Bengaluru: With the Karnataka Government putting its foot down and stating that it will not lift the ban on night traffic in the core tiger habitat of Bandipur National Park, a high-level delegation from Kerala is likely to call upon Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to discuss the issue. An all-party delegation will meet Union…
Wildlife First alleges illegal works taken up at Nagarahole Forest
December 15, 2019Gonikoppal (Kodagu): Wildlife First President K.M. Chinnappa has alleged that illegal works are taken up at Nagarahole Reserve Forest. He has stated that earth-moving machines were being used to level the sides of the safari route at Nagarahole Reserve Forest, which was in gross violation of the Wildlife Act. Addressing the students during the slide…
Sulwadi Temple food poisoning victims remembered on first anniversary
December 15, 2019Hanur: Villagers of Sulwadi and Bidaralli on Saturday remembered their seventeen fellow residents who died of temple prasada poisoning at Sulwadi Kichugutt Maramma Temple in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district on Dec.14 last year, which shook the State. A total of 17 villagers, including women and children, had died and over a hundred people fell…
“Dharmaprakasha D. Banumaiah is a role model for students, traders”
December 15, 2019Mysuru: Maintaining that Mysuru is known for transparent traders and businessmen, Chamundeshwari MLA and former Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) said that the traders have been following the ideals set by late Dharmaprakasha D. Banumaiah. He was speaking at the centenary celebrations of D. Banumaiah Educational Institutions in the city on Wednesday last. Stating that being…
Pharmacists demand ban on online medicine sale
December 15, 2019Mysuru: Even as Pharmacists held a nationwide demonstration in protest against online sale of medicines recently, a delegation of Mysuru City and District Retail Chemists Association met Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and they together met Union Health Minister B. Harshavardhan and Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda and submitted a memorandum appealing…
MP Sumalatha meets Union Ministers
December 15, 2019Mandya: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish on Friday met Union Human Resources Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal and appealed for construction of a new building for Kendriya Vidyalaya at Mandya as the old building has turned dilapidated. Sumalatha also met Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi and appealed for allocation of funds for the construction of…
Siddharamaiah discharged from hospital
December 15, 2019Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who underwent an angioplasty procedure at a private hospital in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru a couple of days ago, was discharged from the hospital this morning, after a 5-day stay. Siddharamaiah was admitted to the private hospital on Wednesday (Dec.11) after he complained of chest pain. He underwent an angioplasty procedure the…
‘Wastage in food processing units has touched 25%’
December 15, 2019Conference on bio-processing begins at CFTRI Mysuru: “Owing to negligence showed in the field of food processing in India, about 25 percent of food products are getting wasted,” opined Dr. Gautam R. Desiraju, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. He was speaking as the chief guest during the…
DFRL cashier arrested for siphoning off Rs. 50 lakh
December 15, 2019Mysuru: A cashier at Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) at Siddarthanagar, who had siphoned off Rs. 50 lakh student stipend amount since five years has been arrested by the Nazarbad Police on Saturday. The arrested is Pavan Kumar Singh, an Admin Assistant (B) and Cashier. He had not paid the stipend totalling Rs. 50 lakh…
National Symposium on ‘Snakebite Management’
December 15, 2019Mysuru: Snakebite is a medical emergency, where over 50,000 deaths and 1,40,000 disabilities result annually in India. Time is the worst enemy; early diagnosis and treatment makes the chances of survival better. But it is disheartening to note that most victims are the breadwinners of farming and labour families. The Department of Studies in Biochemistry,…
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