Mysore/Mysuru: With the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown rendering thousands of migrant labourers and tourists homeless and hungry, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) as a novel gesture, is feeding 7,300 persons who have been temporarily housed at various shelter camps and Santwana Kendras in different parts of the city for the past few days. As labourers and…
Spreading message on social distancing
April 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The whole nation is under lockdown till Apr. 14 in view of Coronavirus outbreak, but some people are still roaming around the city for no reason. Here is a 42-year-old man who is traveling across the city on his bike with a reason — to create awareness among such negligent people. Mallikarjun alias Ramachari,…
Now you cannot pick up vegetables without sanitising your hands
April 4, 2020Disinfection Tunnel set up at Mysuru Vegetable Market Mysore/Mysuru: To make sure that people do not miss out sanitising their hands before picking up their vegetables, a Disinfection Tunnel or Pathway was set up at the entrance of the temporary Vegetable Market in city yesterday. With thousands of people visiting the market every day, the…
Vijayendra fans disburse medicines to patients
April 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Fans of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s son B.Y. Vijayendra, who is the State General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of BJP, distributed medicines for free to patients at various localities in city including Kuvempunagar HUDCO Layout and Sharadadevinagar yesterday. Speaking to press persons on the occasion, B.Y. Vijayendra Fans…
COVID-19 impact: An ever-busy Highway deserted now
April 4, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: On any given day and given time, thousands of vehicles traverse on this Highway connecting Mysuru and State Capital Bengaluru. More than 25,000 vehicles ply on this stretch every day and during peak hours, it is bumper-to-bumper traffic. Now the road is deserted, thanks to Coronavirus scare and the nation-wide lockdown. Even if one…
Action against those who attack doctors, Police: DC
April 4, 2020Home Ministry asks States to get tough with those who attack healthcare workers Mysore/Mysuru: As India battles the Coronavirus outbreak, sporadic attacks on doctors, social workers and Police personnel have come to the fore raising concerns over their safety and prompting warnings by authorities. In the wake of such attacks, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G….
75-year-old man with no travel history is State’s fourth COVID-19 victim
April 4, 2020Bengaluru: A day after Karnataka witnessed a surge in Coronavirus-positive cases, the State recorded its fourth fatality on Friday. The victim is a 75-year-old man from Bagalkot (patient 125) who had no travel history. His son, who works with a software company in Bengaluru and his daughter had visited him about 10 days ago. The…
Indian Railways clears air on erroneous reports on post-lockdown journeys
April 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Indian Railways on Thursday flagged what it called erroneous reports by a section of the media that it had re-started ticket reservation for journeys post-Apr. 14. It had never been stopped in the first place, Railway authorities clarified. The time-frame for advance reservation of tickets is 120 days, so the window for Apr….
COVID-19 Effects
April 4, 2020Lights out, lamps on… and the plan? We have another request from our Prime Minister. First we clapped for 5 minutes at 5 o’ clock, next we have to light lamps for 9 minutes at 9 o’ clock. What next? May be, chant for 10 minutes at 10 o’ clock… for positive energy? Indeed, collective…
Nizamuddin Markaz: 63 from Mysuru quarantined
April 3, 2020Police enforce nakabandi to prevent free movement Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has successfully mounted efforts and has tracked down nearly 63 people who were among the 342 from the State who attended the religious congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi between Mar. 8 and Mar. 20. The gathering had hosted 9,000 people including 1,500…
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