Hunsur: With hundreds of labourers travelling in jeeps and other vehicles from Hanagodu region in Hunsur for work in Coffee estates in Kodagu and neighbouring Kerala, Hunsur Taluk Administration has taken measures to screen all of them for COVID-19. On the first day of the Lockdown yesterday, Dr. Girish of Doddahejjur Primary Health Centre near…
Police initiate legal action against man flouting home quarantine order
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: V.V. Puram Police have initiated legal action against a man, who had returned from abroad and flouted home quarantine order. The man, who arrived from Australia to Bengaluru in a flight on Mar.22, was stamped on his upper palm and was ordered to undergo 14 days home quarantine till Apr. 6 at his house…
Government employees aged over 50 years get holiday
March 24, 2020Bengaluru: Even as the State Government announced a week-long complete lockdown across the State to stop the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, the State Government, in a gesture to its senior employees, said that all employees aged over 50 years and those who are suffering from various medical ailments, can avail holiday till Apr.4. Such…
Noted film producer Kapali Mohan commits suicide
March 24, 2020Bengaluru: Noted financier and film producer, Kapali Mohan committed suicide at his own hotel near Peenya in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Monday. V.K. Mohan, known as Kapali Mohan (59), was a resident of Sadashivanagar and was very close to the family of late actor Dr. Rajkumar. He was suffering from huge financial crisis…
Home Guards hope for dignity of work, better salary
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Their slogan is ‘Nishkam Seva’ meaning Honorary Service. Trained in first aid, emergency relief and disaster management, they assist Police in various situations — all for a meagre salary of Rs. 380 per day. The Indian Home Guard is a volunteer force tasked as an auxiliary to the State Police. The job of a…
Government approves Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project
March 24, 2020Bengaluru: Urban Development Minister Byrati Basavaraj said that the Government has approved the ambitious Rs.350 crore Hale Unduwadi Water Project aimed at supplying regular drinking water from KRS Backwaters to many localities of the city and 92 surrounding villages. Replying to a query by Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda and NR MLA Tanveer Sait during the…
UoM asks students to use digital education platform
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: With the University of Mysore (UoM) declaring a long-holiday for students in the wake of COVID-19 scare, the University’s Educational Multi-Media Research Centre (EMRC) has urged the students to study from the safety of their homes by reaching on the digital education platform being provided by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC). While being…
Mysore Varsity declares holiday to all staff
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: In a bid to prevent Coronavirus from spreading, University of Mysore (UoM) has declared holiday for its teaching and non-teaching staff from Mar.23 to Mar.31, said Varsity Registrar Prof. R. Shivappa who added that the holidays were declared following instructions from the State Government asking them to declare holidays to all colleges coming under…
National Poshan Abhiyaan, a ‘Jan Andolan’
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: National Poshan Abhiyaan is not just a programme, it is a ‘Jan Andolan (People’s Movement)’, which aims to free the nation from malnutrition and reach every household with the message of ‘Nutrition.’ The goals of this Abhiyaan are to achieve improvement in nutritional status of children from zero to six years, adolescent girls, pregnant…
Legal action if masks, sanitisers sold at higher rates
March 24, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Following COVID-19 scare, the Central Government has fixed Rs. 8 for two ply masks, Rs. 10 for three ply masks and Rs. 100 for a 200ml bottle of sanitiser. Despite the Centre fixing the rates, complaints of masks and sanitisers being sold at exorbitant prices are being received. Hence, legal action would be initiated…
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