Shivakumar writes to Additional Chief Secretary based on representations from Mandya District Belagavi/Mandya: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who also oversees the Water Resources portfolio, has instructed officials to promptly assemble a team of experts to assess the sediment (silt) deposition at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya and explore the feasibility of…
Mandya: Days after a shocking female foeticide racket operating from a jaggery-making unit came to light in Mandya where over 3,000 female foetuses were aborted, another disturbing incident has come to light now. A substantial quantity of cattle bones and skulls was discovered in a warehouse situated in an agricultural field, raising suspicions that jaggery…
Mandya: A 30 year-old man from Mysuru and a youth from Mandya were reportedly drowned when they went for a swim in a lake at Yelechakanahalli in the taluk yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Mubarak Pasha (30), son of Maqbul Pasha, a resident of Shanthinagar in Mysuru and Shabbir Ahmed (26), a resident…
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…
How 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…
Bengaluru: 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…
Mandya: 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…
Mysore/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…
Mandya: 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: 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,…
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