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An 82-year-old man from Coimbatore died of COVID-19 at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Friday, taking the death toll of the district to 684.

Updated: Share Article AAA The Forest Department’s wireless sets will be used in all the 16 polling stations in Bhavani Sagar Assembly constituency that has no mobile connectivity to pass on the polling percentage to the returning officer during polling on April 6. Of the total 2,215 polling booths located at 926 locations in all the eight constituencies in the district, 16 booths in Bhavanisagar and 20 in Athiyur are located in remote hilly areas and have no mobile connectivity. Since polli...

Hospital slashes health package costs for Women’s Day Updated: Updated: Offering free packages to women doctors, police personnel Share Article Offering free packages to women doctors, police personnel Ahead of the International Women’s Day on Monday, Yashoda Hospitals has announced free ‘Women Wellness Health Package’ for women police personnel and women doctors in Hyderabad from March 8 to 31. Other women can avail the health package worth ₹5,210 at just ₹999 during the same peri...

‘Committed to Bhadravati’s development’ Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Shivamogga Lok Sabha member B.Y. Raghavendra said he was committed to the development of Bhadravati as an industrial hub and appealed to Congress MLA B.K. Sangameshwara to work towards the development of the constituency, keeping aside party politics. At a press conference in Shivamogga on Saturday, Mr. Raghavendra said he never discriminated against Bhadravati constituency. The Centre and State governments had t...

PNB conducts meeting with IOCL dealers Updated: Updated: Bank officials explain details of PNB Electronic Dealer Scheme Share Article Bank officials explain details of PNB Electronic Dealer Scheme Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday conducted a meeting for petroleum dealers retailing fuel for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) here. Bank officials explained the details of its recently launched the PNB Electronic Dealer Scheme (PNB e-Dealer) for IOCL. The scheme aims to provide short-term ...

Complaint against activist Kallahalli Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA In another twist to the alleged sex-for-favours scandal that has hit the former BJP Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, a woman from Mandya district has filed a complaint with the Cubbon Park police against activists Dinesh Kallahalli and Rajashekhar Mulali. In her complaint filed on Saturday, K.H. Indira, who said she was an activist, sought the arrest of both the activists on the grounds that they are part of a “deep-rooted ...

Updated: Share Article AAA A young farmer, who was reportedly bitten by a snake at his farm at Prabhat Nagar in Palvancha mandal five days ago, was allegedly administered anti-rabies vaccine instead of anti-snake venom (ASV) by the staff at the Government Community Health Centre (CHC) in Palvancha. Though the incident occurred on March 2, it came to light after the farmer identified as Bharat Reddy brought it to the notice of the officials on Friday. District authorities on Saturday asked the ...

Updated: Share Article AAA The district authorities on Saturday ordered the reopening of Kalagi Government High School, which was sealed after 15 students tested positive for COVID-19, on Monday. Block Education Officer Siddveerayya Rudnur told The Hindu that the throat swab samples of 172 people, including students, teachers, and midday meal workers, collected on Friday had returned with negative results on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner V.V. Jyothsna visited the school on Saturday and ordere...

Alcoholic drowns in water sump Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A 50-year-old man was found dead in a water sump of an apartment complex adjacent to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (East Zone) office at Amberpet here on Saturday morning. According to Amberpet inspector B. Mohan Kumar, the victim, K. Srinivas, a daily wager from Prem Nagar, went near the sump in an inebriated condition to drink water in the late hours of Friday. “While trying to drink water after he removed the sump’s...

‘Govt. committed to the development of the community’ YSR Congress Party MP V. Vijaya Sai Reddy on Saturday said he will talk to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to lift cases filed against Kapu leaders in connection with the Tuni arson case. He promised that the party would construct a Kapu Samajika Bhavan in the city. He was addressing a meeting of the community leaders, here in the city. He said the government was committed to the development of Kapus. Addressing meetings in the west const...