Hawk eye vigil on inter-State vehicles Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to control the spread of COVID-19, checking of vehicles and screening of travels at check posts on all Highways and important roads connecting the district, continues. From the day the lockdown rules relaxation was announced, the Police have continued with the checking and are now…
Maharashtra link brings two COVID-19 positives to Mysuru
June 3, 2020Pregnant woman, her mother test positive in Bengaluru; now shifted to Hospital Ramakrishnanagar G-Block and surrounding areas sealed, disinfectants sprayed Mysore/Mysuru: Several districts of Karnataka have a common tale of woe: They are unable to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to migration of people from Maharashtra — those coming from Mumbai and Pune….
BEO inspects online revision of SSLC students
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After a long delay due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, the SSLC exams are now scheduled to be held from June 25 to July 4. With the State Government mooting to start revision classes online for the SSLC students, many educational institutions have already begun online classes to their wards. In Mysuru too, exam-oriented online…
Government proposes to re-open Schools in phases from July 1
June 3, 2020Bengaluru: Following a directive issued by the Union Home Ministry asking State and Union Territory Governments to hold consultations at the Institutional level with parents and other stakeholders on re-opening of Schools along with necessary COVID-19 precautionary and safety guidelines, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar held a meeting with top department officials…
COVID Curfew extended till June 30 in city from 9 pm to 5 am
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In accordance with the directive of the Union and State Governments to stop the spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, as a precautionary measure, has extended the curfew across the city till June 30. The curfew imposed as per Section 144 of Cr.PC will be in effect from…
Pending demolition, widening works begin on Irwin Road
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The pending works on demolishing buildings (Nehru Circle till Government Ayurveda College) and widening of the entire Irwin Road began this morning after a long gap imposed by COVID-induced lockdown. Along with the demolition of remaining buildings, the works on road widening too has begun. The City Police will soon close traffic movement on…
Taluk Panchayat to set up four COVID Care Centres
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With an expert committee report expressing concern that Mysuru may record over 10,000 COVID-19 cases by the end of this year, mainly due to returnees from high risk States such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, the Mysuru Taluk Panchayat (TP) has laid out plans to meet any such emergencies. At the monthly KDP…
‘Basava Ratna’ award conferred on Corona Warriors
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar conferred the prestigious ‘Basava Ratna’ award, instituted by Mysuru Sharana Mandali, to four Corona Warriors of the city —- MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde, Additional Deputy Commissioner B.R. Poornima, District Health Officer Dr.R.Venkatesh and Mediwave IVF and Fertility Research Hospital Managing Director Dr. Sharath Kumar —- at a programme held at…
Blood donation by Mysuru Excise Department
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In view of COVID-19 crisis, patients of Mysuru who are suffering from other diseases require blood and its component for which donors were scarce and voluntary blood donation camps could not be arranged in this period. Responding to this, the Mysuru Excise Department came forward to donate blood for the needy patients. This noble…
Former Mayor Sandesh Swamy launches free form filling drive for auto and taxi drivers
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mayor Sandesh Swamy launched the free application form filling drive for auto and taxi drivers, who are seeking Rs.5,000 one-time compensation under the Rs.1,610 crore special package recently announced by the State Government for the working class, at a programme near Rajendranagar bus stand (Kesare Circle) here on Sunday. The drive is initiated…
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