Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Hemanth Kumar Gowda has assured to transform the Authority in a year. He was speaking after being honoured at the felicitation organised by Zilla Vokkaligara Yuva Vedike at the Institution of Engineers on JLB road here on Saturday. Pointing out that the KEA has evolved plans for making the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Despite opposition from slum- dwellers near the Arasikere Railway track at Yadavagiri in MCC Ward. No. 18, Karnataka Slum Development Board officials, led by Executive Engineer G. Harish and with security from the Police, commenced demolition of illegal slum houses this morning. The slum-dwellers, who opposed the demolition drive, alleged that the houses allotted…
Contact tracing exercise to trace primary, secondary infected persons resumes COVID War Rooms at Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja, Chamaraja Constituencies Mysore/Mysuru: A huge rush was witnessed at COVID testing centres in city this morning amidst fears of contracting the killer disease. The number of people getting tested has seen an increase at K.R. Hospital and at Town…
Bengaluru: Kannada lexicographer, grammarian and literary critic Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah passed away here early this morning. He was 107. GV, as he was popularly known in Kannada literary field, has compiled 12 dictionaries and was called as the walking encyclopedia of Kannada language and culture. His works covered various forms of Kannada literature, including grammar,…
• Most of the callers enquire about availability of ICUs, ventilator beds • Four vehicles added to the existing fleet to shift patients to hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: With the number of fresh COVID-19 cases surging on a daily basis, the Mysuru City Corporation COVID War Room (Control Room) has been receiving over 100 calls per day….
Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that KSRTC authorities were operating more buses in violation of the agreement entered into following the launch of indefinite strike by KSRTC employees on Apr.7, private bus owners and drivers staged a demonstration at Doddakere Maidan on Sunday. Claiming that they were suffering losses due to the drop in passenger occupancy following increased…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following spike in Corona positive cases, District Ayush Department has requested the State Government to immediately dispatch Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy medicine for public distribution. Confirming this to SOM, District Ayush Officer Dr. C.N. Seethalakshmi said there has been enquiries from the general public regarding distribution of certain immunity booster medicines in Ayurveda, Unani…
Mysore/Mysuru: Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) Chairman L.R. Mahadevaswamy visited Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park near Kamalapura in Hospet taluk of Vijayanagar district yesterday. He went around the Zoo which is spread on 350 acres of land near Hampi and also inspected ongoing works. Accompanied by M.N. Kiran Kumar, Executive Officer of the Biological Park, Mahadevaswamy…
• 234 child marriage complaints received; 204 weddings stopped • Shocking statistics emerge at Zilla Panchayat monthly meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka saw a sharp rise in child marriages during the Coronavirus lockdown period last year with maximum children married off within four months (April-July), according to the Karnataka High Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR). …
New Delhi: Taking a serious note of shortage of medical oxygen in many States amid surging COVID-19 cases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre has taken concrete steps to resolve the issue and situation will be normalised soon. He chaired a high-level meeting with the Health Ministers of…
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