Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas said that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa responding to his plea for improving infrastructure at K.R. Hospital and the District Hospital (designated COVID-19 Hospital), has issued directions to all the concerned Departments for providing necessary facilities, manpower and medical equipment to the two hospitals. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan…
Puttige Seer recovers from COVID-19
August 2, 2020Udupi: Sri Sugunendra Theertha Swamiji, seer of Puttige Math, who was hospitalised for COVID-19 treatment last week has been discharged after recovery. He was admitted to hospital on July 21 after returning from a tour of Bengaluru. He was admitted to Manipal Hospital. Swamiji has also started to be involved in the daily poojas and…
54,000 saplings to be distributed to popularise Kodagu Orange
August 2, 2020Madikeri: For the past two years coffee land of Kodagu, also known for its oranges, has been facing devastation triggered by floods and landslides affecting the crop and causing loss to the growers. Over the years, the crop area has not expanded much with issues over falling prices and pest attacks. In a bid to…
Siddharamaiah declines to reply on legal notice served by BJP legislator
August 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Siddharamaiah on Saturday declined to reply to the legal notice served on him by a BJP legislator saying that it has no value since allegations were made against the State Government and not the Party. Speaking to the media here, the former Chief Minister said, “We…
One killed, three others injured in group clash at Nanjangud
August 2, 2020Nanjangud: One person was killed and three others sustained injuries in a clash between two groups over a trivial issue at Madralli village in Nanjangud taluk yesterday night. Mahadeva (43), of Madralli who worked as a labourer is the deceased, while the injured have been identified as Lingaiah, a waterman with the local Gram Panchayat,…
Mysuru Zoo: Animal adoption continues in COVID times
August 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: There seems to be good response for animal adoption during COVID times with the following individuals and institutions adopting the animals of Mysuru Zoo under “Adoption of Animals” scheme by paying the Adoption Fee: B. Basavaraja and M. Shilpa, Bengaluru – Lion-Tailed Macaque (Rs.10,000), Kayleigh Hunter, UK – Budgerigar (Rs.410), Mahendra Singh Kalappa, Mysuru…
“Effective Management of Institutional E-Waste”
August 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Chemistry, GSSSIETW, Mysuru, had organised TEQIP 1.3 sponsored one-day Non-teaching staff Enrichment Online Programme on “Effective Management of Institutional E- Waste” on July 30 in association with VTU, Belagavi, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, Bihar and Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, Odissa, through Google Meet online platform. Dr. S. Manjappa, Director…
Two women commit suicide in city
August 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Two women committed suicide in two separate incidents in city on Friday. In the first incident, Deepa (28), a married woman, ended life on the following day of her 10th wedding anniversary by hanging self at her residence in PKTB Quarters on Friday morning. Deepa, who worked as a nurse at PKTB Hospital had…
Nostalgically Speaking — 3: Mr. Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar
August 2, 2020In the year 1975 I came here from Poona on a week’s leave to participate in the formal inauguration of Academy Press in Saraswathipuram, near Kamakshi Hospital. The building was rented from my brother Dr. K.B. Subbaiah for a pittance (blood is thicker than water!). The arrangements were made by my working partner C.P. Chinnappa…
Shifting COVID patients to hospitals, care centres a Herculean task
August 2, 2020Convincing is a major challenge Positive persons provide wrong cell phone numbers and hoodwink officials Volunteers provide information to COVID-positive persons at Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Chamaraja Constituencies By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Following speedy Rapid Antigen Testing undertaken at all Assembly segments of city, the number of COVID-positive cases is also increasing and the ‘Shifting Team,’…
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