Mysuru: Accusing Kannada Book Authority (KBA) Chairman Nandeesh Hanche of attempting to grab a MUDA site, four writers including senior Littérateur Prof. S.G. Siddarmaiah, also a former KBA Chairman, have written a letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa seeking sacking of the incumbent KBA Chairman. In their joint letter to the CM on Monday, Prof….
SwasthVayu cleared for COVID-19 patients
January 6, 2021Trial run held at MMC&RI on 50 positive patients New Delhi: An expert committee constituted by the Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, after careful evaluation, has recommended the use of ‘SwasthVayu’, a non-invasivebilevel positive airway pressure ventilator on COVID-19 patients who require oxygen supplementation up to…
Life Member accuses irregularities in Mysuru Scouts and Guides
January 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that Mysuru Scouts and Guides had become a monopoly of the few, Karnataka Bharat Scouts and Guides Life Member B.R. Anil Kumar has accused some top leaders of the organization of indulging in irregularities. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan on Monday, Anil Kumar said that the landed properties of the District…
Senior KAS Officers who served Mysuru among IAS promotees
January 6, 2021Mysuru: Six top officials, who are serving or had served the city in the past, are among the over twenty senior KAS Officers who have been recommended for elevation to the IAS, according to sources. B.R. Poornima, Director, Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage at Mysuru, Yogesh and K.N. Gayatri, Additional Regional Commissioners (ARCs) at…
Bags ISTE Endowment Award
January 6, 2021Mysuru: B.S. Sammith, a topper in Engineering Mathematics, has been awarded Sri Anniganahally Thammaiah Setty Endowment Medal (instituted by Dr. A.T. Eswara) of ISTE Chapter, P.E.S College of Engineering, Mandya. The award was presented to Sammith at the 11th Graduation Day held recently. He is the son of Dr. B. S. Shivakumara and K. Nagalakshmi…
Elected office-bearers
January 6, 2021Mysuru: The following have been elected as office-bearers of Brahmana Dharma Sahaya Sabha, having office at Kalyana Bhavan, Tyagaraja Road, K. R. Mohalla. N.Srinivas – President; M. Manjunath and H. K. Ananth – Vice – Presidents; L. Venkatakrishna Shastri – Hon.Secretary; K.G. Satish – Hon. Treasurer; N.Y. Vishwanath – Administrative Officer; G. Subbanarasimha and A….
Polling booths may be used to vaccinate people with comorbidity, 50-plus citizens
January 6, 2021Mysuru: The District Administration is mulling using the polling booths in buildings other than Schools as COVID-19 vaccination points for persons below 50 years but with comorbidities and citizens in the age group of 50 years to 60 years as it may become difficult to vaccinate them in Primary Health Centres (PHCs) both in rural…
Three house burglars arrested
January 6, 2021Gold jewels worth Rs. 2.5 lakh recovered Mysuru: Ashokapuram Police, who were conducting their regular beat on Chikkaharadanahalli Road yesterday at about 3.30 am, found three persons moving around in a suspicious manner and took them into custody for enquiry. During enquiry, the three persons are said to have told the Police that in 2017…
Youth held for snatching mobile phones, lifting two-wheelers
January 6, 2021Mysuru: Devaraja Police have arrested a 23-year-old youth on charges of snatching mobile phones from public and lifting two-wheelers. The Police have recovered mobile phones and stolen two-wheelers from him. The accused is Syed Wasim, a resident of Usmania Block at Ghousianagar in city. During interrogation, the accused is said to have confessed of lifting…
Movement of poultry banned to and fro Mysuru-Kerala
January 6, 2021Mysuru; A day after Kerala declared the outbreak of bird flu (H5N8) in Kottayam and Alappuzha Districts as a State disaster, the Mysuru District Administration has banned transportation of poultry and other birds to Kerala from Mysuru and from Kerala to Mysuru through the Bavali checkpost in H.D. Kote taluk as a precautionary measure. The…















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