Soon, KSRTC drivers, conductors and Postmen to get jab Fresh stock of COVID-19 vaccines expected next week Mysore/Mysuru: With stock of Covishield vaccine depleting in Mysuru district, Health Department Officers have resorted to internal adjustment by withdrawing excess stock from Taluk General Hospitals and diverting it to District Hospital as ‘stopgap’ arrangement. Till the fresh…
Fake RT-PCR negative report: Kerala visitors sent back from Bavali check-post
March 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Health and Revenue Officers of H.D. Kote taluk have intensified checking on Karnataka-Kerala border in the wake of recovery of three fake RT-PCR negative reports produced by Kerala visitors to enter the State in last two to three days. Recently, Kodagu District Authorities came across fake negative report carried by some visitors from Kerala…
BJP likely to field B.Y. Vijayendra in Basavakalyan and Jagadish Shettar in Belagavi for by-polls
March 21, 2021Bengaluru: With less than a month to go for the by-polls to Basavakalyan and Maski Assembly segments and Belagavi Lok Sabha seat, ruling BJP is yet to finalise its candidates. The Election Commission of India (ECI) last week had announced the by-poll schedule for two Assembly segments and one Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka, according…
Two-wheeler lifter, stolen vehicle seller arrested
March 21, 202112 vehicles worth Rs. 6 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja (NR) Police, on Mar. 19, have arrested a person who was trying to sell a stolen two-wheeler near Pushpashrama Junction on the Ring Road and brought him to the Police Station for further enquiry. The arrested is Shabaz Khan of Shanthinagar in city. During interrogation, the…
Saraswathipuram dacoity case: Police take journalist into custody
March 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Saraswathipuram Police have taken a city journalist into custody for questioning pertaining to a dacoity case where miscreants had barged into a house of a doctor at Saraswathipuram, tied up the couple and two youths and had decamped with Rs. 13.60 lakh gold including Rs. 10 lakh cash from the house. Police produced the…
What about it Daddy Cool
March 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: She’s crazy like a fool, What about it Daddy Cool… goes the famous M. Boney music track. With the onset of summer and increasing temperatures, Zoo denizens are being kept cool with water sprinklers, fruits and tender coconuts and lots of water to maintain hydration level. Authorities at Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo)…
Passengers injured as bus falls into roadside ditch
March 21, 2021Saragur: More than forty persons of a marriage party, who were travelling in a private bus, sustained injuries, ten of them seriously, when the bus fell into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control over the bus yesterday midnight at Kandegala in Saragur. The people were returning after attending the marriage at H.D. Kote….
Another blow for Highway motorists as Toll fee hike planned
March 21, 2021Bengaluru: Coming weeks after the compulsory FASTag, which has come into effect across the country from Feb.16, the proposed hike in Toll fee across the country will deal a big blow to motorists passing through Highways. FASTag is a Radio-frequency identification Technology (RFID) introduced by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in October,…
Tourism Department to provide basic amenities at Bandipur
March 21, 2021Bengaluru: The State Tourism Department is mulling providing basic facilities like toilets, drinking water and good accommodation facilities at Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Though the Tiger Reserve is governed by the Forest Department, Tourism Department would provide the facilities with an eye on revenues in co-ordination with the Forest Department. This was announced in the Legislative…
Riders killed as lorry hits bike near Mandakalli
March 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Two youths were killed on the spot when a lorry reportedly rammed into the bike they were riding from behind near Mandakalli on Saturday. The deceased youths are Abdul Pasha (24) and Rizwan Pasha (25), both residents of Muslim Block in Nanjangud. On Saturday afternoon, the duo was proceeding on their bike from Nanjangud…















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