Mandya: Mandya Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Kumara, has formed vigilance committees to combat female foeticide. These committees will operate in accordance with the provisions of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, and the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPMEA) Act, 2007. Their primary objectives include ensuring the secure handling, registration…
Mandya officials fail to explain how racket thrived for 3 years
November 30, 2023How could racketeers procure ultrasound machines without DHO’s authorisation, asks former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy Mandya: Following the female foeticide racket that shocked the State, the Karnataka Government convened an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss the situation and initiate action. The Department of Health and Family Welfare held the meeting at Vidhana Soudha, and it was…
Unearthing of prenatal sex determination racket: A shocking 3,000 illegal abortions in three years
November 29, 2023Bengaluru: The investigation into the recently exposed female foeticide scandal spanning Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru has brought to light shocking revelations. The accused, as per their statements to Police, have been involved in a staggering 3,000 abortions over past three years. Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda briefed reporters yesterday, revealing that the investigations have firmly…
Racket under their nose shakes up Mandya health officials
November 29, 2023Mandya: The exposure of female foeticide cases has finally woken up the Mandya District Administration. A delegation of senior officials, led by Assistant Commissioner Shivamurthy, Tahsildar ShivakumarBiradar, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Mohan and other authorities, yesterday conducted an inspection at the jaggery-manufacturing unit (alemane) in Hullenahalli, situated in Hadya in the Mandya taluk. Addressing…
Mysuru doctor who did 900 illegal abortions arrested
November 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Bengaluru Police have arrested Dr. Chandan Ballal, the owner of Mathaa Hospital at Udayagiri in Mysuru who is accused of doing over 900 illegal abortions in connivance with Dr. Tulasiraman, a Chennai-based doctor and seven other individuals. Initial reports said that Dr. Chandan is absconding. However, the Byappanahalli Police in Bengaluru have arrested…
Rise in child marriages
November 26, 2023Mandya: On one hand the State Government has been taking a stringent action against child marriages and minors becoming pregnant, but on the other hand in Mandya popular as ‘Sugar Town’, there has been a surge in such cases, which has become a cause for grave concern. By prohibiting the marriage of girls aged below…
Mandya’s private college lecturer allegedly kills wife for property
November 16, 2023Mandya: A lecturer of a private college in the town, who had allegedly murdered his wife, has been arrested by the Police. He had murdered his wife on Nov. 11 and was arrested by the Police on Nov. 15. While the deceased has been identified as S. Shruthi (32), the accused husband is T.N. Somashekar,…
Unpublished Hoysala inscriptions, sculptures unearthed at Mandya
November 8, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A unique and previously undiscovered hero stone inscriptions and sculptures from the Hoysala period have been unearthed at Mandya by a team from the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) of the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru. The hero stone inscription was located in Ragimuddenahalli, a small hamlet situated…
Series of accidents on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
October 15, 2023Three killed; Car catches fire; Mandya SP’s car damaged Mandya: Many vehicles were damaged including the car of Mandya SP while another car was charred after it caught fire in a series of accidents, that took place on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway in Mandya while three persons were killed at Ramanagar yesterday. While the series of accidents…
Fire breaks out at ghee unit of ManMUL plant, Mandya
October 8, 2023Mandya: In an early morning incident, fire broke out in ManMUL (Mandya District Co-operative Milk Union Limited) at Gejjalagere on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road today. The fire broke out at about 7 am at the ghee manufacturing and packing unit of mega dairy plant at Gejjalagere in Maddur taluk, which was inaugurated by Union Minister for Home…
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