Bengaluru: Giving results of COVID tests within 7 hours will be made mandatory in all Hospitals across the State, Deputy Chief Minister and State COVID Ministerial Task Force Chairman Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after reviewing the COVID situation here, he said, providing reports of COVID tests and BU number generation…
BJP dedicates two ambulances for COVID patients
May 6, 2021The ambulance will have oxygen, PPE kit and sanitisers. To avail this facility, citizens may call Mob: 98802-30764 or 93421-16598 or 92437-81900 Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar flagged off two ambulances meant for providing free services to COVID-19 patients on behalf of BJP City Doctor’s Cell yesterday at a function organised at…
Former Union Minister Ajit Singh passes away
May 6, 2021New Delhi: Ajit Singh (82), former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief passed away this morning, according to a tweet from his son Jayant Chaudhary. “He battled his condition till the very end and breathed his last today morning,” he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those who paid tribute to the…
Police teams raid to confiscate records
May 6, 2021Chamarajanagar: Following the Karnataka High Court order to the State Government to immediately seize all the relevant records in the Offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts, and the Chamarajanagar District Hospital on oxygen supply and correspondences among the authorities in the two districts for the relevant period, a team of Police…
MP appeals youths to donate blood before COVID vaccination
May 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha has appealed youths to donate blood before they get vaccinated for COVID. In a video message, Pratap Simha said that the vaccination drive for persons aged between 18 and 45 years will formally commence in the State from May 10 and the youths should donate blood before they get vaccinated. Pointing…
Felicitation marks World Cartoonist Day
May 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: On the occasion of World Cartoonist Day (May 5), city’s KMPK Charitable Trust felicitated cartoonists M.V. Nagendra Babu (Star of Mysore) and Doddanna Hundi Rajanna with “R.K. Laxman Smruthi Award.” Social worker Dr. K. Raghuram Vajpayee feted them for their contribution to the field of cartooning at a programme that took place at svm…
New Principal for PES College
May 6, 2021Mandya: Dr. R.M. Mahalingegowda, Senior Professor of the College, took charge as the new Principal of PES College of Engineering, Mandya, on May 1. He did his B.E from University of Mysore, M.E from University of Roorkee and Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has served as Head of Department of Civil Engineering…
Cancellation and partial cancellation of trains
May 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The following trains have been cancelled or partially cancelled until further advice by South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, due to poor occupancy: CANCELLATION 1. Train No.06504 / 06503 (Pre-Covid running of Chamundi Express timing) Mysuru – KSR Bengaluru – Mysuru Express Special cancelled from both sides with effect from 6.5.2021. 2. Train No….
State requests Railway Board to run Oxygen Express trains
May 6, 2021Bengaluru: To mitigate severe shortage of medical oxygen in Hospitals and Covid Care Centres, Chief Secretary P. Ravikumar has written to the Railway Board to run oxygen express trains to Karnataka on priority. In a letter to Railway Board Chairman Suneeth Sharma, the Chief Secretary has requested Railways to operate oxygen special trains that would…
65 PU College lecturers deputed as Contact Tracing Team members
May 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to aid contact tracing and infection control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, the District Administration has deputed as many as 65 PU College Lecturers of the district as members of Contact Tracing Team (CCT). Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Dr. B.S. Manjunatha Swamy has issued an order in this regard. As per…
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