Bengaluru: Experts have opined that second wave was likely to peak by May first week in the State and slowdown by the end of May. Till then, the State Government has to take measures accordingly, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Speaking to media after the meeting with COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) here…
1,000 oxygenated beds readied to meet exigency
April 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases and death rate seeing an increasing trend in the second wave, the Mysuru District Administration has reserved beds at District Hospital, Metagalli, that was earlier a designated COVID Hospital and at JSS Hospital. While many of the beds are normal ones, provision has been made to reserve a portion of…
Stones pelted at six KSRTC buses in Hunsur, two held
April 12, 2021Hunsur: The fifth day of the indefinite strike launched by KSRTC staff seeking fulfilment of their various demands, turned violent at Hunsur on Sunday with stones pelt at 6 KSRTC buses, causing minor injuries to a passenger.All the six buses got damaged in the incidents that occurred at different places in Hunsur taluk. The Police…
56 trees in Vijayanagar First Stage marked for cutting?
April 12, 2021Local residents allege that MUDA wants to widen road at the cost of greenery Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of hundreds of trees being numbered to be chopped off for Heli-Tourism project in the surroundings of Lalitha Mahal Palace, more than 50 fully-grown and healthy trees have been numbered at Vijayanagar First Stage purportedly for…
Milk procurement price hiked by Rs. 2 a litre
April 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a Ugadi festival gift for Dairy farmers, the city-based MyMUL (Mysore Milk Union Limited) has hiked the procurement price of milk by Rs. 2 a litre. Announcing this at a press meet here on Saturday, MyMUL President P.M. Prasanna said that milk procurement price has been hiked by Rs. 2 a litre with…
Pvt. Hospitals agree to keep 50 percent beds for Covid-19 patients
April 12, 2021Bengaluru: Private Hospitals have agreed to reserve 50 percent of its beds for COVID-19 patients with immediate effect and also discharge non-serious non-covid patients from the Hospitals by this weekend, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar. Talking to reporters after a video-conferencing with Association members of Private Hospitals this morning, he said…
Vasudeva Maharaj Sadbhavana Award conferred on six achievers
April 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City’s Vasudeva Maharaj Foundation conferred Sri Vasudev Maharaj Sadbhavana Award to six achievers at a programme held at District Patrakartara Bhavan on Friday. The awardees are; C.N. Manjegowda (Social Service), Dr. Neelatthalli Ramasheshan (Gamaka), Dr. D. Thimmaiah (Medical), K.S. Krishna (Education), Dr. B.P. Murthy (Yoga) and S.E. Girish (Social Service). The awardees were felicitated…
‘Join hands to make India Tuberculosis-free by 2025’
April 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: District Tuberculosis Officer Dr. Mohammed Shiraz Ahmed has called upon people to join hands with the Health Department to make India free from Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 and realise dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was speaking at a function organised under the aegis of District Administration, Zilla Panchayat, District Health and Family…
Chamundi Hill Temple earns Rs. 1.68 crore in 45 days
April 12, 2021Earnings see an increase of Rs. 35 lakh from last counting taken up in January Mysuru: The historic Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill in city has received a steady number of visitors in the last two months and the hundi offerings by devotees have seen increased collection. When the counting of currency notes…
Ugadi, Allamaprabhu Jayanti, Panchanga Shravana at Suttur
April 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Suttur Mutt has organised Allama Prabhu Jayanti and Panchanga Shravana as part of Ugadi festival on Apr.13 at Suttur Srikshetra in Nanjangud taluk. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will grace the occasion. As part of the festival, early in the morning, Maharudrabhisehka will be performed to Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Karthru Gadduge. Special…
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