Mysore/Mysuru: With the monsoon having set in, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil held a review meeting on the district’s preparedness for kharif season, at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here yesterday. Soon as the meeting began, the Minister sought inputs on stocks of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers etc., from the Department officials and questioned…
‘Refund hospital bills of deceased COVID patients’
June 17, 2021D.K. Shivakumar visits Suttur Mutt Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar has urged the State Government to refund private hospital bills of deceased COVID patients instead of providing Rs. 1 lakh relief for BPL families. D.K. Shivakumar spoke to press persons after visiting Suttur Mutt, located on the foot of Chamundi Hill, on Monday and said,…
Good News: Footfall into ‘COVID Mitra’ Centres declines
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The footfall into ‘COVID Mitra’ Triage and Counselling Centres is decreasing, thanks to steady decline in Corona positive cases across the district. Set up by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), these centres have treated 6,287 persons till date. The MCC looks after the COVID Mitra Centres opened in Seth…
Grocery kits distributed to tribal hamlets at Nagarahole National Park
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: GlobalKulture distributed over 300 grocery kits to tribal hamlets in and around Nagarahole National Park recently. The kits were distributed among the Kolavige, Kappana and Katte tribal hamlets by the volunteers, who also distributed face masks to the tribals to safeguard themselves from contracting the virus. In a bid to expand this outreach effort,…
Oxygen Plant to come up at T. Narasipur Hospital: DC
June 17, 2021T. Narasipur: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Bagadi Gautham said that an Oxygen Plant will come up soon at T. Narasipur General Hospital. Speaking to press persons after visiting the Hospital on Tuesday, Dr. Bagadi Gautham said that the Government has sanctioned the Oxygen Plant to ensure that there is no shortage of the vital…
‘Find out mistakes of Govt; place it before public through media conference’
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: KPCC Mysuru Division Media in-Charge Raju has urged his party leaders to find out mistakes in the State Government and bring it before people by holding media conferences and protests. Addressing a special meeting at District Congress Bhavan in city on Monday, after being appointed as Media in-Charge of KPCC Mysuru Division, he said…
Microsoft names Satya Nadella as Company’s Chairman
June 17, 2021India-origin Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014 Washington: Microsoft Corp. has named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella as its new Chairman. Microsoft on Wednesday announced that the Board’s Independent Directors unanimously elected Satya Nadella to the role of Board Chair and unanimously elected John W. Thompson as lead Independent Director, a…
Mysore Varsity VC calls for appropriate use of technology in higher education
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar has called for appropriate use of advanced technology in higher education, especially at a time when online teaching and learning is becoming the order of the day. He was speaking after inaugurating a one-day IQAC sponsored webinar on ‘Better practices in online teaching’ organised at…
Former Cricketer Vijayakrishna passes away in Bengaluru
June 17, 2021Bengaluru: Cricketer Bharamiah Vijayakrishna (B. Vijayakrishna), a former Ranji Trophy player, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the wee hours of today. He was 71. A left hand batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler, Vijayakrishna had played 80 first class matches and had scored over 2,000 runs besides taking 194 wickets….
Lockdown violations: 939 vehicles seized in 4 days
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their efforts to strictly implement the COVID lockdown guidelines to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the Mysuru City Police (both Traffic and Civil) have seized a total of 939 vehicles in the past four days (June 13 to 16) for violating the guidelines in city. On June 13, a total of 208 vehicles…















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