Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday alleged that the newly-built 10,100 bed COVID Care Centre at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on Tumakuru Road did not have adequate number of staff and facilities like water supply, drainage and toilets. “BIEC Centre is too little, too late. The delay in setting up of the COVID-19…
State Govt. hikes salaries of doctors and nurses
July 22, 2020Slashes cost of COVID-19 testing in Private Labs MBBS doctors working on contract basis to get Rs. 80,000 per month Government releases Rs. 500 crore for COVID-19 management Rs. 2,000 for Government referred cases and Rs. 3,000 for self-reporting cases in Private Labs Bengaluru: Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has stated that the Government…
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Aug. 5
July 22, 2020Ayodhya Ram Mandir to be 161-feet tall; L&T team reaches spot to start construction New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the Ram Temple at Ayodhya on Aug. 5 at 12.15 pm, at the auspicious time when the faithful believe that Lord Ram was born. “The ‘bhoomi pujan’ will be…
Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 row – Congress will stand by aggrieved residents: KPCC Spokesperson
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Days after former Krishnaraja MLA M.K. Somashekar claiming that what the Revenue Minister R. Ashoka had recently presented was only a ‘Government Letter’ and not an official ‘Government Order’ to Mysuru Deputy Commissioner regarding the Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 and Alanahalli Survey No.41 issue, KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshman again raked up the same issue and…
SWR Mysuru Division procures goods and services through Government e-Market
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A path-breaking step taken in recent times by South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has been switching over Government procurement through GeM (Government e-Market place). The mandate is to transform the way in which procurement of goods and services is done by the Government Ministries and Departments. SWR Mysuru Division, which was hitherto procuring…
Grievances pour in during Chamaraja MLA Nagendra’s phone-in programme
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Grievances poured in during the phone-in programme conducted by Chamaraja Constituency MLA L. Nagendra on Monday. The MLA received over 40 calls and most of their grievances related to disruption in water supply, water-logging during heavy rains, pig and dog menace, loose electric wires hanging dangerously from lampposts, seeking his help to get title…
Amarnath Yatra cancelled due to Covid-19
July 22, 2020Srinagar: After weeks of speculations, the Annual Amarnath Yatra has been finally cancelled due to rise in Covid-19 cases all over the country, including Jammu and Kashmir. An official spokesperson said the decision to cancel the pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas was taken during a meeting of Shri Amarnath…
MCC continues sanitisation drive
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of rising number of COVID-19 cases and as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of infection, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up sanitisation drive across city. Civic workers will be fumigating and spraying sodium hypochlorite solution in Vijayanagar 3rd and 4th Stages, Shanthaveri Gopalagowdanagar, Lal Bahaddur Shastrinagar, Lalithadrinagar,…
Use SWAYAM and MOOCs portal for online teaching
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: SWAYAM and MOOCs are the world’s largest online free e-Learning platform portals designed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to achieve the three cardinal principles of education policy — Access, Equity and Quality. SWAYAM refers to “Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds” and MOOCs meaning “Massive Open Online Courses” of…
‘Centre must take over Private Hospitals for two years’
July 22, 2020Hassan: The Central Government should take over all Private Hospitals for a period of two years, for conducting free health screening and treatment, in the wake of the alarming increase in Covid cases, said social activist Mari Joseph. In a press conference here, on Tuesday, Joseph opined that the Central Government should have been cautious…
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