Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil distributed ration kits to associate cinema artistes and amateur theatre artistes affected by COVID pandemic. The kits were distributed at a programme organised under the joint aegis of Kannada and Culture Department and Mysuru District Amateur Theatre Artistes Forum at Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road…
Bengaluru: Regretting the raging controversy over the life-saving Covid-19 vaccine in political circles, Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, Deputy Chief Minister and State Covid Task Force Ministerial Committee Chairman said the Government was committed to complete vaccination of 18-plus category population before December 2021. Speaking after inaugurating a special vaccination drive for advocates at Kanteerava Stadium organised…
Dr. K.H. Prasad is new DHO Mysore/Mysuru: Days after two IAS officers and two IPS officers were transferred from the city, the State Government on Thursday has transferred District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. T. Amarnath, amidst rising COVID cases. Dr. Amarnath’s transfer comes days after IAS officers Rohini Sindhuri (Deputy Commissioner) and Shilpa Nag (MCC Commissioner)…
Mysore/Mysuru: Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM), in association with L&T Technology Services Limited has set up a 19-bed COVID care facility at Saragur. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, SVYM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) G. Kumar Suryanarayana said, “A new rural COVID care facility with 19-oxygenated beds has been set-up in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Artistes have appealed to the State Government to launch ‘Kalarakshane,’ a scheme to help the artistes who are in distress due to lockdown imposed to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. A group of artistes submitted a memorandum to Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar and Department of Kannada and Culture Assistant Director…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today virtually launched a ‘Customised Crash Course’ programme to train one lakh frontline workers. While unveiling the programme virtually, the PM said, ‘Covid-19 is very much among us with a strong possibility of the virus being mutated. Hence, the country’s preparations have to be stepped up to meet the…
Meeting with Private Hospital representatives held List of COVID deaths from March 1 till date sought Mysore/Mysuru: Following accusations against Private Hospitals for delay in reporting COVID related deaths, the District Health Department has instructed all Private Hospitals to compulsorily refer COVID positive patients, who are above 40 years of age and with comorbidities to…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the State Government not to declare the results of II PU fresher candidates till the expert committee decides on the promotion policy. A Division Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar handed the interim order on a PIL filed by S.V. Singre Gowda, Managing Trustee…
Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the agrarian community is in deep distress due to COVID crisis, unremunerative farm prices, non payment of dues for agriculture produce and faulty policies of the Government, farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here yesterday seeking fulfilment of…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the arrival of monsoon, the Department of Fisheries is aiming to produce 40 crore fingerlings in Mysuru Zone (Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar). In recent times, inland fish cultivation has become a major source of income for farmers and merchants in the district. Due to high demand last year in the local…
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