Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has opined that non-visiting of senior district officers like Deputy Commissioner (DC), District Health Officer (DHO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zilla Panchayat (ZP) to rural areas to take stock of the situation has been the root cause for the surge in Corona positive cases and deaths in villages….
‘DC, DHO must visit villages to understand people’s problems’
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Co- operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar has said senior officers including Deputy Commissioner (DC) must visit villages to understand the prevailing problems. When reporters brought to his notice about Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha’s statement that the DC, DHO and other officers must also visit villages as holding video-conference will not help, he…
COVID phobia keeps heart patients away from Hospitals
May 23, 2021Trend worrying, say Cardiologists; more worrisome is many people are dying due to fear of Coronavirus Mysore/Mysuru: Fearing Coronavirus spread at Hospitals, regular patients with heart problems or strokes are staying away from visiting Hospitals for their regular check-ups. This is risky, say doctors. Even the data shows that the number of severe heart attacks…
Karnataka Govt. lying about COVID-19 cases dropping: Siddu
May 23, 2021Bengaluru: Digging on the ruling BJP Government on hiding Covid-19 cases, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah on Saturday alleged that Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa administration was “lying” to the people about cases coming down in the State, underlining the drop in the number of tests being done. In a series…
Hungry tribes forced to eat less
May 23, 2021They enter forests in search of roots, tubers as food grains from Government is hard to come by H.D. Kote: At a time people from villages who had migrated to cities for earning a livelihood are now returning to their native villages due to the deadly COVID pandemic, the story of tribals in H.D. Kote…
1,270 additional vials of Amphotericin-B allocated to Karnataka
May 23, 2021Bengaluru: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Saturday said that ensuring adequate allocations to Karnataka in view of rising cases of Mucormycosis, a total of 1,270 additional vials of Amphotericin-B have been allocated to the State. In a series of tweets, he said that it is in addition to 1,660 vials…
Two villages in Nanjangud taluk reports zero Corona cases; Minister to visit soon
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Two villages in Nanjangud Taluks including Katanur have not reported a single COVID positive case. Since these two villages are model for the whole State, he would visit those villages next week to seek how they have been able to do it so that it can be replicated in other villages, said Co-operation and District-in-Charge…
City Tongawallas lead a life of misery
May 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The first and second wave of COVID-19 pandemic have ruined the lives of Tongawallas who squarely depend on tourists for their survival as well of their dependents. Since last year, tourism has hit the rock bottom in Mysuru, one of the main tourist destinations in the country, with months of lockdown, followed by slowdown of…
FKCCI urges Govt. to provide concessions
May 23, 2021Bengaluru: Facing severe hardship due to the extended lockdown across the State, the Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has urged for concessions from the State Government to the business community for the loss incurred during lockdown. In a statement issued here yesterday, FKCCI President Perikal Sundar said: “We urge the State…
The need for a more Dynamic Lockdown !
May 23, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The Karnataka Government has announced the extension of the ongoing, nearly month-long lockdown for a further two weeks. Yes, it is the same kind of lockdown in every way that we have been having over the last four weeks. This suggests that no one in the Government think tanks…















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