Mysore/Mysuru: District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar handed over a cheque for Rs. 50 lakh to the family of Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra, who had committed suicide on Aug. 20 allegedly due to work pressure. The Minister, accompanied by MLA S.A. Ramdas, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar (now transferred), MCC Commissioner Gurudatta…
Bengaluru: Even as the inquiry into the alleged suicide of Nanjangud in-charge Taluk Health Officer (THO) Dr. S.R. Nagendra has begun, the Karnataka IAS Officers’ Association has said the act of lodging an FIR against Mysuru Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Prashanth Kumar Mishra (now transferred without posting) has brought down the morale of…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Health and Family Welfare has appointed Dr. Eshwar B. Kanatki as the new Nanjangud Taluk Health Officer (In-Charge). The post was lying vacant following the demise of Dr. S.R. Nagendra who ended his life by hanging at his residence at Alanahalli in city on Aug. 20, alleging harassment by a senior…
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…
To 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 S.R. Nagendra has been withdrawn following the decision by the State unit of Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association. The Mysuru unit of the Association too has withdrawn from the strike and doctors will report to…
Mysore/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…
Nanjangud: 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…
Nanjangud: 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: 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: 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…
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