District Administration prepares for monsoon onslaught Madikeri: A Red Alert has been sounded in Kodagu as heavy to very heavy rains are expected in the next two days. The district has been receiving heavy rains since the last three days and there have been reports of landslides and rivers overflowing. Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani…
Vikram Hospital being readied to provide COVID-19 treatment
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), under instructions from the District Administration, undertook cleaning and sanitising of the closed Vikram Jeshta Hospital on Vivekananda Road in Yadavagiri this morning. MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh said that following instructions from DC Abhiram G. Sankar, the Hospital is being cleaned and sanitised to provide…
Now order medicines from Raghulal & Co using mobile App
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City’s premier pharmacy chain Raghulal & Co launched an App on Google Play Store this morning making the purchase and delivery of medicines easy. All one has to do is to download Raghulal app from Play Store and purchase medicines which will be home delivered. Not only can one purchase Over The Counter (OTC)…
COVID-infected to be shifted to KSOU extension centre at Mandakalli
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With Corona positive cases rising by the day in the district, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that new patients will be shifted to KSOU Extension Centre at Mandakalli. Speaking to presspersons here yesterday, Sankar said that as the beds in the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS road in the city is full, the…
It’s official, Ponnampet in Kodagu district becomes Taluk
July 7, 2020Ponnampet: Over a year after the announcement of the formation of Ponnampet taluk in Kodagu district, the State Government in a notification issued on July 3, has officially notified Ponnampet as a new taluk under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act. The previous JD(S)-Congress Coalition Government, headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy, had announced formation of Ponnampet taluk…
Karnataka revises quarantine rules for other State returnees
July 7, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has issued a revised order on its quarantine rules for returnees to the State including those returning from India’s worst-hit State, Maharashtra amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the State. According to the revised quarantine norms, people returning from all other States to Karnataka, including Maharashtra, shall be placed in 14-day…
Flooding during monsoon: Srirampura SBM Colony residents bear the brunt every time it rains
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: It is a nightmare for the residents of SBM Colony in Srirampura every time it rains, as rainwater mixed with sewage invade their dwelling and also seeps into the underground water sumps besides forcing the residents to stay on the first floor of their houses or neighbours’ houses as rainwater invades their homes. The…
MCC Works Committee members deny MP’s allegations of extortion
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly denying MP Pratap Simha’s allegation that MCC Works Committee members were extorting money from people constructing buildings and the contractors engaged in laying of underground power cable works, at a meeting chaired by the District in-Charge Minister at Regional Commissioner’s office recently, the MCC has strongly condemned the MP’s remarks terming it as…
MLA Ramdas takes out padayatra, conducts thermal screening
July 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas visited Nanjumalige market and surrounding areas and performed thermal screened vegetable vendors and others in the area this morning. MLA Ramdas, who began his padayatra at 6 am, visited Nanjumalige Circle and interacted with street vendors including vegetable and fruit vendors and other persons who were engaged in…
COVID Testing Laboratory to open at Panchakarma Hospital
July 7, 2020After K.R. and JSS Hospitals, this will be the 3rd Lab Mysore/Mysuru: The new COVID-19 Testing Laboratory set up at Ayurveda Panchakarma Hospital on KRS road, Brindavan Extension, will start functioning in about 10 days. Announcing this here yesterday, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar said that the new Testing Laboratory will ease pressure on the…
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