Madikeri: The free cancer screening camp organised by Rotary Woods in Murnad on Saturday highlighted the importance of proactive healthcare in combating diseases like cancer. The event was inaugurated by district additional superintendent of police Barike Dinesh.The event emphasised the significance of regular health check-ups and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.Dinesh said that health should be…
Madikeri: A statue of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu was unveiled in Somwarpet on Saturday.Kuvempu, the poet laureate from Karnataka, is celebrated for his vision of universal brotherhood and his contributions to Kannada literature. The event was organised by the Kuvempu Statue Construction Committee and the Taluk Kannada Sahitya Parishat (Kasapa). The poet’s statue is placed in front…
Madikeri: The educational and socio-economic survey has achieved 87.4% of its target in Kodagu district despite several challenges.Despite being attacked by wild elephants, bitten by domestic dogs and difficult traffic in the hilly area, the enumerators surveyed with great courage and enthusiasm.As many as 4.9 lakh people out of the total estimated population of 5.6…
Madikeri: The vice-president of the Sports Authority of Karnataka and former MLC, CS Arun Machaiah, said that after he took charge in the new post, the first step he took was to get the chief minister’s approval for many projects in Kodagu.Speaking after being honoured at a felicitation programme organised by the Kodagu Orange Growers’…
Mysuru: Mysuru’s first and 120-year-old CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, popularly known as Mission Hospital, has relaunched its services after a hiatus of 14 months, with renewed commitment under the leadership of CSI Karnataka southern diocese Bishop Rev Hemachandra Kumar.Dr David J Chelli, a cardiologist who has taken over as the director of the hospital, told…
Mysuru: Ashoka University, Haryana, has launched Civinc, a first-of-its-kind mobile application and online portal that brings together on one platform information and contact details of elected representatives of municipalities and municipal employees.The objective is to improve civic engagement by replacing opaque grievance portals with transparent communication channels linking residents and civic body functionaries. The portal…
Mysuru: Two car passengers died on the spot while three others, including a child from Kerala, were injured when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tipper near Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar early on Saturday. The incident took place on the National Highway near Madapatna Gate in Gundlupet taluk.According to police, the deceased…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has intensified its efforts to establish a debris recycling plant on a 10-acre site at Hanchya-Sathagalli, marking a major step toward tackling the city’s mounting waste problem.The project, to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model, has already seen work orders issued and the site fenced off in…
Hassan: Students must be educated about local history, and it is the institution’s and teachers’ duty to make them understand history, said SN Pre-University College principal S Dinesh.He was speaking during the Chandragiri Chikkabetta Darshan programme organised for the students of the college in Shravanabelagola on Saturday. The aim of the programme was to instil…
Mysuru: Mysuru health authorities have issued a directive to all scanning centres to strictly comply with the PCPNDT (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques) guidelines and to report their scanning details to the family welfare officer every month.District health officer (DHO) Dr PC Kumaraswamy told TOI that Mysuru district has about 200 health centres, including hospitals,…
