Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of outsourced workers serving at K.R. Hospital continue to work amidst Coronavirus scare. Over 70 security guards, 80 house-keeping staff (men and women), 50 sweepers (ayahs) and 60 ward boys are working round-the-clock at K.R. Hospital in three shifts while there are 80 house-keeping staff and 30 security guards at adjoining Cheluvamba Hospital,…
Donations pour in to combat COVID-19
April 10, 2020In a bid to help the State Government fight COVID-19, donations from writers, politicians and individuals are pouring in to the PM and Chief Minister’s Relief Fund from city. MLC Sandesh Nagaraj donated Rs. 1 crore from his MLC Fund and his one month’s salary of Rs. 1 lakh towards CM’s Relief Fund to Minister…
8-year-old among 5 new positive cases in Mysuru
April 10, 2020Petition filed in SC for mass house-to-house tests in India Mysore/Mysuru: An eight-year-old child is among five new patients who have tested positive for Coronavirus in Mysuru this morning. This is for the first time an eight-year-old boy has been infected in Mysuru. Five new positive cases have been reported in Mysuru today taking the…
Emergency Cabinet meet on lockdown exit strategy
April 9, 2020Ministers recommend extension of lockdown; State to follow Centre’s directive Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet, in its emergency meeting held this morning, discussed the report submitted by the Task Force led by Cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty that has recommended continuation of lockdown measures in COVID-19 hotspots and closure of all educational institutions in State till May…
Drones handy for Police to catch lockdown flouters
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: They have been seen on the streets relentlessly seizing vehicles and grimly talking sense into compulsive lockdown violators. The Police in city have also started using a network of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) to track down lockdown flouters. The drones are fitted with sirens, flashing lights and recorded messages warning people against…
Positive cases reach 5 in Mandya
April 9, 2020Mandya: Even as Malavalli taluk in Mandya district has been declared as a Containment Zone, another person, who is suspected to have had contact with those who had returned from the religious congregation in Delhi last month, tested positive on Wednesday. Today, P185, a 32-year-old male (Co-passenger, Pharma company worker) from Mandya has tested positive …
Don’t need standing ovation: PM Modi appeals to India
April 9, 2020‘Honour me by feeding poor during COVID-19 crisis’ New Delhi: As uncertainty over the Coronavirus situation and the potential extension of the lockdown continues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came on Twitter to dispel news around a certain appeal going viral. Taking a cue from the clapping and lights out campaigns, social media users have reportedly…
MLA G.T. Devegowda launches distribution of Ration Kits
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With several people facing a lot of difficulty due to COVID-19 lockdown, Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) launched distribution of Ration Kits to poor families in his constituency who do not have any Ration Card, at MCDCC Bank premises on Ashoka Road on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the Coronavirus pandemic…
COVID-19: Two more test positive in Mysuru
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Two more persons from city — P183 and P184 — have tested positive, according to a press release from the State Government today. The total number of positive cases in the district has now risen to 36. P183 is a 55-year-old male [Contact of 104 & 159 (Father)] and P184 is a 68-year-old male…
PM to decide on lockdown only after Apr.11
April 8, 2020Modi holds meeting with Parliamentary Floor Leaders; To meet Chief Ministers via video conferencing on Saturday Karnataka Cabinet to meet tomorrow; One more COVID-19 death in Kalaburagi; State total death toll 5 New Delhi/Bengaluru: In what may hold many answers to possibility of an extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is…
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