Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy chaired a review meeting of Karnataka Private Medical Establishment Authority (KPMEA), at the meeting hall of District Health and Family Welfare Office in the city recently. DC Lakshmikanth Reddy, who went through the inspection reports related to 28 cases booked under KPME Act, noted that, 15 institutions have been…
Combating plastic pollution innovatively: MCC to launch PET recycling, cloth bag vending machines
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: To curb the use of plastic, which poses a significant threat to the environment, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is set to introduce an innovative system. The new initiative includes the installation of Plastic Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling machines and cloth bag vending machines at various locations in the city. The MCC has…
Shalini Rajneesh takes charge as Chief Secretary
August 1, 2024Bengaluru: Senior IAS Officer Shalini Rajneesh has taken over as the Chief Secretary of Karnataka, succeeding her husband, Rajneesh Goel. Goel officially handed over the charge at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru yesterday. Rajneesh’s appointment follows Goel’s retirement and is expected to bring renewed leadership to the State’s administration. A 1989 batch officer, Shalini Rajneesh…
Man should live for the cause of society: Dr. Gururaj Karajagi
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Renowned academician Dr. Gururaj Karajagi said that nothing is permanent for mankind and humans should live for the cause of society. He was delivering the Foundation Day address of University of Mysore (UoM) at Crawford Hall here recently after offering floral tributes to the portrait of Nalwadi. Reiterating that there is no such thing…
Valedictory of Global Tiger Day seminar – Rise in big cat density helping forest conservation: Soumitra Dasgupta
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Soumitra Dasgupta, Director (Programme), International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), New Delhi, has observed that the increase in population of tigers, leopards and other animals belonging to the family of big cats, has helped in the conservation of forest resources. He was delivering the valedictory address during the two-day seminar on the topic ‘Roaring Forward:…
Gandhi Shilp Bazaar at JSS Mysore Urban Haat
August 1, 2024Handicrafts & Handloom Expo-cum-Sale from Aug. 2 to 8 Mysore/Mysuru: The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is tirelessly working for the development, prosperity and survival of Indian handicrafts through various programmes. To connect artisans with art enthusiasts, the Department is organising several events in city. One such significant…
Violin Concert at Mysore Vasudevacharya’s Residence
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Vid. S. Arunachala Karthik, an accomplished violinist from Bengaluru, will be presenting a solo violin concert at the heritage house of Mysore K. Vasudevacharya in city on Aug. 3 at 10.30 am. He will be accompanied by Vid. Trichy S. Gurushyam on mridanga. Profile: Vid. Arunachala was initiated into Karnatak Music by his mother…
Health check-up camp for Pourakarmikas
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Physiology, JSS Medical College, had organised a health check-up camp for Pourakarmikas at Metagalli recently. Over 55 Pourakarmikas attended the camp where they underwent medical examinations including BMI calculation, BP, blood sugar test and general health consultations by Dr. L. Rajeshwari, Dr. U.L.M. Vivek, Preethi, Shwetha Rai and Sakshi. They were…
World Brain Day at District Hospital
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: World Brain Day was celebrated at District Hospital in city by Brain Health Clinic Department recently. The event was organised by a team comprising B.N. Kruthika, District Coordinator, Bibi Fathima, Psychologist, Irfana Husen, Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist, Dr. S.K. Chitra, Physiotherapist and K. Ashwini, staff nurse, under the leadership of District Leprosy Officer, who…
AHINDA organisations to besiege City BJP Office on Aug. 3
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: AHINDA organisations have decided to lay siege to City BJP Office in Chamarajapuram on Saturday (Aug. 3), to counter BJP’s Mysuru Chalo Padayatra, planned on the same day, against the alleged scams at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Karnataka State Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation Limited. The AHINDA leaders arrived at this…














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