Mysore/Mysuru: Ganabharathi has organised a Karnatak vocal music concert by Vidu. Harini Ramesh at Veene Seshanna Bhavan on Adichunchanagiri Road in Kuvempunagar on Dec.31 at 6 pm. She will be accompanied by Vidu. Shruthi on violin, Vid. Malola on mridanga and Vid. Ajay on ghata. All the connoisseurs are welcome to the concert. Profile: Vidu….
Night curfew in city from today
December 28, 2021Barricades out on roads; strict enforcement from 10 pm Mysore/Mysuru: The City Police are making preparations to enforce the State Government’s 10 pm to 5 am night curfew order from 10 pm today and all the Police Stations within the city and district limits have been alerted. The entry-exit points and junctions where roads meet…
Girl driving to Mysuru for friend’s birthday killed as car topples
December 28, 2021Nagamangala: In a tragic accident, a 23-year-old girl, who was coming to Mysuru from Bengaluru to attend the birthday party of a close friend, was killed when her speeding car toppled near Konanuru Gate at Nagamangala yesterday. According to eyewitnesses and the Police, Tanushree, who was alone driving the car, lost control when she was…
COVID-19 pill, two more vaccines get approval
December 28, 2021New Delhi: India has approved Merck’s COVID-19 pill and two more vaccines for emergency use. The emergency approvals come at a time when measures are being taken to ramp up oxygen supplies and strengthen the country’s health infrastructure. Molnupiravir will be manufactured in India by 13 companies for restricted use under emergency situations for treatment…
300 families of COVID dead in city untraced
December 28, 2021MCC undertakes survey to identify beneficiaries for Government compensation Mysore/Mysuru: Of the 1,200 people who have succumbed to COVID-19 in the city, families of over 300 victims have not been traced till now. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had conducted door-to-door surveys to trace the family members but surveyors were able to trace only 900-odd…
20 fully grown trees axed in Vijayanagar First Stage
December 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Over 20 fully grown trees including 18 shade-giving Honge varieties were chopped to widen the road in Vijayanagar First Stage yesterday. The trees were cut amidst stiff opposition from some of the residents and Green activists who argued with the Forest Department, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development (MUDA) authorities. These trees…
Trees not hindering road widening felled: Activists
December 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A delegation of over 40 green activists visited the Vijayanagar First Stage this morning to assess the eco damage due to cutting of 20 fully grown shade trees. They later visited the Forest Department office at Ashokapuram to meet Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Kamala Karikalan. As the DCF is indisposed, a memorandum was…
City Police launch ‘My Cop’ citizen volunteer service
December 28, 2021To enforce COVID-appropriate behaviour in crowded places Mysore/Mysuru: To counter the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Mysuru City Police need volunteers who will help the administration to enforce COVID-appropriate behaviour. These volunteers will spread awareness on norms among the general public in crowded areas. For this purpose, the City Police has introduced…
CM Bommai inaugurates oxygen plant at JSS Hospital
December 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Along with many hospitals in Mysuru that have their own oxygen generation plants, the JSS Hospital too has one such plant, thereby increasing the city’s self-sustaining oxygen capacity. The facility was inaugurated by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the city on Dec. 26. The plant has been installed in anticipation of the third wave…
Kids can register for jabs using student ID card
December 28, 2021Covaxin has shown good immune response in children in clinical trials New Delhi: Children in the age group of 15-18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN app from Jan. 1, 2022, two days before the vaccination programme is expanded across the country to include them. “We have added an additional (10th) ID…















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