New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday (Jan. 16)released a postal stamp to mark one year of India’s vaccination drive and said it is a ‘remarkable’ example of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India). The commemorative stamp features a healthcare worker inoculating a senior citizen with Covid vaccine, along with an image of ‘COVAXIN’ vial….
NHRC Advisory on Leprosy Patients
January 18, 2022States asked to give report within three months New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued an Advisory to the Centre and States calling for timely identification, treatment and ending of discrimination against leprosy affected persons and called for a report within three months. The Advisory to the Secretary of the Union Health…
MLA inaugurates vegetable market at Nanjangud
January 18, 2022Nanjangud: Nanjangud MLA B. Harshavardhan inaugurated the Rs.1.4 crore new vegetable market in the town’s APMC Market premises on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Harshavardhan said that the market will help in farmers getting a good price for their produce. Stressing on the need for installing cold storage units in APMC markets, the MLA said…
Encroachment of bullock-cart path cleared in Kesare
January 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In an early morning operation on Monday, the taluk administration cleared the encroachment of a bullock-cart path that ran in the middle of an agricultural field at Kesare village in the taluk. Following a complaint, the officials cleared the bullock-cart path encroachment (measuring 20’x50’) coming under Kesare Survey Nos. 522, 521, 605, 606 and…
Farmer dies after falling into canal
January 18, 2022Srirangapatna: A farmer, who had been to the mini canal of CDS Canal to water his crops, was drowned after he slipped and fell into the canal at K. Shettahalli on Sunday afternoon. The deceased is Shivanna (55) of K. Shettahalli. As Shivanna did not return home even in the evening, his family members and…
Unidentified man dies at hospital
January 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: An unidentified man, who was found lying sick near the bridge at Mudikatte, next to Kapila River in Nanjangud on Dec. 31 and admitted to K.R. Hospital, has passed away in the hospital on Jan. 14 morning. The deceased is aged about 70 years, 5.5 ft. tall, normal built, oily red complexioned and was…
MMC&RI Teachers Assn. gets new team
January 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The following were unanimously elected as the new office-bearers of Mysore Medical College & Research Institute (MMC&RI) Teachers Association, Mysuru, for the year 2021-2022: President: Dr. B.N. Anandaravi; Hon. Secretary: Dr. N. Sreenivas; Treasurer: Dr. K.H. Hemanth Kumar; Immediate Past President: Dr. Shobha; Vice-Presidents: Dr. P.L. Basavanna & Dr. M.M. Sumanth; Joint Secretary: Dr….
Suspected rape and murder: Woman’s body found in agricultural field
January 18, 2022Nanjangud: A body of a married woman, suspected to have been raped and murdered, was found in the agricultural field near Masage village canal in the taluk on Monday. The deceased woman’s mother, suspecting that her daughter was raped and murdered, has lodged a complaint at Nanjangud Rural Police Station. In her complaint, the deceased…
G.T. Dinesh Kumar takes over as MUDA Commissioner
January 17, 2022Says he is confident of overcoming challenges Mysore/Mysuru: KAS Officer G.T. Dinesh Kumar took over as the new Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) by signing files at the MUDA Office on JLB Road here this morning. The Government on Friday, had appointed Dinesh Kumar, who was serving as the Administrative Officer of Malaprabha…
Pandit Birju Maharaj dies
January 17, 2022New Delhi: Kathak legend Pandit Birju Maharaj died at his home in Delhi late Sunday after suffering a heart attack. He was 83. Birju Maharaj was from Lucknow’s Kalka-Bindadin Gharana. He is survived by three daughters, two sons and five grandchildren. A recipient Padma Vibhushan, he was fondly called Panditji or Maharajji by his disciples…












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