Backward Classes Welfare Department has invited applications from eligible Law graduates belonging to Backward Classes for providing Judicial Administration training, for the year 2020-21. Candidates having Bachelor’s Degree in Law (year of passing not earlier than two years) and having registered their names in Bar Council are eligible to apply. Last date to submit the…
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Helpline for children
September 5, 2020Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), in association with the Department of Women and Child Development, has brought out a toll-free helpline number for tele-counselling children who are in distress, amidst the current COVID pandemic. Children with any such issues can call the Tele-counselling Helpline No: 14499 for guidance, according to a press release.
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Elderly man dies as errant car driver blocks ambulance
September 4, 2020Car driver arrested by V.V. Puram Traffic Police; Court imposes a fine of Rs. 11,000 Mysore/Mysuru: The city Police have arrested a car driver for deliberately blocking the way of an ambulance carrying an aged person who suffered a heart attack. The elderly person was being shifted from Chikkamagalur to Mysuru for speciality care. Sadly,…
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Drug scandal in Kannada film industry: CCB detains Ragini Dwivedi after searching her house
September 4, 2020Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru, which is probing the drug scandal in Kannada film industry, detained actress Ragini Dwivedi after carrying out searches at her residence this morning around 6 am, Police said. The CCB sleuths, armed with search warrant from the Court, went to Ragini’s residence at Judicial Layout, Yelahanka, Bengaluru,…
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Mysuru COVID-19 Update: September 4, 2020
September 4, 2020Mysuru reports 776 new COVID-19 positive cases, 317 discharges and 11 deaths today.
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Baby boy dies after swallowing remote control battery
September 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy died after he swallowed a remote control battery at his house. Though the boy was rushed to K.R. Hospital and the battery was removed after surgery, the baby breathed his last at the hospital early this morning. The boy is Hemanth, son of Selvaraj and a resident of Ittigegud (Indiranagar) in…
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MLA inspects spot for construction of houses for ‘Kuduremaala’ shed dwellers
September 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As a first step for construction of houses for dwellers of Kuduremaala, MLA L. Nagendra inspected the one-acre plot near Kuduremaala itself on Wednesday. At present,the dwellers are living in sheds on the edges of Rajakaluve, which overflows whenever it rains heavily. During the inspection, Nagendra was told by the dwellers that they will…
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UK magazine names K.K. Shailaja as world’s ‘top thinker’ for COVID-19
September 4, 2020Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala continues to be an inspiration in the management of the coronavirus pandemic at the international level. In the latest, a monthly British magazine ‘Prospect’ has announced that state Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has been selected as the world’s top thinker for the COVID-19 age. She has been selected from a list of 50…
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Ambulance drivers dodge virus at every step of their way
September 4, 2020By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: In the fight against the outbreak of Coronavirus, not only healthcare workers and doctors are taking the lead but ambulance drivers, who are always on a move to attend medical emergencies, are also in the forefront. Every morning, Sharanappa (name changed on request), an ambulance driver in Mysuru, waits for a…
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12-hour duty but Rs. 10,000 stipend…
September 4, 2020By Mohan Kayaka Mysore/Mysuru: Trainee staff nurses working on the monthly stipend basis in Krishnaraja (KR), Cheluvamba and PKTB Hospitals are pouring out their woes. No officer or elected representative has bothered to meet and hear their grievances. They are doing the hospital duty despite being on the silent protest since last few weeks. Submitting…
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