Somwarpet: A youth from Mysuru, who had been to Makkalagudi Betta near Somwarpet in Kodagu, was brutally assaulted by a person last evening. The victim, who has suffered serious injuries, was provided first-aid at Kodagu District Hospital in Madikeri and was later shifted to a private hospital in Mysuru. The victim is 24-year-old Rakesh, son…
MDJA Diary and Calendar released
January 9, 2019Mysuru: The 2019 Diary and Calendar brought out by the Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) were released at a programme organised at MDJA premises in Agrahara here this morning. Speaking after releasing the Diary, Tharun Giri, Managing Director, The Windflower Resorts and Spa, recalled that Mysuru bagging the Cleanest City tag twice was no mean…
H1N1 patient survives 38 days on artificial lung support at NH
January 9, 2019Mysuru: A 35-year-old home-maker has become the first person in the city to be treated for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome using ECMO at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital (NH), Mysuru. She was admitted to a city hospital initially and was on ventilator with negligible improvement. Doctors at NH were consulted after five days and the patient…
Columbia Asia Hospital gets state-of-the-art Dialysis Unit
January 9, 2019Mysuru: A state-of-the-art Dialysis Centre was inaugurated at Columbia Asia Hospital in Mysuru here on Monday. The new Unit boasts of 12 individual dialysis ‘stations’ in a fully air- conditioned area with individual flat-screen televisions, so patients can watch their favourite programmes and use the Centre’s free Wi-Fi facility in comfort. The Unit is scientifically…
RBI appoints Nandan Nilekani as Chairman of Digital Payments Panel
January 9, 2019New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday appointed former UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) Chief Nandan Nilekani as the chairman of a five-member high-level Committee to head the digital payments panel. The Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments will be chaired by Nandan Nilekani, the RBI said in a statement. The Committee,…
Eleventh KSTA Conference: Posters, models invited
January 9, 2019Lifetime Achievement Award to Padma Bhushan Dr. B.V. Sreekantan Mysuru: Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA), an autonomous organisation under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka, is organising the Eleventh KSTA Conference in association with NMKRV College for Women, Jayanagar, Bengaluru, on Feb.1 and Feb.2 (Friday & Saturday). Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy…
Bihar man arrested for siphoning off money from Bank account
January 9, 2019Mysurean loses Rs.1.25 lakh Mysuru: The Cyber Crime Police have arrested a man in Bihar for swindling a total of Rs.1.25 lakh from the Bank accounts of one M.L. Parashuram, a resident of city. The arrested is 31-year-old Brij Kishore Prasad, a native of West Champaran district of Bihar, who was staying at Asansol, Paschim…
City Scientist bags Award at Indian Science Congress
January 9, 2019Mysuru: Dr. R. Shobith, Director, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Molecular Medicine, Nagamangala taluk, Mandya, has been conferred the ‘Prof. R.C. Shah Memorial Award’ at the recently concluded 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar. This award is given to the Scientist who has excelled in research in Chemistry or Biochemistry. The award consists of…
Link roads will be developed by MUDA: Nanjangud MLA
January 9, 2019Nanjangud: Nanjangud MLA B. Harshavardhan has said that the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) will develop the link roads in a bid to de-congest the main roads passing through the town. The MLA, along with MUDA Commissioner P.S. Kantharaj inspected the badly damaged road behind Citizen School in the town. The road that connects Devirammanahalli…
5,000 seats added to Navodaya Schools
January 9, 2019Govt. likely to add 32,000 more seats in next 4 years New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday announced the approval of an increase of 5,000 seats in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) for the 2019-20 Academic Year. At present, the number of seats in JNVs and residential schools for talented rural…
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