Bengaluru: Kannada lexicographer, grammarian and literary critic Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah passed away here early this morning. He was 107. GV, as he was popularly known in Kannada literary field, has compiled 12 dictionaries and was called as the walking encyclopedia of Kannada language and culture. His works covered various forms of Kannada literature, including grammar,…
COVID War Room gets over 100 calls a day
April 19, 2021• Most of the callers enquire about availability of ICUs, ventilator beds • Four vehicles added to the existing fleet to shift patients to hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of fresh COVID-19 cases surging on a daily basis, the Mysuru City Corporation COVID War Room (Control Room) has been receiving over 100 calls per day….
Private bus owners and drivers stage protest against plying of more KSRTC buses
April 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that KSRTC authorities were operating more buses in violation of the agreement entered into following the launch of indefinite strike by KSRTC employees on Apr.7, private bus owners and drivers staged a demonstration at Doddakere Maidan on Sunday. Claiming that they were suffering losses due to the drop in passenger occupancy following increased…
Ayush Dept. to re-open Covid Care Centre at KSOU building
April 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Following spike in Corona positive cases, District Ayush Department has requested the State Government to immediately dispatch Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy medicine for public distribution. Confirming this to SOM, District Ayush Officer Dr. C.N. Seethalakshmi said there has been enquiries from the general public regarding distribution of certain immunity booster medicines in Ayurveda, Unani…
Hampi Zoo competing with Mysuru Zoo in all spheres: ZAK Chairman
April 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Chairman L.R. Mahadevaswamy visited Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park near Kamalapura in Hospet taluk of Vijayanagar district yesterday. He went around the Zoo which is spread on 350 acres of land near Hampi and also inspected ongoing works. Accompanied by M.N. Kiran Kumar, Executive Officer of the Biological Park, Mahadevaswamy…
30 children married off in Mysuru during 2020 COVID lockdown
April 19, 2021• 234 child marriage complaints received; 204 weddings stopped • Shocking statistics emerge at Zilla Panchayat monthly meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka saw a sharp rise in child marriages during the Coronavirus lockdown period last year with maximum children married off within four months (April-July), according to the Karnataka High Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR). …
Surge in Corona cases – Oxygen supply to Hospitals channelised to meet demand: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
April 19, 2021New Delhi: Taking a serious note of shortage of medical oxygen in many States amid surging COVID-19 cases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre has taken concrete steps to resolve the issue and situation will be normalised soon. He chaired a high-level meeting with the Health Ministers of…
Vaccination for jail birds this week
April 19, 2021No face-to-face meeting with family, only e-Mulakat services, says Jail Superintendent Divyashree Mysore/Mysuru: With second COVID-19 wave creating havoc across the State, the authorities of Mysuru Central Jail have made arrangements to vaccinate 180 jail birds, who are above 45 years of age, on Wednesday and Thursday. Besides, as a precautionary measure, the authorities have stopped…
JSS signs MoU to enhance overseas education
April 19, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Training and Placement Cell (T&PC) of JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IDP Education India Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru Branch, recently to encourage and facilitate aspiring students to gain admissions in the Universities of English-speaking countries like the US, UK, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. The MoU was signed…
Two drown at Mallalli Falls
April 19, 2021Madikeri: Two persons, including a 20-year-old girl, who were part of a six-member group, who had come for a picnic to Mallalli Falls near Somwarpet on Sunday morning, have drowned in the falls. The deceased are Shashikumar (32), son of Ramu, who is working at a private company in Bengaluru. Shashikumar had got married a…
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