Company ties up with JSS and Apollo BGS Hospitals to screen all 3,500 staff Mysore/Mysuru: Industrial safety during COVID-19 pandemic is back in focus after over 41 employees of Mysuru-based JK Tyre and Industries contracted the Coronavirus. This is the second industry in Mysuru that has recorded virus spread with the first one being Jubilant…
High-level team inspects KRS Dam’s structural repairs
July 17, 2020By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-induced lockdown has thwarted Karnataka Water Resources Department’s annual summer dam and canal repair works project. Now is the time to scramble on a war-footing before the monsoon gains vigour. Preparations are on in full swing to handle heavy inflows to 13 major reservoirs across the State. The reservoirs that…
Some areas in NR and Chamaraja declared restricted zones till July 24
July 17, 2020Six areas in Narasimharaja Constituency completely sealed down with 6 am to 10 am shopping window Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru DC Abhiram G. Sankar has declared certain areas of Narasimharaja and Chamaraja Constituency as restricted zones from 6 am today till 6 am on July 24. In the wake of rising COVID-19 infection rate and deaths in…
Public entry to V.V. Puram, Vijayanagar Police Stations restricted
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Entry of public to V.V. Puram and Vijayanagar Police Stations has been restricted as one Police personnel each at the two Police Stations have tested positive for COVID-19. The primary contacts of the two Cops have been put under Home Quarantine and the COVID affected Cops are admitted to the COVID Hospital. To prevent…
Digital learning classes by SVM to bridge teacher-student gap
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sharada Vidya Mandir (SVM), Sri Jayachamarajendra PU College, Mysuru, is conducting digital learning classes to provide education solution to students through its new video-taped digitalised classes. Technology should be utilised in such difficult times (COVID-19) which could be a simple solution for a number of students who can be educated by staying at home…
130 persons including five pregnant women test positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru
July 17, 2020Mandya reports 11 fresh cases with one death; Kodagu sees 18 and Chamarajanagar sees 16 fresh Corona cases Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district has reported 130 fresh COVID-19 positive cases yesterday which included five pregnant women thus bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,320. A total of 531 patients have been discharged so far including…
Last Ashada Friday rituals held amid absence of devotees
July 17, 2020MP Shobha Karandlaje climbs steps to seek blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst the ban on entry of devotees as a crowd-control measure in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the Fourth and last Ashada Friday was celebrated in a simple and symbolic manner at Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hill this morning. The rituals…
KSRTC Mysuru suspends bus services to Bengaluru
July 17, 2020No buses to Mangaluru, Udupi and Manipal also Mysore/Mysuru: Following the enforcement of a week-long (July 14 to 22) total lockdown in COVID-19 Hotspot Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural Districts as a measure to contain the spread of the deadly pandemic, the KSRTC Mysuru Rural Division has suspended bus services to Bengaluru city and other…
Chaiwalas asked to shut shop until further orders
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has ordered the closure of tea stalls in Mysuru due to Coronavirus scare. The MCC has taken this decision as many people were seen standing in front of tea stalls in violation of COVID-19 protocols. The order to this effect was issued by MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde yesterday. As…
Mysore University VC writes letter to Govt. seeking fresh dates for K-SET exam
July 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the University of Mysore (UoM) postponing the conduct of K-SET (Karnataka State Eligibility Test) exam three times due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, University Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar has written to the Government seeking to conduct the exam either on Aug. 30 or Sept. 9. The UoM is the Nodal Authority…
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