculla, Reay Road and Dockyard Road. In all, 65 cases of cholera, an infection of the intestine caused by the bacteria vibrio cholerae, were detected in the city since the beginning of the rains in June.
Water-borne diseases continue to affect almost every part of the city. In the last three months, 4,252 people were afflicted by gastroenteritis. In the same period, 247 cases of hepatitis and 281 of typhoid were reported.
A civic official said Byculla saw the most cholera cases, followed by some areas in central Mumbai. Earlier, cholera cases were reported from Chembur, Matunga and Sandhurst Road.
"Except for certain areas that have seen a cluster of cases, most other cases have been random and limited to a few households only," the official said.
City physicians remained more concerned about vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue. While malaria alone has contributed to 2,394 hospital admissions in the last three months, morbidity and mortality is associated more with dengue.
Civic records suggest that only 115 dengue victims needed hospitalization.
A 14-year-old boy from Worli succumbed to dengue last week.
Parel, Byculla, Mahalaxmi and Worli emerged as the hotbeds for dengue. "We are carrying on with the drive to make all housing societies aware of dengue's spread and ways to prevent it. So far, volunteers have reached out to over 2,000 housing societies," Gomare said.
Civic body notice to mall in Bhayander T he health department of Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation has issued a notice to Maxus Mall in Bhayander(W) after finding that tyres lying nearby have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Heaps of tyres used for car racing on a ground in the vicinity of the mall were found filled with rainwater. The mall has been given 24 hours to clear the tyres, failing which a penalty will be levied. TNN
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CRATER MUMBAI Road plans good only on paper: HC BMC Presents Measures For Good Stretches
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
Stunt on train rooftop proves fatal for teen 60 Boys Caught For Dangerous Commute Since Fri
Mumbai: A 19-year-old youth was electrocuted while performing stunts atop a suburban train near Tilak Nagar station on Sunday afternoon. Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials said this was the 61st incident of a train stunt since Friday.
The deceased, Shamsher Alam Sheikh, had climbed onto the roof of a Central Railway local along with two of his friends at Mankhurd, said eyewitnesses. Sheikh came in contact of a live overhead wire and was electrocuted on the stretch between Chembur and Tilak Nagar stations. He was brought down at Tilak Nagar station and taken to Sion Hospital where he was declared dead. He had sustained more than 80% burns, said sources. Sheikh's two friends disappeared into the crowd when the train stopped, eyewitnesses said. Harbour line services were delayed because of the incident and trains were running late by half an hour, sources said. Sheikh used to work as a tailor and was a resident of Shivaji Nagar, Govandi.
CR divisional manager Mukesh Nigam was travelling by the same train for an "inspection tour" of the Panvel-CST corridor. He was accompanied by senior divisional security commissioner Alok Bohra. The train had a huge posse of policemen in the firstclass compartment; the deceased had boarded a secondclass coach.
"It is unfortunate that youths still perform stunts and travel on rooftops for fun despite our repeated warnings," said Nigam.
Commuters TOI spoke to after the incident said they had witnessed at least six children perform stunts on trains between Mankhurd and Reay Road on Sunday afternoon.
Bohra, who heads the RPF, said special squads had apprehended 60 boys, all aged between 12 and 16, for performing stunts on Friday and Saturday.
"Despite repeated warnings and counselling sessions, children, especially those from the slum pockets of Shivaji Nagar in Govandi, continue to risk their lives by performing stunts," said Bohra. "Additional personnel will be deployed to visit every slum and conduct door-to-door interaction to dissuade people from travelling dangerously."
Delays, cancellations dog WR's Sunday run W estern Railway commuters, especially those travelling from Vasai or Dahisar to Churchgate, faced inconvenience on Sunday afternoon. Trains were cancelled and were running late due to the ongoing megablock carried out between Borivli and Goregaon stations. TNN
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DISASTER INVITED AT BIMA OFFICE COMPLEX The building is in a dilapidated condition, thus putting lives at risk
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Bandra-Versova most unsafe for kids: Cops
Mumbai: The glitzy western suburbs (Bandra to Versova) are the least safe for children, according to a report by the city police for the period January 1 to July 9 this year.
Most cases have been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSOA) 2012 after it was amended on November 14, 2012, the report said. Eighteen cases have been registered and 13 persons have been arrested by the Bandra, Khar, Santa Cruz, Juhu, D N Nagar, Versova, Oshiwara and Amboli police stations under zone IX. The western suburbs are followed by zone VI (Trombay to Nehru Nagar) with 16 cases and 18 arrests, and third comes zone V (Kurla to Dadar) with 11 cases and eight arrests.
The report said zone I (Azad Maidan to Cuffe Parade) and zone IV (Sion to Kalachowkie) in the central suburbs are the safest for children, with no cases registered during that period.
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