“Instead of showering flower petals on us, it would be helpful if we are supported in our studies by a hike in the stipend” Mysore/Mysuru: In continuation of their protest seeking hike in stipend, Resident Doctors (MD/ MS students), working at K.R., Cheluvamba and PKTB Hospitals, attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI)…
MUDA to form six new layouts shortly: Minister
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Urban Development Minister B.A. Basavaraj on Thursday said that a decision on forming six new layouts in the city will be taken soon. The proposed layouts are Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Nagar (36 acres), Swarna Jayanti Nagar (75 acres), Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar Second Stage (264 acres), Lalitadrinagar Third Stage (108 acres), Shantaveri Gopalagowda Nagar…
Global Investors Meet in Mysuru later this year to promote industries in Tier-2 cities
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Industries Department has sent a proposal to the State and Central Governments for announcing a special package for the MSME Sector in the State, said Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industries Jagadish Shettar. Speaking at a meeting of various Industrial bodies and Industrialists at ZP Hall here this morning, the Minister said…
Minister inaugurates COVID-19 PCR Laboratory at Chamarajanagar
May 8, 2020Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar District in-charge Minister S. Suresh Kumar inaugurated COVID-19 PCR Laboratory at the Microbiology Department of Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CHIMS) here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Suresh Kumar said that the Microbiology Department of the Medical College had sent a proposal to the Government seeking a PCR Lab for COVID-19 testing…
Amid COVID scare, Anganwadi workers come in aid of beneficiaries
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the outbreak of Coronavirus, amongst the most hit are the Anganwadi children, pregnant and lactating women, who used to get their nutritional diet from the Government. Now Anganwadi activists have taken up the job of home-delivering the nutritional food (grocery) released by the Government to the beneficiaries during the lockdown period. Groceries are…
Two dead; four land up in jail; all of them in their twenties
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a case of revenge murder after a 23-year-old youth was stabbed to death in a drunken brawl over petty reasons by two of his friends, the victim’s friends avenged the killing of their friend by committing another murder. This incident was reported at Kyathamaranahalli in city last evening after two youths Irfan Khan…
21 Kodagu Jawahar Navodaya students brought from Indore
May 8, 2020Madikeri: Parents of over 21 students studying at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Galibeedu near Madikeri heaved a sigh of relief yesterday, as their children returned safely from Indore in Madhya Pradesh. They had been to Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Manpur in Indore on a student exchange programme before the lockdown was enforced in the…
Cops chase chain-snatchers, pin them down in cinema style
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With lockdown and movement restrictions till May 3, there was a long break in Mysuru city’s crime scene especially in the chain-snatching front. With the movement of men and women gradually increasing with the easing of restrictions and with women venturing out of their houses wearing jewellery, chain-snatchers too have become suddenly active. Despite…
Lockdown rule violations: Rs. 78,000 fine collected in 43 cases
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Traffic Police, who have registered 43 cases against those flouting COVID-19 lockdown rules by moving around unnecessarily, have collected a total of Rs. 78,000 fine in a single day on Wednesday. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Sandesh Kumar said that as Mysuru City is in the Red Zone, the lockdown has been extended…
Trust donates PPE kits worth Rs. 15 lakh
May 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar handed over 300 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits worth Rs. 15 lakh donated by Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled to MMC&RI Dean and Director Dr. C.P. Nanjaraj this morning. Each PPE kit contained three-ply face mask, Nitrile Gloves and sanitisers, to be distributed among the medical staff of K.R. Hospital…
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