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A new
"Train" to replace cleft lip of children with
smiles:
New York based Smile Train Organization has tied up with
the JSS hospital to provide free surgical care for poor
children with facial defects like "cleft lip".
The organization would foot the bill of each operation
carried out on poor patients while the JSS hospital would
extend its expertise in the field, according to JSS
Mahavidyapeeta secretary Betkerur. Smile Train
Organization and JSS has so far conducted 40 free
surgeries. Any child from anywhere in the world can make
use of the benefit and "there are 10 lakh such
children waiting to undergo the surgery in the
country".
Cong rebels
spoil City Corporation panel polls:
The Congress party, which witnessed rebel activities
during standing committee polls in the Zilla Panchayat,
witnessed the same in Mysore City Corporation. Mayor T B
Chikanna was forced to postpone elections to two standing
committees. At a meeting held here the Janata Dal leaders
criticized the Mayor for delaying the meeting and alleged
that the meeting was delayed following a split among the
Congress members. The rebellion in the Congress party came
to fore when senior Congress corporator M C Chikkanna
filed papers for the Finance Committee while the party had
fielded C M Mahadevamma, Najimuddin, Dhakshamurthy, Uma
Maniraju, K Suresh Babu (JD) and M G Mahesh (BJP).
Sugar Minister
charged with irregularities:
District BJP president B S Ranga Iyengar has charged Sugar
Minister M Mahadev and T Narasipur Legislator Bharthi
Shankar of colluding with racketeers in siphoning off
funds allocated for irrigation projects. Speaking to media
persons here, the district BJP president said renovation
work on Hullahalli Canal has turned out to be a major
scam. Iyengar said the Asian Development Bank funded Rs 28
crore renovation project has witnessed substandard work by
contractors, who were awarded piece work.
Statue
desecration: Action sought:
City based Dalit organization Nayaka Sangha and Janata Dal
activists staged dharnas in different places of the City
protesting against the desecration of Ambedkar statue in
Koppal district. Janata Dal activists, led by former Mayor
Narayana and corporator H S Ravindranath, staged Rasta
roko near Silk Factory Circle demanding immediate action
against the culprits. Narayana said desecration of any
statue should be condemned and demanded action against
Koppal district Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of
Police. Corporator Prabhu Murthy, JD (S) leaders P Raju,
Sundhar, N Mahesh, former corporator Somashekar and others
participated in the dharna. The Ashokapurm Dalit
Organization led by KPCC SC/ST Secretary N Bhaskar staged
a Rasta roko near Ashoka Circle demanding action against
those accused in the desecration.
Kukkarahalli
Lake to be rejuvenated:
The Mysore University and Mysore City Corporation have
chalked out an action plan to rejuvenate the Kukkarahalli
Lake, which has been polluted in recent times. The
Corporation would start excavation work to dig out
trenches to divert sewage water from flowing onto the
lake. The team comprising of Mayor T B Chikkanna,
Rangayana Director Prasanna, Mysore University Registrar N
D Tiwary, and Kukkarahalli Lake Protection Committee chief
inspected the lake.
Secondary cities
should be projected: STPI chief:
Secondary cities like Mysore should be provided the
necessary infrastructure and technical expertise to help
the center face the competition in the IT sector, said
STPI Karnataka Director, BV Naidu. Inaugurating the Mysore
IT.com here on Friday, Naidu said with the global slowdown
affecting major industries, secondary cities should
concentrate on small and medium scale sectors. The present
requirement in the IT sector is not for highly skilled
work-force but for special facilities like call centers
which would be better placed in Mysore due to the
availability of cheap labour.
Delay in panel
polls flayed:
Former Mayor and JD (S) corporator Narayana criticized
Mayor T B Chikkanna for postponing elections to standing
committees without valid reasons. He said the elections to
standing committees should be held on the day of the Mayor
and Deputy Mayor's election. It is unfortunate that the
Mayor has violated Section 55 of the Karnataka
Municipality Act by abruptly adjourning the meeting.
Disabled: income
no bar to avail benefits:
Women and Child Welfare Minister Motamma said the
Government has removed income limit to help physically
disabled persons to avail welfare programmes of the
government. Speaking after inaugurating the Helen Keller
Government training Centre for Teachers of Visually
Handicapped in Government Blind School premises here on
Saturday, she said physically disabled persons with
authorized identity card issued by the State Government
could avail the facilities. "Disabled, irrespective
of their financial background, can avail the facilities
including financial assistance from the National
Physically Handicapped Financial Development
Corporation," she said.
Kabini lift
irrigation project: 'Gundlpet must benefit':
The proposed Kabini II stage lift irrigation project
should be expanded to Gundlpet to help irrigate around
15,000 acres, said legislator H S Mahadev Prasad. Speaking
to media persons here on Saturday, he said Gundlpet taluk
would have only 500 acres to irrigate if it was left out
in the second stage of Kabini project. The proposed
project has a target irrigate 1.3 lakh acres in
Chamarajanagar while only 500 acres "would benefit in
Gundlpet", he said. Prasad wanted Koogalur lift
irrigation project to be clubbed with the Kabini second
stage project to irrigate around 15,000 acres in the
taluk.
No vaccine for
gastro, but new strains abounds: Expert:
Gastroenteritis, which does not have an effective vaccine,
is a serious cause for concern with novel virus strain
emerging in Indian which could be related to the lifestyle
of the populace, said Durga Rao of Indian Institute of
Science. Speaking at a seminar at Central Food
Technological Research Institute here on Tuesday, Durga
Rao said around eight lakh people die every year due to
acute diarrhea. Rao said widespread use of cattle waste in
rural areas has resulted in the bovine strain of the virus
entering human beings. Their reverse was also witnessed
with "bovine virus having human strains". He
pointed out that 5 per cent of the samples tested from
Mysore had a strain belonging to a horse.
PUCL condemns
attack on activist:
Members peoples Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL),
Karnataka Chapter, have condemned the attack on P B D'sa,
a PUCL activist from Mangalore recently. V Lakshminarayana,
general secretary of PUCL, Karnataka said the attack on
D'sa was intended to eliminate D'sa who was in the
forefront of civil liberties movement. The attempt is a
desperate bid to stop civil liberties movement in Dakshina
Kannada, he said. He recalled that a progressive students'
union activist was murdered and the police have failed to
arrest the culprits. The PUCL has called upon all the
progressive forces to raise their voices to protest the
attack. It has also called upon the Government to arrest
the accused.
Scholarship
funds misused by teacher:
Activists of the B R Ambedkar Yuvakara Sangha, Rajkumar
Kannada Yuvasena and ABVP staged dharnas in different
parts of the City. Members of the Ambedkar Yuvakara Sangha
staged a dharna in front of the Zilla Panchayath office
demanding action against Government Higher Primary School
Head Master Sudguru Murthy for misusing scholarship funds.
They charged that the teacher has misused the scholarship
funds of 150 students. Meanwhile, ZP Chief Executive
Officer T K Anil Kumar said the Government would take
legal action against the teacher.
Prasad unhappy
over Presidential candidate choice:
Union Minister V Srinivasa Prasad has said that the ruling
NDA and Opposition have failed to discuss at length before
selecting the Presidential candidate. He was speaking
after inaugurating a seminar on "Presidential
election" organized by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Centenary celebration committee. "Political parties,
including BJP, NDA allies, Congress and People's Front
constituents should have discussed extensively before
deciding a consensus candidate," he said. He said he
has also expressed his displeasure at Samata Party
Parliamentary Board meeting for not discussing the
efficiency level of the presidential candidate.
Mysore police
treat Srinath shabbily:
Mysore police was left red-faced with embarrassment after
an officer of the department shabbily treated
International cricketer Javagal Srinath. According to
sources close to the cricketer, Srinath had visited the
Kuvempunagar police station to file a report about the
loss of his vehicle's registration certificate. But
instead of registering the report, station Inspector
Rajendra Prasad allegedly ill-treated Srinath, refusing to
offer him even a seat. Moreover, the ace pace bowler was
asked to produce a certificate from a notary. "This
certificate is not mandatory for filing a report about a
missing document", ACP S D Ramakrishna later told
this newspaper. When Srinath tried to persuade Prasad
about his bonafides the officer shot back by saying he was
not bothered about how busy the cricketer was and asserted
that nothing less than a certificate would do. When
Srinath took his leave, the subordinates at the police
station rushed up to him, pleading with him to hush up the
matter. Later these police personnel registered the report
about the missing document.
Srinath flays
down Mysore episode:
The unsavory incident in which cricket star Srinath was
meted out a shabby treatment at a police station here had
the officials on their toes to apologise for the same.
Srinath who had been a police station to file a complaint
was treated shabbily by the station officer, it was
reported. ACP Ramakrishna who was assigned the job of
making amends failed to meet the ace fast bowler till late
Monday afternoon. Later, Srinath, who is said to have
contacted Ramakrishna, sought the issue to be played down.
Srinath, however, did not file any complaint against the
police official concerned and wanted the row to be ended.
But he refused to deny the incident. In fact, he refused
to comment on the episode.
Center asked to
depute team on Cauvery:
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha president K S Puttannaiah
flayed the Tamil Nadu Government for demanding release of
cauvery water and urged the Union Government to depute a
team to study the prevailing situation in the state.
Speaking to media persons, he urged the State Government
to document the existing drought-like situation in the
Cauvery delta and other places through videos. He said it
was ridiculous on part of TN and Union Governments to seek
release of water from Karnataka when there was no water in
KRS, Hemavathi and Kabini reservoirs.
Correspondent
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