New Delhi: Eleven days into a total lockdown to control spread of COVID-19, India will turn off lights for nine minutes at 9 pm today (Apr. 5) after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Friday morning and gave a call for unity to “fight the darkness of Coronavirus pandemic.” In a video message,…
Stringent action to be taken against violators, warns Police Chief Deputy Commissioner urges citizens to co-operate Mysore/Mysuru: As people are unnecessarily moving around on roads in the guise of providing help or seeking help and also not maintaining social distance during purchase of essential commodities, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has ordered closure of all…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the city is yet to witness a scenario of a complete lockdown, with people seen coming on to the streets to buy essential commodities, several informed citizens have urged the authorities to stipulate a time period for the purchase of essential items like groceries and vegetables. Some citizens have complained that there…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Postal services, which were suspended for a week following the lockdown, has resumed from April 1. Subsequent to the announcement of the nationwide lockdown, all Postal services were suspended from Mar.25 to 31. But now basic Postal services like social security pension schemes, RD Deposits, Western Union Money Order, delivery of posts, Booking…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following the nationwide lockdown and closure of hotels and roadside eateries, stray animals are left starving. Noting this, various Associations and Organisations have been feeding the stray animals across the city every day. City’s Namma Mysore Foundation too launched a stray animal feeding programme. Foundation Managing Trustee K. Dasharatha said, “Due to lockdown, many…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat COVID-19 patients. “After call today with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is giving serious consideration to releasing the hold it put on a US order for hydroxychloroquine,” US…
Mysore/Mysuru: Aparna Garg, Divisional Railway Manager, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru, inspected the nearly 270-km stretch of Section from Mysuru-Arsikere-Chikjajur on Friday accompanied by senior officials of Operations, Civil Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical and Medical Departments of the Division. She again reminded the core team that the priority of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) was…
Mysore/Mysuru: Asking the citizens to save themselves from COVID-19 rather than looking at ways from escaping Police, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta said that it was important to follow the lockdown regulations when the country was battling in full might against the deadly pandemic. Speaking to SOM, Dr. Chandragupta said that it was important for…
Mysore/Mysuru: All the ladies from Rajasthani community performed ‘Sheetala Puja‘ at Bisilu Maramma Temple in Janatha Nagar here recently. This is a special puja performed by Rajasthani community ladies, to make the Goddess cool. Basoda Puja is dedicated to Goddess Sheetala and celebrated on Krishna Paksha Ashtami after Holi. Basoda is also known as Sheetala…
Hunsur: The Hunsur Police on Saturday arrested a former Hunsur City Municipal Council (CMC) Member for organising a religious prayer meet (Namaz) at his house in the town, in violation of the lockdown regulations. Mohammad Mohidullah Shariff is the former CMC Member who was arrested and later released on Station Bail. Acting on a tip…
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