Bengaluru: The State Cabinet headed by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa met in Bengaluru this morning to deliberate on COVID situation in Karnataka and the guidelines are expected to be released by this evening. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, the CM refused to use the word ‘lockdown’ but Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai coined the…
MUDA Chairman and team inspect renovated Seth Mohandas Tulasidas Hospital with oxygenated emergency facility Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration is ready to set up a 100 oxygenated-bed emergency facility in the fully renovated Seth Mohandas Tulasidas Hospital near Nanjumalige Circle on JLB road in city within a week to handle COVID-19 cases. With pending civil, electrical …
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. P. Selvie Das, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM), a renowned educationist and a former Parliamentarian, passed away at her residence in Bengaluru in the wee hours of today following prolonged illness. She was 89. She was a spinster. Last rites were held at Bengaluru this afternoon, according to sources. Born in 1932…
Mysore/Mysuru: As the deadly COVID -19 pandemic continues to cause havoc across the country claiming the lives of many, the residents of the city and district are volunteering to undergo COVID-19 tests as a precautionary measure. On Sunday, the second day of the weekend curfew, more than 100 people got tested for the pandemic at…
D.V. Sadananda Gowda holds high-level meeting at Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru: The Union Government is ready to help the State Government to extend all help like medicines, vaccines and oxygen to fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, said Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertiliser D.V. Sadananda Gowda. He was presiding over a high-level meeting held in Vidhana…
1,000 portable oxygen generators for each district Bengaluru: The State Government is mulling setting up of modular ICU and ventilator beds at Victoria and other teaching hospital campuses, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking to media after site inspection at Victoria campus yesterday, he said 85 beds in one building at Victoria…
By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: In a sharp contrast to Mysuru’s honour of bagging the Cleanest City tag for two successive years just a few years ago, a Sewage Farm-like waste dumping spot has come up on the outskirts of the city, which has irked the residents. Heaps and mounds of wastes, garbage and debris that…
Akshaya Aahara Foundation distributes food to migrants, daily wage workers during weekend lockdown Mysore/Mysuru: As the pandemic is leaving deep scars across the country, many social organisations were able to foresee the depth of the socio-economic impact that is caused by the pandemic. With utmost presence of mind, several NGOs distributed free meals to migrant…
An instance of deteriorating human relationships in COVID times Mysore/Mysuru: The Coronavirus contagion has had significant effects on family and social relationships. While some have been strengthened, others have come under severe strain. Cooped up at homes, many have felt the strain on relationships as they worry about health, profession and finances — a domestic…
Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri has warned of stern action against Private Hospitals which will try to create artificial scarcity of beds despite availability of sufficient number of beds to treat COVID-19 patients. Chairing a meeting with Mana-gements of Private Hospitals at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here yesterday, the DC said that 50 percent of…
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