Bengaluru: In a major setback for former Congress Minister and current MLA K.J. George, the Special Court for Legislators and Parliamentarians in Bengaluru yesterday ordered that a case be registered against him for his alleged role in the death of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy. The Court also ordered cases to be registered against two IPS officers…
District Hospital begins to issue COVID Death Certificates
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The process of issuing automated and printed death certificates for people who die of Coronavirus infection at the designated COVID-19 Hospital — District Hospital on KRS Road — has begun since yesterday and the relatives of the deceased can approach the Hospital for the death certificates. Till now the certificates were being issued manually…
Rs. 50 lakh compensation cheque given to Nanjangud THO’s family
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar handed over a cheque for Rs. 50 lakh to the family of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra, who had committed suicide on Aug. 20 allegedly due to work pressure. The Minister, accompanied by MLA S.A. Ramdas, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar (now transferred), MCC Commissioner Gurudatta…
MLA assures house for every family
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Very small houses in which at least a couple of families lived together in congestion, caught the special attention of KR MLA S.A. Ramdas when he undertook a padayatra in MCC Wards 56 and 60 covering Ashokapuram area coming under his Assembly segment on Thursday. The MLA assured the families that he will take…
State BJP Mahila Morcha President asks office-bearers to gear up for Gram Panchayat polls
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the Gram Panchayat polls are most likely to take place in October, State BJP Mahila Morcha (the women’s wing of the party) President Geetha Vivekananda has urged the Morcha office-bearers and other leaders to get active in rural areas ahead of the polls. She was addressing a meeting of the city unit…
Lakshmipuram Police launch ‘Operation Mufti’ to curb illegal activities during nights
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to curb illegal activities, especially extortions by transgenders from late night bus commuters, Lakshmipuram Police, on instructions from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dr. A.N. Prakash Gowda and Krishnaraja (KR) Sub-Division Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Poornachandra Thejaswi, Lakshmipuram Police have launched ‘Operation Mufti’ at various places in city. ‘Operation Mufti’…
National Webinar on ‘Finger Prints’: ‘Use of latest technology is best way to detect crime’
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is a criminal network working at different levels for finding out bank transactions and passwords of account holders using nano technology for the criminal purpose of committing cash phishing and financial frauds, Dr. G.B. Aravind, Associate Professor in Criminology & Forensic Science, Dept. of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, JSS Medical College…
CFTRI-GRAAM to establish rural women entrepreneurship in Mysuru district
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: CSIR-CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute) and GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement), Mysuru, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Aug.20 to provide a mutual technical – social collaboration for establishing rural livelihood initiatives in India. The memorandum was signed on behalf of GRAAM by Dr. R. Balasubramaniam, Chairman, GRAAM and Dr. K.S.M.S….
Virtual colloquium on ‘Health Sciences Education’ held
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up unseen challenges on the Health Sciences based Higher Education programmes. The challenges came up both in the form of curriculum practice, teaching-learning, and evaluation. The health science-based education such as Medicine/ Dentistry/ Pharmacy/Allied Health Sciences has always been a high comprehension programme with practical and clinical experiential training. During…
Virtual Education Fair for students
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Studying overseas is a life-changing decision, not only for students but for their families too. Due to the disruption of services caused by COVID-19, students were facing great difficulty in the decision-making process. To address the various challenges faced by the students and their families, IDP Education, a global leader in international education services,…















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