Mysuru: Mysuru City police have intensified their anti-drug operations and identified 341 individuals who consumed ganja and were possessing ganja and MDMA. Interestingly, the majority of them are labourers, daily-wage earners, and some of them are students and dropouts.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) KS Sundar Raj said under the leadership of commissioner of police Seema…
Mysuru: Compared to 2023, the number of snakebite incidents have more than doubled in most of Mysuru region in 2024. The data presented by health and family welfare department revealed that Mysuru district recorded four deaths due to snakebites in 2024.According to experts, most of these cases are reported from rural areas. According to the…
Madikeri: The forest department has succeeded in relocating 15 elephants that were roaming in the plantations. Under the guidance of deputy conservator of forests Jagannath, and led by range forest officer Gangadhar, more than 15 wild elephants, including calves, which were camping in the coffee plantations of Chennangi in the Thithimathi zone, were driven back…
Mandya: A state-of-the-art 50-bed critical care unit (CCU) is coming up at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) at a cost of Rs 16 crore to enhance advanced healthcare services in the region, announced Mandya MLA P Ravikumar.Speaking after laying the foundation stone for the project on the MIMS premises Wednesday, Ravikumar said the facility…
Mandya: Drug abuse is one of the gravest threats to the nation’s progress, and everyone must shun narcotics to combat this menace, said deputy commissioner Kumara.He was speaking after inaugurating the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan – 2025 programme organised by the district police department at the MIMS auditorium here on Wednesday. Kumara stressed that preventing…
Madikeri: World Elephant Day was celebrated at the Harangi Elephant Camp on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, State Wildlife Board member Sanketh Poovaiah said Virajpet MLA AS Ponnanna discussed with the chief minister and forest minister the soft release project in Kodagu, similar to the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary. This project aims to benefit three neighbouring…
MADIKERI: The rare moment of celebrating Raksha Bandhan with the country’s first citizen, the President, was enjoyed by the students of Ekalavya School in Kodagu.The students of Ekalavya Model Residential School in Balugodu met President Draupadi Murmu and celebrated Raksha Bandhan.The Rashtriya Raksha Bandhan programme organised by the National Tribal Students’ Educational Sindhu Institute in…
Mysuru: The forest department imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Basavaraj, a resident of Nanjangud, who tried to take photo of a wild elephant in Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) and was attacked by it. Basavaraj released a video requesting people not to get down in the forest areas to click photos.S Prabhakaran, director of…
Shivamogga: Govt hospitals lack fire safety clearance in the state, BJP MLC Dhananjay Sarji said.He highlighted the insufficient number of govt hospitals in Karnataka with fire safety clearance during the legislative council session on Monday. He referred to recent fire accidents and called on the govt to relax regulations for older buildings and establish a…
Shivamogga: Foresters arrested one villager on charges of sandalwood smuggling and obtained a clue about a notorious gang of smugglers operating in the forests surrounding Shikaripura.Shikaripura RFO Revanasiddaiah B Hiremath and his team captured one of the individuals attempting to steal sandal trees from the Kengatte Sandalwood Reserve in Shikaripura zone on Sunday. They recovered…
