Mysore/Mysuru: Production at Mysuru-based JK Tyre and Industries, one of the leading tyre manufacturers in the country, has been suspended for two more days (till July 23) following increased number of COVID-19 infections among the industry employees. The Company and the District Administration is concerned with the fact that more and more employees of the…
800-bed COVID Care Centre at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium Shelved
July 21, 2020Reason: Poor ventilation Mysore/Mysuru: Just a week after top officials from the District Administration proposed setting up of a 800-bed COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium as an additional facility for the care of infected patients, the District Administration has now temporarily shelved the plan for want of proper ventilation. MUDA Commissioner…
K.R. Constituency Task Force holds meeting on COVID-19 control
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A day after District in-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar announced formation of COVID-19 Task Force in each Assembly constituency of the city, K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas, who heads the K.R. Constituency Task Force, held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at the DC’s Office here yesterday. In the meeting they discussed about the…
No entry to temple at B.R. Hills on Shravana Saturdays
July 21, 2020Chamarajanagar: In the wake of Covid pandemic and as a precautionary measure, the Religious Endowment Department has restricted entry of devotees on Saturdays to the historical Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple atop B.R. Hills in Yelandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district in the month of Shravana. A large number of devotees visit the Ranganatha temple of B.R. Hills…
‘Drone Prathap’ takes a flight violating Home Quarantine
July 21, 2020BBMP officials take him into custody in Mysuru Bengaluru/Mysuru: N.M. Prathap or Drone Prathap, who had earned acclaims for creating over 600 drones using e-waste, has been exposed for his false claims. He is in fresh trouble for violating COVID-19 quarantine rules. He had gone missing from Bengaluru and the Bengaluru Police had formed three…
Mysuru district reports 149 fresh COVID cases, five deaths on Monday
July 21, 2020Mandya sees 41 fresh cases, Kodagu reports eight and Chamarajanagar sees 49 new COVID cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district yesterday (July 20) reported 149 fresh COVID positive cases and five COVID deaths. The total number of COVID positives in the district is 1,773, according to the media bulletin last evening. A total of 625 patients have…
Appointed as BBMP’s Covid-19 Ambassador
July 21, 2020Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has roped in popular Kannada actor Ramesh Arvind as its Brand Ambassador to disseminate accurate information on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). On Monday, BBMP Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasad announced the appointment of Ramesh Arvind as the Ambassador and included Ramesh into the newly-formed BBMP COVID-19 Task Force to contain the…
Alarming rise in Coronavirus cases: 4 Task Force Teams Formed
July 20, 2020MLAs to lead teams at Chamaraja, Krishnaraja and Chamundeshwari while MP to head Narasimharaja Constituency Pratap Simha inspects Columbia Asia, Narayana and St. Joseph’s Hospitals Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar yesterday said that a COVID-19 Task Force will be set up for each of the four Assembly segments of the city, namely Chamaraja, Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja…
Exclusive hospital for frontline warriors to open tomorrow
July 20, 2020DC inspects Vikram Jeshta Hospital readied to receive COVID warriors Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are not the only ones fighting the battle against Coronavirus. Other key workers who often go unnoticed like the Police, security guards, utility workers and garbage collectors continue to fight the pandemic. Frontline warriors too account for many COVID-19…
Mysuru district reports 110 fresh COVID cases, 11 deaths on Sunday
July 20, 2020Mandya sees 7 positive cases, Kodagu 13 while Chamarajanagar reports 25 fresh Corona positive cases yesterday Mysore/Mysuru: Eleven COVID deaths and 110 fresh COVID cases have been reported in Mysuru district, according to the media bulletin last evening. The district’s total positive cases has now risen to 1,624 with a total of 598 patients being…
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