Kollegal: Sqn Ldr Ashritha V. Oleti of Indian Air Force, hailing from Kollegal in Chamarajanagar district, has been selected as the country’s first woman Flight Test Engineer and has brought laurels to the State. Daughter of late O.V. Venkatesh Babu and O.V. Vani couple, she has obtained degree from Indian Air Force Test Pilot School,…
Mines and Geology Dept. to part with 30 percent of its revenues for COVID management
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Declaring that the Mines and Geology Department will dedicate 30 percent of its revenue for COVID management, Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh Nirani said that the Government can use this money for improving medical infrastructure at hospitals in the State. Speaking to press persons at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning after holding …
Death of three leopards at Belavadi: Preliminary clues point at intentional poisoning
May 23, 2021Investigations on, viscera samples sent to laboratories Mysore/Mysuru: The Police and the Forest Department have taken the case of killing three leopards in Mysuru seriously. The felines were found dead yesterday in a poisoning case. Teams have intensified their investigation to nab the miscreants involved in this heinous crime. This is for the first time…
COVID Lockdown: Chief Secretary instructs Cops to arrest those arguing with them
May 23, 20212,272 vehicles seized from May 7 till 22 in city Bengaluru/Mysuru: Chief Secretary Ravikumar, following suggestion from Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, has instructed City Corporation Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and senior Police officials to act tough on those violating COVID Lockdown regulations issued by the State Government and seize vehicles moving around unnecessarily after purchase hours…
Women Loco Pilots steer Oxygen Express to Bengaluru
May 23, 2021They cover 120 km in one-and-a-half hours; clock an average speed of 80 kmph Bengaluru: An Oxygen Express train carrying 120 metric tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) from Jharkhand and piloted by an ”All Female Crew” from Jolarpettai in neighbouring Tamil Nadu arrived in Bengaluru yesterday. The pilots covered the last 120 km stretch…
MP Simha urges DC, DHO and ZP CEO to visit rural areas
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has opined that non-visiting of senior district officers like Deputy Commissioner (DC), District Health Officer (DHO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zilla Panchayat (ZP) to rural areas to take stock of the situation has been the root cause for the surge in Corona positive cases and deaths in villages….
‘DC, DHO must visit villages to understand people’s problems’
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Co- operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar has said senior officers including Deputy Commissioner (DC) must visit villages to understand the prevailing problems. When reporters brought to his notice about Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha’s statement that the DC, DHO and other officers must also visit villages as holding video-conference will not help, he…
COVID phobia keeps heart patients away from Hospitals
May 23, 2021Trend worrying, say Cardiologists; more worrisome is many people are dying due to fear of Coronavirus Mysore/Mysuru: Fearing Coronavirus spread at Hospitals, regular patients with heart problems or strokes are staying away from visiting Hospitals for their regular check-ups. This is risky, say doctors. Even the data shows that the number of severe heart attacks…
Karnataka Govt. lying about COVID-19 cases dropping: Siddu
May 23, 2021Bengaluru: Digging on the ruling BJP Government on hiding Covid-19 cases, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah on Saturday alleged that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa administration was “lying” to the people about cases coming down in the State, underlining the drop in the number of tests being done. In a series…
Hungry tribes forced to eat less
May 23, 2021They enter forests in search of roots, tubers as food grains from Government is hard to come by H.D. Kote: At a time people from villages who had migrated to cities for earning a livelihood are now returning to their native villages due to the deadly COVID pandemic, the story of tribals in H.D. Kote…















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