Mysore/Mysuru: Urging for the release of 11th Panchen Lama, who is in Chinese custody, Tibetans staged a protest near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner in city yesterday. 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is the second most important spiritual leader of Tibetans, who was held captive by the Chinese authorities many years ago. Gedhun…
Seeking regularisation of jobs, Pourakarmikas to stage State-wide protest tomorrow
May 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Urging to make jobs of outsources Pourakarmikas, UGD Assistants and drivers of garbage transport vehicles permanent, the Pourakarmika Mahasangha of Karnataka State Corporation, City Municipal Council and Town Municipal Council will be staging a symbolic protest in front of the offices of all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in the State tomorrow (May 19), said Mahasangha…
Governor gives assent to Anti-Conversion Bill
May 18, 2022Bengaluru: Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Tuesday gave his consent to ordinance on Anti-Conversion Bill passed in Karnataka Assembly. Despite protests, the State Government took the ordinance route in order to give effect to the law against religious conversions. The Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill was tabled and passed by the BJP-led…
‘Chidananda Awards’ conferred on achievers in city
May 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Three distinguished persons were conferred with ‘Chidananda Awards’ at a function organised at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises here on Sunday. The awards are given by Bengaluru’s Chidananda Prashasti Pradhana Samithi every year. Those who were awarded are: Historian and Archaeologist Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy (for the year 2020), Haridasa Liter-ature Research Scholar Dr….
Unidentified man dies at K.R. Hospital
May 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was found lying sick at Suburban Bus Stand and admitted to K.R. Hospital, has breathed his last at the hospital on May 16. The deceased is aged between 70 and 75 years, 5.5. ft. tall and has a mole on his right hand. The kith and kin of the deceased,…
Hit-and-run: Student injured in Gangothri campus, classmates stage stir
May 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Students of Mass communication and Journalism, yesterday staged a protest after a car driven by a Botany Research student knocked down their classmate and sped away in Manasagangothri campus. The injured student’s classmates staged protest till the research student took care of the medical expenses. The injured student is Nagaraj, while the Botany Research…
Leadless Pacemaker: A ground-breaking technology used at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital
May 18, 2022Dr. P. Srinivas, MD, DNB, DM Consultant – Cardiology (Adult) What is a pacemaker? A pacemaker is a device that sends small electrical impulses to the heart muscle to maintain a suitable heart rate and is used to treat patients with a condition known as bradyarrhythmias (slow heart rates or defective electrical conduction) that cause…
This Road near Yelwal needs immediate repairs
May 18, 2022Sir, The 1.5 kms stretch that connects to NJ Hospital in Yelwal (State Highway 88 that connects Bantwal from Mysuru) is in a very bad shape (filled with potholes). Since 2020, none of the authorities concerned have inspected the same and provided any assurance to make the road fit to travel. As many people from…
Flagging off trek to Mt. Kedar Tal
May 18, 2022Tiger Adventure Foundation (TAF), in association with The Mountain GOAT, has organised a trek to Mt. Kedar Tal, a glacial lake at an altitude of approximately 16,000 ft in the Garhwal region in Uttarakhand, from May 23 to June 1. Col. R.R. Menon, Group Commander, NCC, Mysuru, will flag off this 70th expedition of TAF…
District Hospital nurses take to trekking on Nurses Day
May 18, 2022About seven nurses from the District Hospital participated in a day trek to Kunti Betta organised by the Tiger Adventure Foundation (TAF) on the occasion of the International Nurses Day on May 12 — it was this day Florence Nightingale was born and she nursed the wounds of the soldiers in the war-torn area in…
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