Helpline 0821-2424111 with 10 lines open for pandemic-related queries By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With cases of COVID-19 surging at a rapid pace with more than 4,000 positives being reported every day, the District Administration has re-started the COVID War Room operations at the new District Office Complex in Siddartha Layout on Bannur Road. Officials…
Mysore/Mysuru: Now COVID-19 variant may be relatively milder than its more devastating predecessors but the efforts to tackle its spread have by no means been easier. Staff and volunteers at War Room and home isolation teams have to face rudeness and hostility of patients as well as their family members in most cases. Many persons…
Only 10 tourists every day; poor response during weekends too Mysore/Mysuru: The wheels of the Ambaari double-decker hop-on and hop-off city tourist buses aren’t going round and round very much these days. And despite relaxation in weekend curfew, there are not many takers for this service. Demand for bus travel has fallen during the COVID…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the district reporting more than 4,000 COVID positive cases for three consecutive days (Jan.22, 23 and 24) causing concern among people, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham clarified that the sudden spurt in the cases is because of addition of all backlog reports. Speaking to presspersons on the sidelines of the National Voters Day…
Hunsur: Diligently following the age-old and trusted system of creating fire lines (creating a bald patch of land between green swathes) to prevent summer forest fires, the Karnataka Forest Department this year has moved a step ahead and has adopted technology for the same task. Relying on technology, it has come up with an app…
Mysore/Mysuru: While the State Government has scrapped its own student-friendly bicycle scheme to Government school children as an incentive for them to reach their far away schools, here is a youth who is cycling across the length and breadth of the country to create awareness on the need of saving Government Schools and Colleges. The…
Mysore/Mysuru: Residents, led by Mysuru Pragnavantha Vedike, following the death of a youth in a road accident on Jan. 23 night, opposite Rama Mandira on Kantharaj Urs Road, staged a protest, demanding the authorities concerned to take up road repair works. The residents, who assembled at the accident spot, held the bad condition of the…
Mysore/Mysuru: With a view to add value to the Rail Museum, the South Western Railway (SWR) has restored a steam-era water column to its full functional order. Many Railway Stations during the steam-era had a water column for filling water into the water tank in the tender trailing the steam locomotive, which also had an…
Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing all the political parties of enacting a drama over Mekedatu and Mahadayi water projects, Kannada Chaluvali leader Vatal Nagaraj urged all the elected representatives of the political parties to quit their positions and take to the streets for implementation of the water projects. He was speaking to press persons after staging a demonstration…
Mysore/Mysuru: Cautioning the electorate against falling prey to any type of allurements, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge M.L. Raghunath observed that democracy will be under severe threat if we failed to elect good people as our rulers. He was speaking after inaugurating the National Voters Day organised by the District Administration at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar…
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