Crowd Concern: Sub-Registrar offices turning out to be COVID hotspots
May 4, 2021People continue to flood markets and public places Mysore/Mysuru: The mandatory COVID-19 protocols are going for a toss every day in Mysuru despite lockdown-like measures, causing concern. These crowds, with barely any mask and no social distancing can prove to be super-spreaders. In fact, crowds, in their enthusiasm to purchase essentials, are tending to forget…
IPL-2021 suspended indefinitely
May 4, 2021New Delhi: The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting this afternoon unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021, with immediate effect after several players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19. “The tournament has been suspended indefinitely. We will try to conduct…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: May 4, 2021
May 4, 2021Mysuru reports 2293 new COVID-19 positive cases, 952 discharges and 10 deaths today.
Villagers block road to Paschimavahini
May 4, 2021Residents take matter into their own hands as people continue to perform rituals in connivance with some priests Srirangapatna: Family members of a COVID victim who had come to Srirangapatna (Gosai Ghat) from Bengaluru to immerse the ashes were turned away by villagers this morning. The family was told that the Taluk Administration had banned…
Santhepet shops re-open following alternate-day rule
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Santhepet area in the heart of the Central Business District, which was completely shut down by the authorities for two days due to non-compliance of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and other guideline violations, re-opened today to a new rule introduced by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which allows permitted shops on the left side…
Chamarajanagar tragedy: MLA blames lack of Co-ordination between Mysuru and Chamarajanagar DCs
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the tragic incident at Chamarajanagar, where 24 Covid patients allegedly died in a duration of 24 hours at the District Hospital for want of Medical Oxygen, K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh has blamed lack of co-ordination between the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts. Addressing a press meet at…
With markets shut, vendors take to streets
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the District Administration ordering a ban on fairs, shandies, jathras etc. as a COVID safety and precautionary measure in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases, the Devaraja Market, V.V. Market, Mandi Market and M.G. Road Vegetable Market have been completely shut for business until further orders. However, the vendors are allowed to…
Wails pierce walls of Chamarajanagar Hospital
May 4, 2021Chamarajanagar: The death of 24 COVID patients in Chamarajanagar District Hospital within 24 hours due to oxygen shortage has sent shock-waves among the relatives of patients who are yet to come to terms with the tragedy. While a host of VIPs are visiting Chamarajanagar and at a time when Government authorities and political leaders are…
Probe begins into deaths due to oxygen shortage
May 4, 2021Chamarajanagar DC takes officials to task for leaking ‘unofficial’ death audit report Chamarajanagar: Senior IAS Officer and KSRTC Managing Director Shivayogi Kalasad arrived in Chamarajanagar this morning to investigate the deaths of 24 COVID-19 patients due to oxygen shortage. The State Government has appointed Kalasad to probe the incident and submit a report within three…
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