Doctors, healthcare workers return to work; people line up to give throat swab samples Mysore/Mysuru: In a major relief to Mysuru District that is combating the rising cases of COVID-19 contagion and the resultant deaths, hundreds of Government doctors and allied health personnel resumed work this morning after four days. They restarted the healthcare machinery…
COVID warrior’s suicide: State-wide doctors’ strike called off
August 23, 2020To resume duty from tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: The State-wide protest by doctors over the suicide of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr. S.R. Nagendra has been withdrawn following the decision by the State unit of Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association. The Mysuru unit of the Association too has withdrawn from the strike and doctors will report to…
Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer Dr. S.R. Nagendra ends life
August 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra (43), committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Alanahalli here yesterday. Nagendra who was reportedly under pressure to ramp up COVID-19 testing in the taluk, is said to have not taken leave since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Dr. Nagendra was…
Woman goes missing from Nanjangud
August 14, 2020Nanjangud: A 25-year-old woman, who left her mother’s house at Devirammanahalli Hundi in Nanjangud taluk on Aug. 6 at about 7 am, without informing anyone, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Geetha, wife of Ravi, and a resident of Kumbarakoppal in Mysuru. Geetha had come to her mother’s house on Aug. 5 at…
Elderly man jumps into Kapila River
August 14, 2020Nanjangud: A 67-year-old man committed suicide by jumping into Kapila River near D. Devaraj Urs Bridge in Nanjangud. The deceased is Chandrashekar, a former employee of Sri Srikanteshwara Temple and a resident of R.P. Road here. It is learnt that Chandrashekar was suffering from Asthma and depressed over this he is said to have taken…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Road re-opens for traffic
August 10, 2020Mysuru/Nanjangud: With flood water receding at the stretch near Mallanamoole Mutt following reduction in discharge from Kabini Dam, the ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was re-opened for traffic at about 5 pm yesterday after a two-day blockade due to heavy water logging. As Kabini River, which flows along Mysuru-Nanjangud Road near Mallanamoole Mutt, was in spate…
Nanjangud flood victims refuse to move to new location
August 10, 2020Nanjangud: Even as the authorities are making efforts to move people in low-lying areas of Nanjangud town to safer locations in the wake of Kapila River floods, it has now come to light that 68 families living in Topina Beedi, Halladakeri, Rajaji Colony and Saraswathi Colony had refused to move to safer locations identified by…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway blockage continues for second day
August 9, 2020Nanjangud: With Kabini river in spate near Mallanamoole Mutt on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road and flood waters covering more than 1 km stretch of the road, the blockade of vehicular movement on the ever busy Highway continued for the second day today. On Saturday morning, the authorities had indefinitely closed the Highway for vehicular movement near Mallanamoole…
Elderly man ends life after jumping into river
August 9, 2020Nanjangud: A day after he was discharged from a private hospital in Mysuru, where he was admitted for some ailment, a 63-year-old elderly man reportedly ended his life by jumping into Kapila river in the town early this morning. Muddumada (63), a resident of Srirampura Colony in Nanjangud is the deceased. Muddumada, an agriculturist by…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway flooded: Cops divert vehicular traffic
August 8, 2020Mysuru/Nanjangud: The ever-busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was closed for vehicular movement from 9 am today after Kabini river overflowed near Mallanamoole Mutt coming between Thandavapura and South India Paper Mill of the Highway. Due to incessant rainfall in Wayanad and other catchment areas, the Kabini river has been flowing at near danger level. The river overflowed…
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