Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of outsourced workers serving at K.R. Hospital continue to work amidst Coronavirus scare. Over 70 security guards, 80 house-keeping staff (men and women), 50 sweepers (ayahs) and 60 ward boys are working round-the-clock at K.R. Hospital in three shifts while there are 80 house-keeping staff and 30 security guards at adjoining Cheluvamba Hospital,…
‘Campus Companions’ are fed too
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Two SJCE students, who are busy with online classes that the Institution is providing, have a reason to visit their campus every day even when the institution is shut. They come there to feed the hungry dogs. As the educational institutions are closed for long time now, stray dogs which used to get food…
MCC Control Room staff dismissed for negligent behaviour
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde has dismissed a woman employee of the MCC Control Room for displaying negligent behaviour towards the public. The MCC Commissioner said that an outsourced employee at the MCC Control Room has been dismissed from the service. In a press release, the MCC Commissioner has stated that the…
Mysuru Music University resorts to online classes
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the orders from University Grants Commission (UGC) and Higher Education Department regarding students’ education during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown period, Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University in Mysuru has already started online classes (Zoom App, WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube and others) and will be completing the pending syllabus by the…
MGP meeting on COVID-19
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The monthly meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) will be held on Sunday (Apr. 12) at 4 pm. Since the curfew is in effect, the meeting will be held online. The subject of the meeting is COVID-19 and its various aspects. Members of the public who are interested in participating in the meeting are…
Three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ launched at APMC Market
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, three ‘Disinfectant Tunnels’ that are installed at separate places in Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Market on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road were launched recently. The disinfectant tunnels have been installed by the Mysuru Zilla and Taluk Panchayat and Hosahundi Gram Panchayat in collaboration with APMC to protect…
Online passes to be issued for transportation of essentials
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hedge has said that the MCC will issue online passes to traders for distribution of essential commodities such as groceries, grains, fruits and vegetables and medicines. Likewise, passes will be issued to organisations and donors who come forward for distributing essential items to the poor and the needy, for which they…
Financial Censorship: Indian Newspaper Society reacts
April 10, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS)on Wednesday urged Congress President Sonia Gandhi to withdraw her suggestion to the Government to impose a two-year ban on media advertisements by the Government and Public Sector Undertakings. “Such a proposal tantamounts to financial censorship,” the Society said in a statement on Thursday. The Congress President had on…
Members of CII Young Indians-Mysuru donate blood
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of a news item on shortage of blood in Blood Banks (SOM dated Apr. 3), the members of CII Young Indians, Mysuru, donated blood to the needy patients. This noble initiative was led by Bharath Devarajappa. The reason attributed was that donors were not being able to visit the place of donation…
8-year-old among 5 new positive cases in Mysuru
April 10, 2020Petition filed in SC for mass house-to-house tests in India Mysore/Mysuru: An eight-year-old child is among five new patients who have tested positive for Coronavirus in Mysuru this morning. This is for the first time an eight-year-old boy has been infected in Mysuru. Five new positive cases have been reported in Mysuru today taking the…
Recent Comments