H1N1 positive in 7 persons at Thirthahalli, vigilance squad deputed
Shivamogga, September 25: Suspected H1N1 cases are found in some villages in Thirthahalli taluk in the district. District Health department has confirmed that seven patients were tested positive to the H1N1 fever.
DHO Dr BC Venkatesh confirmed this news that the blood samples of the suspected patients were collected and sent to Virology Institute in Shivamogga. Among the samples, seven samples are tested positive, he said.
Treatment facility was made for the patients at the JC Hospital in Thirthahalli town and all of them were recuperating. Separate wards were also set up in the hospital for those patients. For those who have been getting the treatment at private hospitals, the department has been distributing the tablets, he said.
The suspected H1N1 cases were reported from Kuruvalli, Shirajapura, Mahishi and Harogoppa villages in the taluk. In those villages, the department has deputed vigilance squads which will check up the health of the villagers and provide treatment. Awareness was also being created among people on the spread of H1N1 syndrome. But currently, the situation was under control, the DHO said.
As the rain is receded, the mercury level was increased in the taluk. Amidst this, the contagious diseases are also increasing. Hundreds of people in the taluk have been suffering from fever.
ZP member visits hospital
Zilla Panchayat member Kasaravalli Srinivas visited the taluk government hospital and enquired the health condition of the patients. He also held discussion with the doctors and staff of the hospital and asked the doctors to give suitable treatment to the patients.
No death is reported
“H1N1 is not the reason for the death of a person from Hodala Aralapura village in Manipal hospital. The medical report of the Manipal hospital has never mentioned about H1N1 virus. There is no need to be panic over this issue”.
- Dr. B.C. Venkatesh, DHO
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Bank manager shot dead in fit of rage by security manager upset by salary, denied leave
Lucknow (PTI): A security guard of a Ghaziabad bank upset over leave and salary related issues walked into the manager's cabin and shot him dead, police said on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old manager of the Loni branch of the Punjab and Sind Bank was rushed to a hospital on Monday where he was declared dead, they said.
The security guard, Ravindra Hooda (50) and his accomplice, Shishupal (57), have been arrested, police said.
"The security guard along with his accomplice entered the cabin of the bank manager and fired at him. The injured bank manager was taken to GTB Hospital in Delhi for treatment, where doctors declared him as dead," police said in a statement.
SHO Loni Border Manish Bist on Tuesday said the bank manager, Abhishek Kumar, was from Patna. He has been posted in Ghaziabad since August 2025, and was living in a rented house with his wife.
Police said that during interrogation, Hooda said he had been working in the branch for the past two and a half months.
"He said his salary was reduced, and when he would ask for leave, it was refused. Following this, there was an argument with him (Abhishek Kumar)," the police statement said.
He said he fired at the bank manager in anger and that Shishupal was present with him during the incident, it added. Hooda and Shishupal were from the same village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Police said a case under section 103 (1) (punishment for murder) of the BNS has been registered against him. Police have recovered a double-barrel gun and ammunition and the Arms Act has also been slapped on the accused, the statement said.
