Funds will not be an impediment, assures MP Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: Funds will not be a shortage for the ambitious Rs. 545 crore Hale Unduwadi Drinking Water Project aimed at supplying drinking water to Mysuru City and 92 villages around it. The project has already been initiated and funds will be released from time to…
Assault on ASHA worker: Accused arrested by Bannur Police
July 3, 2021T. Narasipur/Bannur: Bannur Police have arrested the accused, who had assaulted a ASHA worker for asking him to get his COVID positive baby treated. The accused is 37-year-old Siddaraju, a resident of B. Seehalli in the taluk, while the ASHA worker, who was assaulted, is Lakshmi. ASHA workers Lakshmi and Latha were collecting information of…
KSOU again accused of flouting rules
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Open University’s (KSOU) decision to issue degrees to students (2012-13), who pursued education through its Academic Collaborative Institutions (ACIs) located outside the State, has stirred a hornet’s nest. The ACIs was a major reason for the de-recognition of KSOU courses by the UGC in 2015. The UGC had discontinued recognition of…
No RT-PCR report needed for vaccinated travellers from Kerala
July 3, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has said that passengers from Kerala with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine certificates will be exempted from producing negative RT-PCR reports, as the State has taken special surveillance measures for people coming from Kerala. According to the order regarding special surveillance measures for persons arriving from Kerala, vaccination certificates…
Tusker on truck brings back Gajapayana memories
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Three months to go for the annual Dasara celebrations in Mysuru and at a time that there are indications that this year too Dasara would be scaled down thanks to the threat of COVID third wave, the appearance of an elephant on top of a truck in the heart of Mysuru city last evening…
Medical fraternity feted on Doctors’ Day
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As part of National Doctors’ Day, various organisations had organised programmes to felicitate doctors, who have been in the frontline during COVID-19 pandemic to treat COVID patients and help them to recover from the infection besides instilling confidence in them to overcome all odds. At a function organised at Maharaja College Centenary Hall during…
Weekend curfew: No curbs on bus services
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Despite weekend curfew in force till 5 am on July 5, there will be no curbs on the purchase of essential commodities tomorrow. According to guidelines issued by the State Government, the weekend curfew has been in force on the entire State from 7 pm on Friday up to 5 am on Monday. Since…
Global heat to increase by 1.4 to 5.8 degree Celsius by 2100, opines UoM VC
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: According to statistics, by 2100, the global temperature will increase in the range of 1.4 degree Celsius to 5.8 degree Celsius and it is going to change weather and will become a topic of discussion in the coming decades, opined Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM). He was delivering his presidential…
Now, pregnant women can take COVID vaccine
July 3, 2021New Delhi: In a much-awaited decision, the Union Health Ministry has accepted the recommendations of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) that COVID-19 vaccination is safe for pregnant women.With this, now they can register on CoWIN or walk-in to the nearest COVID Vaccination Centre (CVC) to get themselves vaccinated. The operational guideline for…
Deploy mobile teams to vaccinate citizens in city: Congress leaders
July 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Former MLA M.K. Somashekar and KPCC Spokesperson H.A. Venkatesh met Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham and appealed him to speed up the ongoing vaccination drive in district. The duo met the DC here yesterday and submitted him a memorandum requesting to hasten vaccination of Frontline Workers and Priority Groups. A number of Corona Warriors…















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