Pakistani national recovering  after surgery at Tiruchi hospital
A private hospital in Tiruchi has successfully removed a pituitary tumour from a Pakistani national using a minimum invasive technique.
Dr T N Janakiraman, a skull base surgeon trained in the US, explained that Bakhtiyar Khan,30, had a tumour in the cavernous sinus, a large collection of thin-walled veins. These veins create a cavity bordered by the temporal bone of the skull and the sphenoid bone in the head. 
Instead of going through the standard technique of opening up the skull, Dr Janakiraman used Bakhtiyar’s nose as the entry point and completely excised the tumour through this aperture. He claimed it was a scarless and quick recovery procedure.
Khan, was recommended the Tiruchi doctor by his neurosurgeon in Balochistan. He arrived in India by train with his brother through the Wagah border and reached Tiruchi on January 31. The hospital has waived his fees except the cost of medicines. Khan is recovering well and the brothers will soon return to Pakistan.

Four killed as car hits container
Four people died when their car hit a container truck at Kundadam in Tirupur about 45km from the textile city of Coimbatore last week. The victims, all relatives, were returning from Coimbatore. Police suspect that the driver slept off at the wheel. 
In another freak accident, N Venkatesh, a bank manager aged 35, stepped on the accelerator of his car instead of the brake, and fatally hit two security guards and injured three others inside an apartment complex at Tiruvanmiyur in Chennai.
The guards died on the way to hospital, while others were hospitalised. Venkatesh admitted he had lost control and was arrested.
In yet another incident, Selvamani a 32-year-old businessman, who left his house in alcoholic stupor, was found dead two days later inside his car parked across the street. Police suspect that he died of carbon monoxide inhalation from the air-conditioner of the vehicle. Ironically his family remained unsuspicious as Selvamani was an alcoholic.

9 Ukrainians held for using drone camera
Nine Ukranian nationals including three women were arrested for using a drone camera to photograph the Arunachaleshwar temple in Tiruvannamalai district about 195km from Chennai last week.
Acting on a tipoff from the public, police confiscated the Ukranians’ imported drone camera. The group claimed to be taking photos for their albums. However police warned them that flying unmanned objects without government permission amounted to espionage.
In January this year, six engineers from Chennai were detained for similar reasons at the same temple. Last year, a French and Chinese national were booked for using drones over the Auroville religious commune in Pondicherry and at Chennai’s Marina beach respectively.

Compensation for families of Siachen victims
Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa announced Rs1mn each for the families of four soldiers from Tamil Nadu who lost their lives in the February 3 avalanche that hit their post at the Siachen glacier.
“I was shocked to know that Havildar M Elumalai of Vellore, Havildar S Kumar and Sepoy G Ganesan of Madurai and Sepoy N Ramamurthy of Krishnagiri were buried alive. They lost their lives guarding our nation,” the chief minister said in a statement.
Meanwhile the soldiers’ families are still waiting for the bodies.