Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) Resident Doctors’ Association staged a protest in the College premises here yesterday condemning assault on junior doctors working in the Covid Ward. According to agitating doctors, on Sunday night, a Corona positive patient died in Covid ward and his relatives wanted to come inside the…
Virajpet Town Panchayat Vice-President passes away
April 20, 2021Virajpet: K.B. Harshavardhan (45), Vice-President of Virajpet Town Panchayat and a prominent BJP leader of Kodagu district, passed away following a heart attack on Monday morning. Harshavardhan, who suffered a heart attack, was immediately rushed to a hospital in Virajpet, where he breathed his last. Harshavardhan was elected from Meenpet Ward in the Town Panchayat….
Seer compliments ‘permanent’ Mukhyamantri Chandru for his decades-old dedication
April 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: “A person who accidentally donned the role of Mukhyamantri (Chief Minister) in a Kannada play has become a ‘permanent’ Mukhyamantri. Appreciating his acting skills, the then Chief Minister R. Gundu Rao presented a gold ring to Chandru, popularly known as Mukhyamantri Chandru,” said Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji. The Seer was speaking after…
KEA Chairman assures to transform the Authority in a year
April 20, 2021Mysore/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…
Slum Board demolishes 50 illegal houses in Yadavagiri
April 19, 2021Mysore/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…
COVID testing centres in city see huge rush
April 19, 2021Contact 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…
Kannada lexicographer, grammarian Prof. G. Venkatasubbaiah dies at 107
April 19, 2021Bengaluru: 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,…
COVID War Room gets over 100 calls a day
April 19, 2021• 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….
Private bus owners and drivers stage protest against plying of more KSRTC buses
April 19, 2021Mysore/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…
Ayush Dept. to re-open Covid Care Centre at KSOU building
April 19, 2021Mysore/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…















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