Mysore/Mysuru: The first round of Covaxin vaccine trial on children in several age groups has been successfully completed at Cheluvamba Hospital in city. “There has been no side effects on any child and all of them are safe and healthy after taking the first dose of vaccine,” said Dr. C.P. Nanjaraj, Dean and Director, Mysore…
Shobha, Khuba, Narayanaswamy and Rajeev join Modi Cabinet
July 8, 2021Bengaluru: Three Lok Sabha (LS) members and a Rajya Sabha (RS) member from Karnataka have made into the Union Council of Ministers in the second major Cabinet reshuffle effected by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje, Bidar MP Bhagwanth Khuba, Chitradurga MP A.Narayanaswamy and RS MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar were sworn-in as Union Ministers…
Roadblocks greet MP Sumalatha at quarries
July 8, 2021Mounds of debris dumped on roads to prevent inspection Irked MP demands CBI probe into illegal stone mining around KRS Srirangapatna: Political bitterness in Karnataka’s Sugar Bowl spilled over as roadblocks, mounds of debris and trenches on the way to stone quarries greeted Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish yesterday afternoon when she visited certain quarries operating…
MUDA demolishes building to reclaim site
July 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after it reclaimed prime property worth about Rs. 25 crore along Kalidasa Road in Jayalakshmipuram, the MUDA on Tuesday demolished a building that was unauthorisedly built on a site and reclaimed the landed property, which is valued at about Rs. 40 lakh. Details: A person is said to have unauthorisedly built an…
Kushalnagar formally gets Taluk status amid fracas
July 8, 2021People who fought for Taluk cry foul for making it ‘all-BJP’ affair Madikeri: Six months after issuing a final notification for the formation of Kushalnagar taluk, the taluk was officially dedicated on Tuesday by Revenue Minister R. Ashoka. The State Government had notified the taluk on Jan. 1 this year and a new taluk was…
Lorry owners appeal Transport Minister for help
July 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Lorry Owners Federation has appealed Deputy Chief Minister and Transport Minister Laxman Savadi to come to the help of truckers by announcing some sops, in the wake of huge losses due to COVID-induced lockdown. Federation President B. Kodandaramu presented a memorandum in this regard to the Minister, who had come for…
Government may waive loan borrowed from Apex Bank by COVID victims
July 8, 2021‘Hasiru Kankana’ scheme to distribute 16 lakh saplings Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is seriously thinking of waiving loan of borrowers from the Karnataka State Co-operative Apex Bank who died of COVID-19 pandemic, said Co-Operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Raitha Spandana’, a programme jointly organised by Mysuru and Chamarajanagar…
District Minister lauds MLA Ramdas for vaccination drive
July 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Lauding KR MLA S.A. Ramdas for launching COVID testing and vaccination drive on a large scale in his (Ramdas) constituency, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that Ramdas has responded to the difficulties of the people during COVID-induced lockdown. He was speaking at the felicitation programme for Doctors and other medical staff who were responsible…
Former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh passes away
July 8, 2021Shimla: Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who was ailing for the last three months, passed away at Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital (IGMCH) at Shimla early this morning. He was 87. A press release issued by IGMCH Shimla Senior Medical Superintendent Dr. Janak Raj said that Mr. Singh died at 03.40 hrs in…
Double Olympic Gold Medallist and Hockey Great Keshav Chandra Datt passes away
July 8, 2021Kolkata: Indian hockey great Keshav Chandra Datt, who was part of the country’s golden era of the sport post-Independence, passed away yesterday. He was 95. Datt was a formidable halfback and part of independent India’s historic feat at the 1948 Olympics where they beat Great Britain 4-0 in the final at the Wembley Stadium in…
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