Mysore/Mysuru: The deadly COVID -19 pandemic has taken the playful and joyous moments of children,as the State reportedly witnessed a rise in under-age marriages amidst the COVID crisis, with parents eager to marrying off their girl children even before they attain the legal age for marriage. In Mysuru District, the District Child Protection Unit received…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a noble gesture, former MLA of Krishnaraja, M.K. Somashekar has arranged for handing over the dead body of a COVID positive patient as a Private Hospital had refused till the settlement of bill. He also made the management to pay money towards conducting last rites of the deceased. Recently, a Corona positive woman…
Mysore/Mysuru: Several organisations have submitted memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham in support of their various demands here recently. As lockdown is in force and protests not allowed by the Police, leaders of various organisations submitted memorandums to the DC. Zakeer Husen, President of Devaraj Urs Prathime Pratishtapana Samiti, has urged the State Government…
New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) yesterday extended the validity of motor vehicle documents like Driving Licence (DL), Registration Certificate (RC) and permits till Sept. 30, 2021. This means that the documents such as vehicle fitness certificate, permit, driving licence, registration, etc., that have expired since Feb. 1, 2020 can be…
Anwar Baig to continue as Acting Mysuru Mayor Bengaluru: In a significant decision amid COVID-19 crisis, the State Government has deferred all local body and municipal polls by atleast six months. Under Secretary of Urban Development Department K.L. Prasad has issued an order to this effect, according to which the election of heads of City…
Bengaluru: The 38th Oxygen Express carrying 77.39 tonnes Liquid Medical Oxygen reached the Inland Container Depot, Whitefield, Bengaluru from Rourkela, Odisha. This train has carried Liquid Medical Oxygen using 4 Cryogenic Containers. Indian Railways has so far run 443 Oxygen Expresses and transported more than 32,000 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen in 1,830 tankers all…
Bengaluru: Owing to Covid-induced lockdown, the industrial sector has lost Rs. 75,000 crore this year while fifty percent people have also lost their livelihoods, according to the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI). FKCCI President Perikal M. Sundar has said while the lockdown last year had hit trades and industries hard, some…
Bengaluru: With the Government likely to announce further lockdown relaxations in districts where COVID cases are less, including Bengaluru city, following the end of the current lockdown on June 21, the State-run BMTC (Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation) is ready to operate buses in Bengaluru city limits from June 21, with a set of COVID rules…
Hanagod: A two-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was playing in front of his house, reportedly died after falling inside a water-filled bucket yesterday evening. The deceased boy is Samarth, son of Sundar Raj, former Dharmapura Gram Panchayat President. It is learnt that, while the family members were busy inside the house, Samarth went out to play in…
Mysore/Mysuru: H.K. Rajegowda (83), veteran writer and a retired senior faculty of University of Mysore’s Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), passed away here yesterday following brief illness. A resident of Saraswathipuram, he leaves behind his son Dineshchandra, daughter Chetana, son-in-law K.T. Balakrishna, an IPS officer, who had served as Mysuru Police Commissioner and a…
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