Madikeri: This picturesque town in Karnataka, which attracts a good number of tourists throughout the year, especially during the summer season, has been hit badly by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, which has forced the people to remain indoors. According to Tourism Department officials, usually during April and May, visitors, including from other countries, pour in…
IGP boosts self-confidence of Police in his tweet
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To boost the self-confidence of Police personnel, who have been working day and night to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, IGP (Southern Range) Vipul Kumar has taken to Twitter by tweeting “A piece from Police history. What we are doing today against Corona is not new. It is so for more than a century….
India’s trust in PM Modi has grown stronger: Survey
May 4, 2020Opposition faces severe trust deficit New Delhi: The trust level of Indians in Prime Minister Narendra Modi has zoomed in the last two years with more than three fourths or 76.3 percent, expressing “a lot of trust”, according to the IANS-CVoter tracker conducted across the country. The results of the survey was released today. PM…
KSRTC Officials draw ‘social distance’ boxes for passengers at Sub-Urban Bus Stand
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Government gradually lifting COVID-19 lockdown regulations in phases, the KSRTC authorities are making preparations at the sub-urban bus stand in anticipation of resumption of bus services soon. The KSRTC had suspended all bus services after the Union Government announced nationwide lockdown in the last week of March and since then there…
Corona in the eyes of Cartoonist: Expo tomorrow
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Himalaya Foundation has organised an exhibition of cartoons by city’s well-known cartoonist and Fullbrighter M. V. Nagendra Babu under the title “Corona in the eyes of Cartoonist” at Jaladarshini Guest House in city on May 5. Social activist Dr. Raghuram Vajpayee will be releasing the cartoons at 11 am. MLA L. Nagendra; City…
Another Mysurean Dr. Brinda Desiraju on the frontline in USA
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Among a host of Mysuru-born and Mysuru-origin doctors serving in the United Kingdom and the United States in the time of COVID-19 pandemic is Dr. Brinda Desiraju. Dr. Brinda is the daughter of Dr. D. Rajagpoal Rao, former Director of CFTRI and Dr. Vijaya Rao, a retired Deputy Director of DFRL, Mysuru. They are…
COVID-19 Mobile Clinics screen 1,738 people on Sunday
May 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The COVID-19 Mobile Clinics, launched by the Mysuru District Administration to provide medical check-up and other medical services, on Sunday screened 1,738 people in 12 areas including Devaihanahundi, Kuvempunagar, Kuvempunagar M-Block, Vidyaranyapuram, Rajeevnagar, Kurubarahalli, Irwin Road, Paduvarahalli, Vijayanagar, Alanahalli, Ghousia Nagar and Nehru Nagar. On Saturday, 1,797 people were screened at Hosakeri, T.K. Layout,…
Excise officials check liquor inventory in Mysuru
May 3, 2020Standalone wine stores, MSIL outlets to open tomorrow Shops permitted to sell liquor between 9 am and 7 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Dry days are finally set to end as Mysuru (like rest of Karnataka) will conditionally re-open standalone liquor stores from tomorrow (May 4). Only CL-2 (retail shops) and CL-11C (State-run retail shops such as MSIL)…
‘Nityotsava Kavi’ Nissar Ahmed passes away in Bengaluru
May 3, 2020Bengaluru: Renowned Kannada poet Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed, popular as ‘Nityotsava Kavi,’ passed away at his residence in Bengaluru this morning. He was 84. According to sources, the celebrated poet was suffering from cancer and was hospitalised too. Born on Feb.5, 1936, at Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district, Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed leaves…
Movement Pass seekers, migrant workers throng City Police Commissioner’s Office
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 2,000 people, who had applied for Movement Pass (both one way and two way) to go back to their native places or to bring back their family members stuck in other places thronged City Police Commissioner’s Office in Nazarbad this morning to give their details and obtain the Pass. Also, many migrant…
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