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TOI :
PUNE: The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) observed the first ever World Glaucoma Day on Friday. A special screening camp was conducted to identify those afflicted by the disease at the college.

According to Colonel Ajay Banarji, professor and head of department of Ophthalmology at the AFMC, around 65 million people in the world are affected by glaucoma, of whom 12 million are from India.

“Though it is known colloquially as’kala motia’, most people do not realise that it can cause irreparable damage to eyesight. Glaucoma is a chronic progressive optic neuropathy caused by a group of conditions which damage the optic nerve with loss of eyesight,” Banarji said.

Glaucoma affects all age groups, especially those aged over 40 and have diabetes or a family history of glaucoma. “It can also affect those wearing high minus glasses.

Increased fluid pressure in the eye causes irreversible damage to the optic nerve in glaucoma,” Banarji said.

Initially there is decrease of peripheral vision and the patient can only see objects that are in front of him which can progress to complete blindness.

Lasers are available which can help in the drainage of the fluid in the eye and surgery can also be performed.

“Strict adherence to instilling medicines and regular follow up with the eye surgeon will go a long way in preventing blindness due to this disease,” said Banarji.

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TOI : PUNE:The women of Morevasti in Pimpri-Chinchwad made the most of an opportunity when some drunken men misbehaved with them and they immediately retorted by destroying a country liquor shop.

The women had taken out a rally to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday when the incident occurred.

Datta Sane, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator and standing committee member, said that the women lost cool after the drunkards started misbehaving with them.

The country liquor shop was on main road and the local residents had been calling for its closure for long. The women had also submitted a memorandum to Vishwas Nangre-Patil, superintendent of police (Pune rural) demanding closure of the liquor shop, but to no avail.

Around 1,500 to 2,000 women were part of this rally. Some of the drunkards misbehaved with these women as the rally passed the liquor shop. This angered the women and they went on a rampage destroying the shop. The police conducted a panchnama.

Earlier, women of Taljaivasti ward in Akurdi too had closed down a country liquor shop in their locality. The shops were sealed on the directives of the district collector a week ago. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: Bodies of two boys were found floating in a pond at a stone quarry on Lohegaon road on Saturday morning.

The deceased have been identified as Abhishek Indrajeet Shirke (8) and Sagar Kashinath Kindre (12) from Munjabhau vasti of Dhanori.

A missing complaint about both the children had been filed on Friday evening at the Vishrantwadi police station.
According to the police, Shirke was a standard I student and Kindre was studying in standard VII in a civic school. The two had left home on Friday afternoon saying they were going for a swim.

When they did not return till late evening, their parents filed a missing complaint.

Later, on Saturday morning, their bodies were found in the pond by some locals.

The fire brigade personnel were called in to recover the bodies from the pond.

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TOI : AURANGABAD: While the city was participating in a’Beti Bachao’ (save girl child) campaign, a three-and-a-half-year old girl belonging to a labourers’ family in Ranjangaon Shenpunji village was raped and murdered on the eve of International Women’s Day.

Labourer Shashikant Dilip Badane (24), who hails from Amalner in Jalgaon district, has been arrested, said the assistant commissioner of police D.P. Gaur.

“Badane was under the influence of liquor when we arrested him late in the afternoon,” Gaur told TOI. Owner a grocery shop from whom Badane had bought chocolates to lure the girl and a few others have identified Badane, he added.

The child had gone missing on Friday while playing in front of her house in Duttanagar, Ranjangaon Shenpunji, about 20 km from Aurangabad.

After searching for her in and around the village her father and approached the police.

On Saturday morning, the victim’s father heard that a girl was found lying in a pool of blood at an under construction house.

He rushed to the spot to find that it was his daughter. The girl was rushed to the government medical college and hospital where she was declared dead.

ACP Gaur said Shashikant was still under the influence of alcohol. “We are waiting for him to come to his senses. We have gathered enough evidence to nail him.”

Meanwhile, the Aurangabad Mahila Manch has demanded stern action against the culprit. Asha V. Sakolkar, who has launched the’Beti Bachao’ campaign here, termed the incident as very unfortunate.

She said such criminal tendencies should be dealt with sternly. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: An undertrial of Yerawada central prison threw chilli powder at policemen and ran away while he was being brought back from Ahmednagar court on Friday evening.

The police, however, managed to nab another undertrial, who also tried to flee.

Head constable Madhkar Pandurang Abawane said he and constable Vijay Margale had been sent to the Ahmednagar court with undertrials Ramesh Kumbhar (30) of Kolhapur and Mahesh Shivaji Babar (30) of Satara.

On their way back, they got down from the bus near Gunjan theatre and were walking towards the prison.

On the way, after getting permission from the cops, Kumbhar made a call from a shop. Soon another person came to the spot on his two-wheeler and started talking to Kumbhar.

According to the police, the motorcyclist gave a packet of chilli powder to Kumbhar, who threw it on Margale.

Using the chance, both the undertrials tried to flee. However, the cops chased them and managed to nab Babar. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More