Coronavirus Update
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: August 12, 2020
Mysuru reports 544 new COVID-19 positive cases, 668 discharges and 11 deaths today.
Coronavirus Update, COVID-19, News
Trauma Centre on KRS Road as additional COVID Hospital
Modern facility has 246 beds and 46 ventilators; SARI and ILI patients to be admitted there: DC Mysore/Mysuru: The new and ultra-modern Mysuru Trauma Care Centre in PKTB premises on KRS Road will be used as another COVID-19 Hospital in the wake of rising Coronavirus cases, said Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar here this morning. ...
Coronavirus Update, COVID-19, News
Hold exclusive plasma donation camp, Tanveer Sait urges DC
DC asks hospitals, healthcare staff not to reuse PPE kits and discard them as per protocol Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration should hold an exclusive blood (plasma) donation camp to encourage COVID-recovered patients to donate their plasma to help other Coronavirus patients to recover, opined Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait. Meeting Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at...
NEWS
News
Serial Thefts Rock City
Burglars make away with cash, liquor bottles and cigarette packs Mysore/Mysuru: Our city experienced an unprecedented case of serial theft on a single...
News
Zoo Road may be ready for traffic in 15 days
Mysore/Mysuru: The subway works, connecting the Zoo parking lot to the Zoo entrance gate, which was taken up on Jan. 17, is now going on in full pace ...
Coronavirus Update, COVID-19, News
Trauma Centre on KRS Road as additional COVID Hospital
Modern facility has 246 beds and 46 ventilators; SARI and ILI patients to be admitted there: DC Mysore/Mysuru: The new and ultra-modern Mysuru T...
Coronavirus Update, COVID-19, News
Hold exclusive plasma donation camp, Tanveer Sait urges DC
DC asks hospitals, healthcare staff not to reuse PPE kits and discard them as per protocol Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration should hold an e...
News
Talacauvery Chief Priest’s body found: Search on for three more bodies
Madikeri: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has recovered the body of the Chief Priest of Talacauvery T.S. Narayanachar (80) yesterday from ...
News
MCC registers for India Cycles4Change Challenge
Seeks support of citizens Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru is one of the 95 cities to have registered for India Cycles4Change Challenge, an initiative of Smart C...
News
Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 virtual series from this weekend
Mysore/Mysuru: With Covid-19 locking down cities, the fourth edition Mysuru Literature Festival-2020 will be held virtually on every weekend from Aug....
CARTOON
COVID-19 UPDATE
HEALTH CAPSULE
COLUMNS
Columns, Point of View
Now Covid is the great leveller
By T.J.S. George Unity of the unexpected kind is in the air. Karnataka’s Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa caught Covid and went into quarantine, ...
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns
Nostalgically Speaking — 4: Farrokh K. Irani
Among the most interesting and colourful persons that I met in Mysore was the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of the famous Jawa Motorcycle Co...
Columns
Venerable Vasudeva Maharaj
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore India in general and South India in...
Columns, In Black & White
Hype & Truth
Sushant Singh Rajput died on June 14 and the entire nation was in shock. Then a month later, the mourning turned into outrage as many claimed it was m...
EVENTS TODAY
Events Today
Elected
M. Shadakshari was elected unopposed as President and K. Ningamma as Vice-President of Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Mandya District KSRTC Employees Cred...
Events Today
Abhiyenthararu – a Theatre for Engineers, Mysuru and South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC), Thanjavur
Rashtriya Ranga Utsava (National Theatre Festival), Staging of Hindi play ‘Ghatotkacha’ by Abhinay Kalyan, Mumbai (Director – Abhijeet Zunjarrao...
Events Today
Vidwan R.K. Srikantan Trust, Bengaluru and Ganabharathi, Mysuru
Birth centenary celebrations of legendary maestro Padma Bhushan, Sangeetha Kalanidhi late Dr. R.K. Srikantan and Mysore Maharaja late Sri Jayachamaraj...
Events Today
JSS Medical College, Mysuru
Graduates Reception, Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graces the occasion, Dr. H. Vinod Bhat, Vice-Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Educatio...
FEATURED ARTICLES
Feature Articles
Perseid Meteor Showers to light up the night sky
By Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Amateur Astronomer and Convener, Mysore Astronomical Society Indians are privileged to witness astounding Perseid Meteor Sh...
Feature Articles
Tranquil Homes
As postulated in Feng Shui analysis, the luck of the individual is said to change annually along with the luck of the premises as energy keeps changin...
Feature Articles
Guduchi: A potent herbal immune booster
By Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy, Scientist In recent months, ayurvedic medicines and herbs are gaining more importance for their usefulness to boost immunity...
Feature Articles
Middle Eastern Mythologies
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik The Middle East includes Mesopotamia (Iraq), the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris. To its East is Persia (Iran); to i...
Feature Articles
“Virtual Learning in the context of COVID-19”
By Dr. N.N. Prahallada, Former Faculty, Regional Institute of Education, Mysuru Virtual education has been in existence in some form or the other for ...
Feature Articles
Forgotten in India – A Hero in Japan Justice Radhabinod Pal
By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy The United States dropped an uranium atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on 6th August 1945. Nearly a lakh of civilians...
Feature Articles
A tribute to Dr. Indra Amla
Her popularity as a Doctor was so much, some patients even named their daughters ‘Indra’ By Dr. V. Prakash, Former Director of CFTRI and D...
Feature Articles
Corona-Mardhaka Ganesha for strength to combat COVID
City-based artist D. Revanna, who is known for coming up with unique creative Ganesha statues based on current events during Ganesh Chaturthi every ye...
EVENTS TOMORROW
Events Tomorrow
Postal Mela tomorrow
A day-long Postal Mela has been organised at the Head Post Office on Ashoka Road in city from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm tomorrow. The members of the public c...
Events Tomorrow
Sri Ramakrishna Ashram
Swami Yukteshanandaji speaks on ‘Divine Life of Sri Ramakrishna,’ Ashram premises, Yadavagiri, 6 pm.
Events Tomorrow
Vidwan R.K. Srikantan Trust, Bengaluru and Ganabharathi, Mysuru
Birth centenary celebrations of legendary maestro Sangeetha Kalanidhi late Dr. R.K. Srikantan and Mysore Maharaja late Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, Musi...
Photo News
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Photo News
Installation of Rotary Mysore East team
The new team of Rotary Club of Mysore East was installed by chief guest Past AG Rtn. K.G. Ananth Raj Urs. Guest of honour was the newly-elected AG Rtn...
Photo News
Plea to clear garbage at Yadavagiri 1st Main
Garbage dumped at Yadavagiri 1st Main is not cleared and is getting scattered due to wind and rains. Residents allege of foul smell emanating from the...
Photo News
Manhole behind Lakshmi Theatre on the verge of collapse
The surroundings of the manhole on Renukacharya Street behind Lakshmi Theatre is in the verge of caving-in which may also result in the manhole collap...
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Photo News
Krishna Janmashtami celebrated in city
Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra seen showering flower petals to the idol of Sri Krishna on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami celebration at a function org...
Photo News
‘Guru Rayara Mahimegalu’ book released
‘Guru Rayara Mahimegalu,’ a collection of Sri Guru Raghavendraswamy history penned by S. Nagaraja, was released at the 101 Ganapati Temple near Agraha...
Photo News
Plea to asphalt Azeez Sait Main Road
The stretch of Azeez Sait Main Road is filled with potholes causing a lot of inconvenience to the public, especially motorists. Rainwater gets filled ...
EDITORIAL
Editorial
Forewarned is forearmed
The term virus, understood so far by an infinitesimal fraction of humanity across the world has witnessed universal familiarity during the past few mo...
Editorial
Country’s Corona Curve
Graphic representations of the cosmic dance of Coronavirus as it were, currently christened as COVID-19, in the form of curves while reporting the num...
Editorial
People’s pleasing profile
Self-praising and self-degrading habits are known to lead to enthusiasm and depression respectively. Also, facing crisis situations and succumbing to ...
Editorial
Administration amends Aam janata adjusts
The issue of providing good governance in the country has just turned tougher than in normal times, thanks to the pandemic in almost all countries acr...
Editorial
Courage conquers crisis
Global scenario, particularly in the self-declared developed countries and that in India are strikingly contrasting on many counts in the ongoing Covi...
Editorial
Home-bound for homework
In an act of empathy for the cause of children in primary schools of Karnataka, the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education in the State Governme...
Voice of the Reader
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Voice of The Reader
Driving tutors violating traffic rules in city
Sir, A couple of days back near V.V. Mohalla Police Station signal, the driving tutor of a driving school was prompting his student – driver to ...
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Voice of The Reader
UGD problem in R.K. Nagar G-Block
Sir, Foul smell is emanating from the UGD in First Cross, G-Block, Ramakrishnanagar (R.K.Nagar) under Ward 58 for the last 3 to 4 months causing nuisa...
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Voice of The Reader
Role of public in controlling the deadly COVID-19
Sir, Apropos to the views of K.R. Jayaprakash Rao on COVID-19 surge in this column on July 28, we are aware that this deadly disease is spreading acro...
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Voice of The Reader
Riding on the wrong way!
Sir, It is quite interesting to see that people are forgetting the basic road safety rules and finding new ways to reach their destinations. Riding or...
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Voice of The Reader
Remembering Dr. K.B. Subbaiah
Sir, I am writing this letter after reading KBG’s Abracadabra “Nostalgically Speaking — 1: Dr. K.B. Subbaiah” about his brother in Star of Mysore date...
SPORTS
Sports
WTA adds two events, adjusts rankings method for 2020
Florida: The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour revised its provisional 2020 schedule and player rankings method Thursday as women’s tennis prepare...
Sports
Wimbledon hailed as “Class Act” for 10 million pound prize money gesture
London: Wimbledon was hailed as “a class act” on Friday after the tournament agreed to award 10 million pounds in prize money to the 620 p...
Sports
England Vs West Indies – 1st Test: Blackwood stars as West Indies beat England by four wickets
Southampton: Jermaine Blackwood (95) scored his 11th Test half-century that helped the West Indies register a famous four-wicket win over England in S...
Sports
Former Karnataka Skipper Vinay’s Puducherry stint ends
Puducherry: Former Karnataka skipper R. Vinay Kumar ended his stint with Puducherry following an impressive show with the Plate-group team in the 2019...
IN BREIFS
In Briefs
ATI conducts training on e-Governance
Gazetted Officer Bharathi of Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru, conducted a training session on ‘e-Governance and computer usage’ to tra...
In Briefs
No power supply tomorrow
Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (Aug. 13) between 10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Saraswathipuram...
In Briefs
Ph.D awardee
Bharathiar University, Coim-batore, has awarded Ph.D in Mathematics to G.P. Saritha for her thesis ‘New Trends in Complex Functions Theory’ submitted ...
In Briefs
e-Quiz on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swatantra Bharat’
As part of Independence Day Celebrations 2020, online quiz competition on ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Swatantra Bharat’ will be conducted by Ministry of Defe...
OBITUARY
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Obituary
K. Prakash
K. Prakash (51), a resident of Alanahalli Layout passed away yesterday night in city. He leaves behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a host of r...
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Obituary
A. Venkatesh
A. Venkatesh (75), a retired employee of NIE and a resident of Vivekananda Nagar, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his wife, three daug...
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Obituary
Alhaj Anwar Pasha
Alhaj Anwar Pasha (78), retired Vice-Principal of Maharaja’s Junior College, Secretary of Karnataka School at Shanthinagar and a resident of Kalyangir...
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Obituary
V. Krishnamurthy
V. Krishnamurthy (69), a PWD Contractor and a resident of Hanumanthanagar in Bannimantap, passed away this morning at his residence in city. He leaves...
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Obituary
M.H. Puttaswamaiah
M.H. Puttaswamaiah (75), a resident of Andani Circle in Vidyaranyapuram, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his wife Lakshmi, two sons, a...
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