KPCC provides Rs. 1 lakh relief to all 36 dependent families of victims Chamarajanagar: Slamming the State Government over the incident of oxygen shortage at Chamarajanagar District COVID Hospital last month where 36 people died gasping for breath, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar alleged that the tragedy was not an accident but…
Minister Shashikala Jolle to tour Chamarajanagar district tomorrow
June 18, 2021Chamarajanagar: Women and Child Welfare Minister Shashikala Jolle will undertake a one-day tour of Chamarajanagar district tomorrow (June 19). The Minister, who will arrive at Chamarajanagar at 9.45 am, will visit Kottalawadi in the taluk and console the girl child, who recently lost her parents in the second wave of the deadly COVID pandemic. Later,…
Online classes, Offline problem: Students, teachers of Otterthotti in Chamarajanagar trek to hilltops for internet
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students, teachers, parents and communities are doing their best to replace in-person with online learning. But Praveen from a remote village in Chamarajanagar, who is in 10th Standard, has not attended even one day of class. Ever since Praveen’s school was closed for months amid the pandemic,…
Oxygen Unit at Chamarajanagar District Hospital develops technical snag
June 9, 2021New Oxygen Storage Tank not yet installed Chamarajanagar: Even as the death of 24 Covid patients due to alleged non-availability of oxygen at District Hospital last month was still fresh in the minds of people, the existing Oxygen Unit in the Hospital has developed a technical snag in pressure control system. District Surgeon Dr. Srinivas…
Family of four enters into suicide pact
June 2, 2021Tragedy in Chamarajanagar village; victims include two teenaged girls Chamarajanagar: In a heart-rending incident, a family of four including two teenaged girls entered into a suicide pact at a village near Chamarajanagar. The reason for the family to take this extreme step is not, however, known. The incident came to light this morning at H….
Advise people with Corona symptoms to undergo testing, DC tells Pvt. Hospitals
May 27, 2021Chamarajanagar: Without mincing words, Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.R. Ravi warned that strict action will be initiated against those private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics which will treat patients with the symptoms of fever, cough, breathlessness and cold without subjecting them to COVID test. Addressing a meeting of doctors of private hospitals here yesterday, he asked…
‘Take steps to check spread of pandemic in rural areas’
May 27, 2021Chamarajanagar: B.B. Cauvery, Director, Directorate of Municipal Administration, Bengaluru, who is also the Chamarajanagar District in-Charge Secretary, has stressed the need to take strict measures to bring down the number of Corona positive cases and deaths in the district and also to arrange treatment for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Chairing a meeting to take…
MLA flags off ‘Covid Captain Campaign’
May 26, 2021Chamarajanagar: MLA C. Puttarangashetty flagged off ‘COVID Captain Awareness Campaign’ here yesterday. The purpose of this Campaign is to create awareness among people about precautions to be taken to check the spread of Coronavirus. The concept behind this was to identify the COVID patients in home isolation in rural areas and shifting them to nearby…
Cop who survived Veerappan attack, dies of heart attack
May 26, 2021SI Siddaraja Nayak was to retire from service on May 31 Chamarajanagar: Siddaraja Nayak (59), a Sub-Inspector attached to Chamarajanagar City Police Station, who had survived the deadly attack by the slain forest brigand Veerappan in 1992, passed away yesterday following a heart attack. Siddaraja, who complained of severe chest pain at his residence on…
Chamarajanagar’s 130 villages under the grip of virus
May 21, 2021Lack of preparedness, severe staff crunch at Panchayat level worsen crisis Chamarajanagar: The once Green Zone of Chamarajanagar that had gained national accolades even from Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan for maintaining a virus-free condition is now becoming a Red Zone with over 130 villages under the tight grip of COVID-19. Of the 509…
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