Bengaluru: Karnataka Government has ordered to install CCTV cameras in all District and Taluk-level Hospitals including ICU Wards across the State. In an order issued by the Health Department, it was instructed to all the Hospital administrations to take serious measures in the installation of the CCTV cameras including in the ICU Wards by May…
Karnataka appoints Nodal Authority for import duty waiver on COVID relief material
May 8, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has appointed a Nodal Authority to issue Authoriaation Certificate for exemption from import duty for relief material pertaining to COVID-19 containment and management. The Nodal Authority consists of Uma Mahadevan, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and Priyanka Mary Francis, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Panchayat Raj and…
Anti-poor people Govt., alleges AAP
May 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A Government which actually cuts ration quantity during a pandemic is definitely an anti-poor people Government, alleged Malavika Gubbivani, District Convener of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mysuru. The ration quantity of food grains given to BPL families under State PDS and PM Garib Kalyan Scheme has been drastically cut when poor people do not…
Wails pierce walls of Chamarajanagar Hospital
May 4, 2021Chamarajanagar: The death of 24 COVID patients in Chamarajanagar District Hospital within 24 hours due to oxygen shortage has sent shock-waves among the relatives of patients who are yet to come to terms with the tragedy. While a host of VIPs are visiting Chamarajanagar and at a time when Government authorities and political leaders are…
Nodal Officer to take care of COVID-19 orphaned children
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As the second wave of the deadly COVID-19 virus continues to take its toll, the State Government on Monday appointed K.P. Mohan Raj, a senior bureaucrat to take care of children who are orphaned by the death of their parents due to COVID. In the order issued yesterday, N. Manjunatha Prasad, Revenue Department Principal…
Don’t Rush: Stores to remain open from 6 am to 12 noon
May 2, 2021All four major markets in city centre closed till further orders Santhepet traders argue with Cops, Mysuru City Corporation Officers Mysore/Mysuru: Seeing mad rush of people in city markets to buy essential goods during four hours relaxation in ongoing Corona Curfew, the State Government has relaxed time by another two hours to enable citizens to…
Free vaccination at Pvt. Hospitals continues; Jab at paid sites stopped
May 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Owing to pressure, the State Government has restored free vaccination at 30 sub-centres (Private Hospitals) in Mysuru and it will continue till the full-fledged vaccination begins for the 18-plus population. However, paid sites (getting vaccinated by paying Rs. 250 per dose) in Private facilities have stopped functioning since yesterday. The District Health authorities have withdrawn…
CM reshuffles District In-charge Ministers
May 2, 2021Bengaluru: Even as the counting process for the bypolls held for Belagavi Lok Sabha Constituency and Maski and Basavakalyan Assembly segments was on, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, in a surprise move, reshuffled District Ministers in charge of six districts of the State this morning. According to the reshuffle that was telecast by a Kannada news…
MLC lashes out at Govt. for sale of Ballari land to Steel Co.
April 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Hitting out against his own party Government in the State for agreeing to sell over 3,600 acres of land to Jindal Steel Works (JSW) at Ballari, senior BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath has urged the Government to reconsider its decision. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Vishwanath wondered why the B.S.Yediyurappa…
Transfer 11,722 hectares land to Forest Department: HC tells Govt.
April 29, 2021Land must be handed over to re-compensate forest land utilised for Harangi Dam in Kodagu Bengaluru: The High Court (HC) of Karnataka has directed the State Government to transfer the entries in respect of 11,722.29 hectares of lands identified under C and D categories in Kodagu district to the Forest Department as was decided four…
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