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Miss World America WA Shree Saini donated her Cadillac Escalade car to children in need through Wheels for Wishes & Wellness

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By Husna Rizwan

Miss World America WA Shree Saini recently donated her Cadillac Escalade car to children in need, through Wheels for Wishes & Wellness, a nonprofit that has helped grant over 10,000 wishes for children and had $78 million in donations. This car will now enable that family to have better access to their job, become self-sufficient and allow their kids easier access to their education. 

“When we leave this world, we take nothing with us. So why not give it all away while we are here? Instead of always thinking of ways we can be benefited, think of ways you can benefit the world. I encourage you to take action and find ways to give back. Instead of waiting till someone asks you for help, take initiative,” said Shree.

Car Donation helps make dreams come true for children with life – threatening medical conditions around the country. Wheels for wishes has helped to grant over 10,356 wishes to local children nationwide. You can grant a wish at Let us all be generous with our time and love

Maharashtra continues to remain India’s COVID-19 epicentre

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NEW DELHI: Ten states — Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Kerala have shown a rise in the COVID-19 daily cases accounting for 80.80 per cent of the new infections reported in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

A total of 1,61,736 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 51,751.

It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 13,604 while Chhattisgarh reported 13,576 new cases.

India’s total active caseload has reached 12,64,698 which now comprises 9.24 per cent of the country’s total infections.

A net increase of 63,689 cases recorded in the total active caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The five states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala cumulatively account for 68.85 per cent of India’s total Active Cases.

Maharashtra alone accounts for 44.78 per cent of the total active caseload of the country.

Sixteen states  — Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.

India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,22,53,697  with 97,168 recoveries being registered in a span of 24 hours.

 Besides, 879 deaths were reported in a span of 24 hours.

Ten states account for 88.05 per cent of the new deaths.

Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (258).

Chhattisgarh follows with 132 daily deaths.

Thirteen states and UTs have not reported any COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours.

These are Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Ladakh, Daman and Diu & Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, Mizoram,Manipur, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 10.85 crore as the ‘tika utsav’ enters the third day.

Cumulatively, 10,85,33,085 vaccine doses have been administered through 16,08,448 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am.

These include 90,33,621 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 55,58,103 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,00,78,589 FLWs who have received the 1st dose and 49,19,212 FLWs who have taken the 2nd dose.

Besides, 4,17,12,654 and 22,53,077  beneficiaries more than 60 years old have been administered the 1st and 2nd dose respectively, while 3,42,18,175  and 7,59,654  beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years have taken the 1st and 2nd doses respectively.

Eight states account for 60.16 per cent of the total doses given so far in the country.

Over 40 lakh vaccination doses were administered in a span of 24 hours.

As on day-87 of the vaccination drive (12th April), 40,04,521 vaccine doses were given.

Out of which, 34,55,640 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 52,087 sessions for 1st dose and 5,48,881 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.

“In terms of the number of daily doses administered globally, India continues to remain at the top with an average of 41,69,609 doses administered per day,” the ministry said.

Spices of life: Women lead the way in this Chitradurga masala factory

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CHITRADURGA: While business can create a stressful and cut-throat atmosphere for employees, Maruthi Masala, set up four decades ago in Chitradurga district, is cut from different cloth. Most of the employees are women and their welfare is very important for the family that runs the masala manufacturing firm.

Starting with Rs 20,000 in their small house in Chikkagondanahalli in Chitradurga district, they now run a business with the latest machinery, which is one of the biggest masala-making firms in Central Karnataka. There are also plans to expand across the state. “Supporting women was our aim. Some of these women have been with us for three decades and have worked hard for the success of the business. It is because of them that the industry has survived,” says T Nagaraj, Lakshmamma and Thippeswamy’s son.

“After facing a lot of hardship, I decided to start working. I heard of this masala unit which gave jobs only to women, and joined. Now, I not only take care of my children’s education, but also my entire family. We are indebted to Nagaraj,” says Mehrunissa (35), from Maradihalli, who has worked at the unit for four years.

Sumangalamma (58) has been at the unit for three decades. “My life was in a shambles when my husband passed away. I received a great deal of support from the founder Thippeswamy and his family. They not only took care of me, but provided me with quarters on the premises and treated me like family. It is because of them that I survived,” she says. In the beginning, Lakshmamma taught the employees how to roast and grind the spices, and the proportions that would give the masalas their unique flavour. She continues to monitor the quality to this day, checking every batch of products.

“Quality is very important for us. We check the quality of each batch of ingredients before it is used. We have also sought help from the Central Food and Technological Research Institute to procure cleaning, roasting, grinding and packing machines,” says Nagaraj, an Arts graduate. It is a matter of pride that the brand has customers of all categories – from big ones to individual households – thanks to the range of quantities they sell. “We have reached all sections of society because we have packets from 50gm to 1kg.

“Because of this, our products are popular in Davanagere and Chitradurga,” he says, adding 
that most batches are sold out within a fortnight of manufacture.The road to success was a hard one, Nagaraj recalls. “During the initial days, my father carried masala packets by bus to Davanagere town, then rented a bicycle and travelled across the district to distribute the packets. That’s how dedicated he was,” he says.

Even after they set up a proper factory in Chikkagondanahalli in 1985, there were many logistical hurdles to overcome. Power supply was erratic, and transportation was difficult. Finally, the family decided to move to an area set aside by the Karnataka Industrial Development Areas Board (KIADB) in Chitradurga district. Another reason for the success of the unit was the credit extended by the Karnataka State Financial Corporation, he says.

What they make
Sambar powder
Chilli, coriander, turmeric powder
Chicken, mutton masala, garam masala
Puliyogare, vangibath, bisibelebath masala

Starting with Rs 20,000 
in their small house in Chikkagondanahalli in Chitradurga district, they now run a business with the latest machinery, which is one of the biggest masala-making firms in Central Karnataka

CM’s recognition
Karnataka State Finance Corporation, which has provided Maruthi Masala several loans since the 1980s, conferred the Golden Jubilee award to the firm in 2010. It was presented by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa (during his first tenure)

TNSTC conductor slaps elderly man over change, video goes viral

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ERODE:  A video of a government bus conductor slapping a septuagenarian in an argument over tendering change near Goundampadi on Sunday went viral on social media. While police did not initiate any action against the conductor for lack of a complaint, the TNSTC has promised to look into the matter.

As Kumar demanded the exact amount, an irritated Ganesan fished out Rs 5 from his pocket and gave it. An irked Kumar slapped Ganesan who in turn grabbed Kumar’s shirt in an argument. Sources said that Ganesan’s fellow passengers intervened and asked the conductor to stop abusing the elderly man, who sobbed for having been meted out such treatment after deboarding the bus at his stop.

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs

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CHENNAI: Opener Nitish Rana (80) and Rahul Tripathi (53) hit fluent half-centuries to script Kolkata Knight Rides’ a comfortable 10-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match, here on Sunday.

Hyderabad lost skipper David Warner (3) and Wriddhiman Saha (7) early and were always playing a catch-up game despite Jonny Bairstow’s fighting half-century.

They could manage 177 for five in the end.

Jonny Bairstow (55) and Manish Pandey (61 not out) formed a partnership at a steady run rate.

Australian pacer Cummins broke their 92-run stand when he had Bairstow caught at backward point by Rana.

SRH needed 70 off the last five overs.

Mohammed Nabi (14) was hit on his neck by Krishna but the Afghan responded with a cracking six.

He went after a slower one but only to be caught by Eoin Morgan.

The 19-year-old Abdul Samad, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, creamed off two sixes and a four off Cummins in the penultimate over to keep SRH in hunt.

Requiring 22 runs from the last over, KKR’s Andre Russell held his nerves to deny SRH a win.

Earlier, left-handed opener Rana struck the ball hard and clean to provide his side a confident start after they were asked to take first strike.

His strokes on the off-side — the drives and cuts – were of highest quality and a treat to the eye.

Neither Bhuvneshwar Kumar nor T Natarajan could stop Rana from hitting boundaries even as Subhman Gill was quiet initially.

Sandeep Sharma was hit for three boundaries in a row by him.

Gill opened up his arms to hit a massive straight six off Natarajan to make it even better for KKR.

However, the run-flow was affected when ever-reliable Rashid got the ball in his hands.

He also provided the breakthrough when he deceived Gill with a wrong’un to find the stumps.

Rana though kept going strong, completing his half-century with a six off Vijay Shankar after surviving an LBW appeal off Rashid.

He got the decision overturned, taking the DRS call.

Rana’s six-hitting continued after getting his fifty as he punished Natarajan and Sandeep again.

His colleague at the other end Rahul Tripathi also stroked confidently and fluently.

He smashed a massive six off Bhuvneshwar and then followed it up with a cheeky four in the third-man region.

He completed his fifty with another boundary off Bhuvneshwar but was dismissed by Natarajan soon after when he top-edged a ball.

Rashid too sent back dangerous Andre Russell (5) back.

Mohammed Nabi (2/32) got rid of Rana and Eoin Morgan (2) off successive balls in the 18th over.

Home alone woman found murdered at her house in Bengaluru

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Pramesh Jain

A 40-year-old home alone woman was found murdered at her house in Electronic City on Saturday.

The deceased has been identified as Shahin Taj, a housewife and resident of Subhash Nagar in Electronic City.

She had married to Chand Pasha,an auto driver ten years ago and the couple have no children. Shahin taj was running a shop from her house selling snacks and essentials.

A senior police officer who visited the spot with other officers and finger print experts and sniffer dog was pressed into action.

After inspecting the area and collecting preliminary information,said that the incident took place around afternoon and Pasha left the home around 10.30 am to work.

When He returned home at night and shocked to see Taj lying dead and alerted the neighbours who then called Electronic City police.

The body was shifted for postmortem and preliminary investigations revealed that the assailants barged inside the house and attacked her brutally.However, the family had no dispute with anyone and the exact reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained.

The assailants smothered her to death using pillow before slitting her throat to make sure she is dead.

The motive for the murder is yet to be ascertained as nothing has been robbed or stolen,the officer said.A case has been registered and special teams has been formed to nab the assailants he added.

Kejriwal to hold meeting to review COVID situation in Delhi

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NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will review the COVID-19 situation in the national capital in a meeting on Monday noon, officials said.

The chief minister termed the situation “very serious” and appealed to people not to step out of houses unless it was urgent.

The officials said the review meeting to be held at 12 pm is likely to be attended by ministers and top officers of the Delhi government.

According a bulletin issued by the department on Sunday, 48 new fatalities were also recorded, pushing the death toll to 11,283.

The fresh cases came out of the record over 1.14 lakh tests conducted the previous day, the bulletin said, adding that the positivity rate stood at 9.43 per cent.

The previous highest single-day spike in Delhi — 8,593 cases — was reported on November 11 last year, while on November 19, the city recorded 131 COVID-19 deaths, the highest single-day fatality count till date.

Delhi recorded 7,897 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, while 39 more people died due to the coronavirus infection.

The positivity rate had also mounted to 10.21 per cent, breaching the 10-per cent mark for the first time this year.

The positivity rate was above 15 per cent in mid-November last year.

On Friday, 8,521 COVID-19 cases and 39 deaths were recorded in the national capital.

This was also the first time that more than 8,000 cases were recorded in a day this year amid a massive spike in cases over the last few weeks.

On Thursday, the city recorded 7,437 cases.

It was also the first time that over 7,000 cases were reported in a day this year.

On the two preceding days, the number of cases stood above 5,000.

On November 27 last year, the city recorded 5,482 cases.

It registered 6,224 cases on November 24 and 7,486 on November 18, according to official data.

A total of 1,14,288 tests, including 76,954 RT-PCR tests and 37,334 rapid antigen tests, were conducted on Saturday, according to the latest health bulletin.

The total number cases stood at 7,25,197 on Sunday and over 6.

79 lakh patients have recovered from the virus.

The number of active cases rose to 34,341 from 28,773 a day before.

The number of people under home isolation increased to 17,093 from 15,266 on Saturday while the number of containment zones mounted to 5,705 from 5,236, the bulletin said.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had warned on Wednesday that the new cases “could surpass” the previous single-day record registered in November, given the pace of the infection spread.

On Sunday, he held a meeting on COVID-19 preparedness.

BBMP Commissioner dismisses BBMP staff for destroying Covid19 Swab

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Pramesh Jain

Two BBMP contract employees dismissed after they found destroying Covid19 Swab and manipulating corona testing kit to reach the target.

The accused has been identified as mohan and Nagaraj were dismissed by BBMP Commissioner,Gaurav Gupta after the video of the staff destroying Covid19 Swab went viral in various social media platforms taking a serious note and after collecting report from the concerned officer Gaurav Gupta dismissed two BBMP staff for destroying Covid19 Swab and ordered for a legal action against those involved in this manipulating practice.

Dr.Premanand BR,Administrative officer, City primary health centre, in his complaint identified the staffer as Hemanth and Nagaraj.

The duo was working in the centre for the last 10 months as corona swab collector.

They were caught in the mobile camera putting random swab testing sticks into VTM vial without taking samples and testing.

There are four others also heard talking who were later identified as Asha workers kusuma,Prema and Padma and hospital staff Ashok.

The incident occurred when Dr.Premanand had gone out who has stated in his complaint.

The police are now on the lookout for Hemanth and Nagaraj to question them.

Kodigehalli police have filed FIR against the duo charging them under section 177 providing false information and criminal breach of trust against them and further investigation is on.

Double Murder: Elderly woman and her son’s friend stabbed to death in Bengaluru

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Pramesh Jain

A 75 year old woman and her son’s friend were found murdered at the house they were living in JP Nagar 7th stage in the wee hours of Thursday.

Police suspect that the murder is for gain and committed by known person.

The deceased has been identified as Mamatha Basu,75,from West Bengal and Debrath Behara,44,who had come to the city a few days ago and stayed with Mamtha since she was staying alone at the rented house.

Senior police officers including the city police commissioner Kamal Pant,visited the spot and supervised the investigations.

Senior officer told media persons that,The murder came to light when the domestic help on Thursday morning visited the house and found the door opened.

He later found Behara lying in the pool of blood and Mamatha at the bedroom with stab injuries.

He alerted the police,and the dog squad and Forensic Science Laboratory team inspected the crime scene. 

The Puttenahalli police rushed to the spot and conducted investigations.The house was ransacked gold cash along with CCTV cameras  and DVRs have been robbed.

Primarily investigations revealed that the assailants are known to the deceased since there was no forced entry.

The body of Basu was found on a bed while Behra’s body was found on the floor of another room.He seemed to have attempted escaping from the assailants when he was targeted.Both were stabbed to death and their bodies were lying in a pool of blood. 

During investigation it was found Mamatha’s son Devdeep Basu stayed with his family close to the house of his mother and used to visit her frequently.On Wednesday he visited the duo and returned home after dinner.

Usually Mamatha would open the door only after confirming the visitor at the CCTV camera installed outside the house, we have some clues on the assailants and working on them to track down the accused,he said.

Mother strangulated 3 year old daughter for Trivial row arrested by police

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Pramesh Jain

The West Division police of Annapurneshwari Nagar police have Arrested a woman on charges of strangulating her 3 year old daughter over trivial row.

The accused has been identified as,Sudha resident of malathahalli,

Upset over her three year old daughter always taking side of her father,mother strangled three year old daughter and dumped her body in an underconstruction house in Annapoorneshwari nagar  before searching for her with husband and  filing missing complaint on Tuesday

Senior officer told reporters,A murder came to light when the police team who were on rounds near Deepa Complex noticed a body dumped the cops recovered the body of girl from an underconstruction house with legature marks around her neck.

As soon as the body was found the Annapurneshwari Nagar police inspector and his team rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area.

Senior officers,as, DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil, ACP,UD Krishna Kumar with crime staff and sniffer dog with finger print experts rushed to the spot and after Inspecting the crime spot the team swung into action.

The police team analysed CCTV footage during the probe and got vital clues.

Based on the clue the team called the deceased mother for questioning when our team questioned the mother of the deceased where was she when her child went missing she said that she went to chat centre.

However police found during the course of Investigation that she did not visited the chat centre instead found walking with the child in the adjacent area.

The team found Sudha was lying and questioned her led to confess the crime.

The accused Sudha was arrested by police after they realized that she is acting suspecious and lied to the police that she had gone to a chat centre near by with the daughter from where she went missing.

The accused said,on Tuesday,the couple returned and Eeranna as usual switched on the TV to watch news for which Sudha objected.

The girl took side of her father and shouted at her mother to keep quite and not to fight with dad.Enraged by this,Sudha on tuesday evening took the girl out late in the evening and strangulated her to death and dumped her body near Deepa Complex in a under construction building.

Erranaa returned from work and found the door locked and called Sudha on her mobile.Sudha said that she had come to get snacks for the girl and she was missing.

Worried Eeranna with friends and Sudha searched for the girl before filing a complaint with the Jnanabharati police he added.

Couple used to work in different shops.

While Eeranna worked at a private firm Sudha would work as housekeeping staff at granite shop.She would take the child to work and return in the afternoon to serve lunch for Eeranna.

The Annapurneshwari Nagar police have arrested the accused and a case has been taken up and are further investigation to ascertain if there are other reasons for the murder he added.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP UD Krishna Kumar,PI,Lohit BN, PSI, Rajashekaraiah and his team for the excellent investigation and solving the case within hours of the crime a suitable reward will be given to the whole team for the exemplary work done by them he added.

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