Mysore/Mysuru: Following the orders from University Grants Commission (UGC) and Higher Education Department regarding students’ education during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown period, Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University in Mysuru has already started online classes (Zoom App, WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and others) and will be completing the pending syllabus by the…
MGP meeting on COVID-19
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The monthly meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) will be held on Sunday (Apr. 12) at 4 pm. Since the curfew is in effect, the meeting will be held online. The subject of the meeting is COVID-19 and its various aspects. Members of the public who are interested in participating in the meeting are…
Three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ launched at APMC Market
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ that are installed at separate places in Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Market on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road were launched recently. The disinfectant tunnels have been installed by the Mysuru Zilla and Taluk Panchayat and Hosahundi Gram Panchayat in collaboration with APMC to protect…
Online passes to be issued for transportation of essentials
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hedge has said that the MCC will issue online passes to traders for distribution of essential commodities such as groceries, grains, fruits and vegetables and medicines. Likewise, passes will be issued to organisations and donors who come forward for distributing essential items to the poor and the needy, for which they…
Financial Censorship: Indian Newspaper Society reacts
April 10, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS)on Wednesday urged Congress President Sonia Gandhi to withdraw her suggestion to the Government to impose a two-year ban on media advertisements by the Government and Public Sector Undertakings. “Such a proposal tantamounts to financial censorship,” the Society said in a statement on Thursday. The Congress President had on…
Members of CII Young Indians-Mysuru donate blood
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of a news item on shortage of blood in Blood Banks (SOM dated Apr. 3), the members of CII Young Indians, Mysuru, donated blood to the needy patients. This noble initiative was led by Bharath Devarajappa. The reason attributed was that donors were not being able to visit the place of donation…
Corona prevention insists social distancing
April 10, 2020Sir, COVID-19 caused by the Novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has brought difficulties to common man across the globe and restricted their movement at all levels. The complete lockdown of the country could reduce the rate of virus spread considerably, which resulted only in a few hundreds of new cases per day,…
Donations pour in to combat COVID-19
April 10, 2020In a bid to help the State Government fight COVID-19, donations from writers, politicians and individuals are pouring in to the PM and Chief Minister’s Relief Fund from city. MLC Sandesh Nagaraj donated Rs. 1 crore from his MLC Fund and his one month’s salary of Rs. 1 lakh towards CM’s Relief Fund to Minister…
Cauvery Hospital staff light lamps to show solidarity
April 10, 2020Cauvery Heart & Multi-Specialty Hospital Chairman Dr. G.R. Chandrashekar along with Managing Director Dr. Sarala Chandrashekar, doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, lit lamps and candles to show solidarity following the call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Apr. 5.
M. Parameshwari Dayal
April 10, 2020M. Parameshwari Dayal (83), of Dayal Sweets at Channapatna and a long time resident of Mysuru, passed away on Apr. 2 here. He leaves behind his wife Mitilesh, one son, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Parameshwari Dayal was the son of late Munshilal of Sri Krishna Bhavan in Mysuru, who later…
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