By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Indian doctors have often been referred to as the backbone of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), with an estimated 60,000 medics from India working for the State-funded health service. It is doctors like Mysuru-origin Sankeerthana Subramaniam who are the ones leading the fight against COVID-19. The frontline in this…
Are some more equal than others in COVID times?
May 4, 2020Sir, I am baffled, dismayed and disappointed by the way our people conduct themselves as if they believe in the adage, “All are equal but some are more equal than others.” I am saying this with references to some of the news reports published in ‘SOM’ dated May 2. I am referring to three events:…
Excise officials check liquor inventory in Mysuru
May 3, 2020Standalone wine stores, MSIL outlets to open tomorrow Shops permitted to sell liquor between 9 am and 7 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Dry days are finally set to end as Mysuru (like rest of Karnataka) will conditionally re-open standalone liquor stores from tomorrow (May 4). Only CL-2 (retail shops) and CL-11C (State-run retail shops such as MSIL)…
‘Nityotsava Kavi’ Nissar Ahmed passes away in Bengaluru
May 3, 2020Bengaluru: Renowned Kannada poet Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed, popular as ‘Nityotsava Kavi,’ passed away at his residence in Bengaluru this morning. He was 84. According to sources, the celebrated poet was suffering from cancer and was hospitalised too. Born on Feb.5, 1936, at Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district, Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed leaves…
Movement Pass seekers, migrant workers throng City Police Commissioner’s Office
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 2,000 people, who had applied for Movement Pass (both one way and two way) to go back to their native places or to bring back their family members stuck in other places thronged City Police Commissioner’s Office in Nazarbad this morning to give their details and obtain the Pass. Also, many migrant…
Fresh Police guidelines for Mysureans from May 4 to 17
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After following stringent guidelines so far during the nationwide lockdown, here is more and fresh Police guidelines to be followed from May 4 (tomorrow) till May 17 in Mysuru city. As per the directives of Union and State Governments, the Mysuru City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has issued fresh orders and considering many violations…
Soothsayer Koravanjis of Mysuru stare at bleak future
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “Barutayti barutayti, Olle kaala barutayti, aa Yellamma Devi Ellarannu Kaapaduttale (Good times will come, Goddess Yellamma Devi will take care of everyone).” This is the soothsaying as told by the Koravanjis who travel all around the city, to the doorsteps of the houses singing melodiously and praising Goddess Yellamma, clad in Ilkal sarees, round…
495 migrant labourers return home
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government permitting return of stranded migrant workers to their native places, the District Administration has almost completed the process of sending back migrant workers to their native places. Starting from Apr.26, the authorities have moved a total of 495 migrant workers, most of whom were from North Karnataka, in 24 KSRTC buses…
Probe to trace source of Nanjangud COVID-19 cluster ends midway
May 3, 2020Investigation Officer submits incomplete report Mysore/Mysuru: The mystery over how the first patient (now identified as Patient Zero or P52) from Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics contracted the deadly Novel Coronavirus might remain a mystery for ever as the probe ordered by the State Government has remained incomplete. Senior IAS Officer Harsha Gupta, who was appointed by…
Big cat spotted roaming inside Coffee Estate in South Kodagu
May 3, 2020Ponnampet: The elusive tiger that is terrorising some of the villages in South Kodagu was spotted inside a coffee estate near Balele last evening. The feline was sighted near the estate of Podamada Ashok Chengappa at Rajapura village. The photographs and the video of the fully-grown big cat has gone viral. The video shows two…
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