Madikeri: Monsoon has begun in Kodagu and it has been raining in the district since the last 48 hours, prompting the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) to declare an Orange Alert till tomorrow morning. Rains are accompanied by gusty winds and at many places, normal life has been thrown out of gear. The IMD has predicted…
Online classes, Offline problem: Students, teachers of Otterthotti in Chamarajanagar trek to hilltops for internet
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, students, teachers, parents and communities are doing their best to replace in-person with online learning. But Praveen from a remote village in Chamarajanagar, who is in 10th Standard, has not attended even one day of class. Ever since Praveen’s school was closed for months amid the pandemic,…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: June 15, 2021
June 15, 2021Mysuru reports 490 new COVID-19 positive cases, 1438 discharges and 26 deaths today.
Sa.Ra. Convention Hall not on Raja Kaluve: Panel
June 15, 2021Clean chit to K.R. Nagar JD-S MLA MLA S.R. Mahesh denies any wrongdoing Mysore/Mysuru: The controversy after former Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri saying that the Sa.Ra. Convention Hall — a Choultry owned by K.R. Nagar JD-S MLA S.R. Mahesh — stood on a Raja Kaluve (storm water drain) showed a sign of settling down…
MCC’s door-to-door COVID testing drive
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another exercise to check the spread of COVID, the MCC has launched door-to-door testing by deploying mobile units in all 9 MCC Zonal Offices. Speaking to Star of Mysore, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy said that it is important to trace primary and secondary contacts of COVID positive patients in order to…
Government announces Rs. 1 lakh relief for BPL families losing bread-winner to COVID
June 15, 2021Bengaluru: Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa has announced a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh each to the families of Below Poverty Line (BPL) which loses its bread-winner to Covid-19 pandemic. This scheme is aimed at helping hundreds of families that have lost its bread-earners to the contagion. This is an extension of two economic relief…
COVID testing and vaccination drive in K.R. Assembly segment from tomorrow
June 15, 2021Testing on June 16 & 17, vaccination from June 21 Mysore/Mysuru: Taking the ongoing battle against the deadly COVID -19 pandemic a step forward, KR MLA S.A. Ramdas said that a two-day massive COVID testing and vaccination drive will be taken out in KR Assembly segment limits, starting from tomorrow (June 16). Speaking to press…
Economically backward people urged to avail COVID relief
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: D. Devaraj Urs Backward Classes Development Corporation Chairman R. Raghu Kautilya has urged economically backward sections such as tailors, hairdressers, washermen, fishermen and auto drivers, to come forward and avail Government’s COVID relief. He was speaking after formally launching the distribution of acknowledgements to beneficiaries who applied for the State Government’s one time relief…
Congress units stage protest against rising fuel prices
June 15, 2021Cane growers demand probe into land grabbing case Mysore/Mysuru: Members and office-bearers of City Congress units staged protests against rising prices of fuel and essential commodities at multiple venues in city yesterday. Members of Chamaraja constituency Congress Unit, Indira Gandhi and Devaraja Block Congress Units together with Youth Congress workers, headed by former MLA Vasu,…
State BJP In-charge arriving tomorrow
June 15, 2021Bengaluru: Even as speculations regarding change of guard in the State refuse to die down despite Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s assertions that he would continue as the CM for the remaining two years of the current term of the Assembly, the scheduled visit of State BJP In-charge Arun Singh to the State capital has raised…
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