BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday congratulated the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here for being ranked the world’s top research university by an international agency.

In a tweet, he said, “Congratulations to @iiscbangalore on being ranked the world’s top research university in the QS World University Rankings. Imparting world-class education & facilitating cutting- edge research in science, technology, and engineering, IISc makes every Indian proud.”

According to the coveted QS World University Rankings, the Indian Institute of Science was rated the world’s top research university as per the citations per faculty indicator.

The IISc secured a perfect score of 100 out of 100 for the citations per faculty (CPF) metric in the analysis by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

For the QS World University Rankings, institutions and universities were judged on six indicators– academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty/student ratio, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.

This year, rankings listed the world’s top 1,300 universities – 145 more than in the last year’s edition, which can be found in 97 locations.

Of 13,000 institutions, 6,415 were found eligible for the survey analysis, and 1,705 were assessed for the final table.

The results accounted for the distribution and performance of 14.7 million academic papers published between 2015 and 2019, and the 96 million citations received by those paper.

They also accounted for the expert opinions of over 1,30,000 academic faculty and over 75,000 employers.

Bengaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Wednesday expressed his disappointment over the slow progress of the Smart City Projects (SCP) in Bengaluru despite the commencement of monsoon.

The Chief Minister pulled up officials during a review meeting for the poor condition of 27 roads with piles of mud and craters on both sides of the roads hindering the vehicular movement.

“The monsoon has already set in and is expected to intensify in another two weeks.When are you going to complete the work?” the CM asked the civic agency officials.

He said he has been observing that the incomplete road works in the Central Business District of Bengaluru was a hindrance to public as well as VIPs movement.

The Chief Engineer of the SCP assured the Chief Minister that the work would be completed by June 30.

New Delhi: Amidst increasing reports of differences between PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath micro-blogging site Twitter was on Wednesday flooded with tweets and hashtag #ModiVsYogi.

Twitter users took to their handles and expressed their views regarding the reports of a possible rift between two of the greatest stalwarts of the party currently.

While some mocked Modi saying Karma was repeating to him what he did to LK Advani, others sided with the PM in the battle and ruled out the possibility of Yogi taking over Modi.

The reports regarding the feud between the duo have now been doing round for a while now and it was further fuelled by Modi and his confidante Amit Shah skipping to wish Yogi Adityanath on his birthday.

The official page of BJP Uttar Pradesh also hinted towards the rift between the State Unit and party’s high command after it took down the cover picture on its social media handles that featured Narendra Modi and replaced it with pictures of Yogi Adityanath along with other leaders from the state.

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The KG Halli police on Wednesday arrested four persons and recovered 6.7 kgs of ambergris (sperm whale)which is worth Rs.8 Crore in the international market.

The accused has been identified as,Syed Tajammul Pasha,54,resident of Magadi road, Saleem Pasha,48,and Naseer Pasha,34 of Palace Guttahalli and Rafiulla,45 from JP Nagar along with the contraband were arrested red handed.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant, addressing press conference at his office told reporters,As taking advantage in the lockdown time the drug peddlers would utilise the advantage to peddle drug and we instructed our officers and men to keep a watch on drug peddlers.

The Inspector of KG Halli,Santhosh Kumar, received a tip off about drug peddling,a team of police rushed to coconut farm at Lakshmipathi Garden in KG Halli and kept a close watch on them and when the accused were dealing with their clients the team of officials surrounded the area and secured all the four accused.

The team arrested all the four accused identified as,Syed Tajammul Pasha,54,resident of Magadi road,Saleem Pasha,48,Naseer Pasha,34 of Palace Guttahalli and Rafiulla,45 from JP Nagar along with the contraband.

When the team questioned the accused they confessed the crime and revealed that it was a Ambergris is a waxy substance that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and in high demand in the China and Arab countries which would be used for medicine and prepare perfume.

It is extremely valuable and rare, and is primarily used in the production of perfumes and musk products, due to its unique smell. 

Initial probe revealed that the accused have sourced Ambergris from their contact identified as Salman from Kolar.

A detailed investigation by the team the accused spilled that their contact from whom they sourced the Ambergris had promised the accused to share the profit with them after they got a decent price.

Sayyed Pasha and Rafi were selling the ambergris to Salim and Nasir.Sayyed and Rafi said that they received the material from a third party and we are investigating to find the source.

We have booked the accused under various sections of wildlife protection act and cheating and efforts are on to track down Salman to ascertain the source of the drugs and further investigation is on.

Commissioner of Bengaluru Police,Kamal Pant, tweeted about the incident.He wrote, “A great catch! Kudos to the East Division @Kghallips and team for nabbing four persons seizing 6.7-Kg Ambergris (floating gold/whale vomit) worth Rs.8 Crore.

Ambergris is a solid waxy substance originating in the intestine of the sperm whale. It is highly prized as a fixative and ingredient in fine perfumes.The 4 accused are in custody and legal action has been taken under different sections of The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and u/S 420 of IPC.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr.SD.Sharanappa ACP,Jagadish,PI, Santhosh Kumar L,PSIs,as,Rajesh,Babu Reddy, Ramesh,and crime staff as,Srinivasmurthy,Shankar Chouhan Nanjundappa DJ,Revana,Shakeel Ahmed,Shivaraj Badiger,Somashekar and other staff has been appreciated for the good piece of investigation in nabbing the four accused and seizing the Ambergris for the commendable job done by them a suitable reward and certificate will be given to the team he added.

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In a joint operation carried by Military Intelligence sleuths and Anti Terrorist Cell officials of the Central Crime Branch,busted an international telephone exchange and arrested two persons on Wednesday who were running the racket from BTM layout.

The arrested accused have been identified as Ibrahim,Pullatti,36,native of Mallappuram in Kerala and his associate,Goutham B,27 from Thirupattur, in Tamailnadu.

The accused have rented many places to instal the sim boxes at 30 places.

Bengaluru city police commissioner,Kamal Pant told media persons,our CCB Joint CP Crime, Sandeep Patil received a tip off that some persons are running illegal telephone exchange in Bengaluru.

Based on a tip off,a joint operation was conducted by Military intelligence and Anti terrorist cell team of officials raided six places and recovered 30 SIMboxes,containing 960 SIM cards installed at different places which helps to receive international calls bypassing the telephone routers and convert them into local calls.

Initial investigations revealed that the Ibrahim is part of the international network based in Dubai and is also part of the hawala racket.

Ibrahim worked in Dubai for many years to learn about SIMbox operations and returned to Bengaluru to set up and run the business on behalf of his network.

The accused had even produced hundreds of SIM on fake IDS sourcing them through their contact.

Ibrahim told the officials that he would source the ID proof of the people especially migrant labourers who submit the ID proof at the local SIM dealer to get the connections.

Such IDs photocopies are sourced by Ibrahim to get another connection and use it in th SIM boxes.

During investigation it was found that the  accused would charge their customers with Rs.1 per pulse rate against Rs 10 of the international pulse rate and make a huge amount of profit.

Such calls are not only incurring huge revenue loss to the state exchanger but also used for anti-social activities since they are out of radar and not been monitored.

Their customers are individual and small companies which have to make long international calls.

Using the illegal exchange the duo would make a  business of Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakh per month. Ibrahim and Goutham would get a salary of Rs. 70,000 to Rs 50,000 per month .

The police have book the duo under various sections of Information Technology Act and telegraph Act and taken them into custody to probe their network further.

Finally,Director General and Inspector General of Police,Praveen Sood,has appreciated, Military intelligence team and Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant and his team as,Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,ACPs,as,Venugopal,Nagaraj,and other staff who has nabbed the notorious accused  which at a time 960 illegally procured SIMS can be used,important detection since this could be used for any illegal or subversive activities a timely action by the team has averted all their plans and a suitable reward will be given to the team for their excellent investigation in busting the racket he added.

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The Baiyappanahalli police have registered an FIR against the Managing Director of the hospital for charging excessive bills from covid patients .

Senior officer told reporters,Dr.Shivegouda,in his complaint said that from east zone war room they received a complaint that hospital has charged exhobirant bills to Covid patients.

Based on a complaint,Nodal officer team led by ADGP,KSRP,Alok Kumar,Captain Manivannan,IAS,with other team of officials inspected the hospital and found that it has charged exorbitant bills to the covid patients against the government specified rates in the order 

The Nodal Officers in Charge of Hospitals have recorded 99 patients whose insurance bills were inflated at a private hospital in the East Zone.

These administrators are currently cracking down on private hospitals which overcharge their patients. This hospital has been ordered to refund all patients.

As per the order the hospital should charge RS 10,000 for general bed,HDU bed for Rs 12,000, Isolation without Ventilator,RS 15,000 and Rs 25,000 for isolation ICU with ventilator,as per the government order specified in (No.RD 158 TNR 2020) issued on April 4, 2021.

Based on the report,Dr.Shivegouda issued notice to Dr.Jacqualine seeking explanation and also directed to refund the excess bill amount to the patients.

Despite notice,Dr.Jacqualine,citing health grounds, did not file her response and even not refunded the excessive amount to Covid patients.

This amounts to gross violations of covid protocol and government guidelines but also cheating members of general public,he said in his complaint.

The police are now seeking details of the cheating committed by the hospital.We need to check how many patients have been cheated and how much before initiating inquiry,said a senior police officer, adding that they are waiting for the required details.

ADGP,KSRP,Alok Kumar,and Captain Manivannan, IAS,who are the East Zone Nodal officers visited the Comfort hospital and inspected the hospital and took the hospital owners to task for charging exorbitant as excessive amount of bill from Covid patients.

The Nodal officers visited the hospital wearing PPE Kit and interacted with the patients and their relatives and after receiving information from the patients and their kin the team questioned hospital owner and others and after analysing the records of hospital.

The team found Hospitals have been charging patients who do not fall under government quotas exorbitant bills,even though the government has put a price cap on hospital beds.

Patients have been charged under different pretexts, like oxygen and nurses/staff,and extra amounts.

It was found that the hospital has charged  Rs.1000 per hour for oxygen.

During April and May,the director of Comfort Multispeciality Hospital in CV Raman Nagar received complaints that the facility had been charging Rs.1,000 per hour for oxygen and an exclusive rate for beds that exceeded government norms.

We set up a special team to examine the hospital’s bills.The team reviewed the bills and found 99 patients who were overcharged by almost Rs.75 lakh.

Based on the complaint filed by Dr.Shivegouda V,BBMP, health officer CV Raman Nagar division,the Baiyyapanahalli police charged Dr.Jacquline,MD.and others of Comfort hospital, Kaggadasapura main road,charging them under various sections of the Disaster Management Act and also under cheating on Tuesday.

Sources said based on the efforts of Nodal officer the hospital has ensured to pay back the excessive charge billed by hospital to patients.

Many Netizens on Social media appreciated ADGP,KSRP, Alok Kumar, Captain P Manivannan and his whole team for their immense efforts and helping the Covid patients to get their excessive amount back .

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The city civil and session court on Monday rejected bail for Dr.Pushpitha who along with her associate was arrested for vaccinating Covisheild to people for Rs 500 at a house on May 20.

Senior officer told media persons, The prosecution objected to the bail stating that Dr.Pushpitha has endangered the lives of many by stealing vaccination from the serverving people .

Investigations by the police so far found that Dr.Pushpitha,who worked as doctor at primary health centre at Manjunath Nagar, used to give half dose vaccination to the people at the PHC and save the rest of the vaccines for herself to sell in black.

Elaborating further the officer said,she has  vaccinated 20 people from a single vial against the prescribed 10 persons. 

The rest of the vials she would carry to the house of her friend Premalatha in a thermal box after work to vaccinate people for Rs 500 per shot .

The accused has not only cheated gullible people but also police officials and Corona Front line workers who had vaccinated at the PHC where she was working.

Since these people have already completed their two doses and registered.Many police officials and Corona Warriors are in dilemma about getting their vaccination again.

We have brought it to the notice of the Health department and are aware of this scam,but nothing has been done so far.

We have requested the court to consider this very seriously since it is not just a corruption but also a very dangerous criminal act,committed by a responsible medical officer.

It may be recalled that PI,Lohith Gowda and PSI, Chandrashekhar,attached to Anapoorneshwari Nagar station turned themselves as decoy to get a Vaccine shot and raided the house of Premalatha,34,at ITI layout Mallathahalli and caught Dr.Pushpitha MJ,red handed while vaccinating people at the house on May 20.

The police have seized over 20 vials of vaccination kept in a thermal box,used and unused syringes and cash Rs 12,000 collected from the people who got vaccinated.

The accused would collect the phone numbers and aadhar card details of the people so that they can be called back for the second dose,said a senior officer.

Meanwhile The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike,Chief Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta has terminated the services of Dr.MJ.Pushpita,who was arrested for allegedly stealing Covishield vaccine from Manjunath Nagar Primary Health Centre,where she was deputed.

She stored the vials in her friend Prema’s house, where she also administered the vaccine to citizens for Rs.500 per shot.

Dr. Pushpita had been recruited on contract basis under the Union government’s National Health Mission Scheme.

Another doctor by name Dr.Ajaykumar Yadav,was also terminated from service working in Maruti Hospital in Bagalur,was allegedly trying to sell Remdesivir,which is used in the treatment of COVID-19, in the black market the police seized several vials from him.