Mysore/Mysuru: With the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) conducting the Commercial Practice Exam from Apr.19 to May 6, City Police have imposed prohibitory orders around 200 mts. radius around the Government Girls Higher Primary School, Ashoka Road, N.R. Mohalla, which is the lone exam centre in the city. The prohibitory orders will be in…
Mysuru reports single day spike of 811 COVID-19 positive cases
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported a single day highest spike of 811 COVID-19 positive cases today (Apr. 17) and today’s death count has touched eight. The highest single day spike brings back chilling memories of last year – August-September — where the daily spike had crossed the 1,000 mark with daily deaths of at least 10 persons. …
Crematoriums to get hi-tech touch
April 17, 2021Capacity to be increased with surge in COVID deaths MLA, MCC and MUDA officials inspect facilities Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city’s existing crematoriums are being prepared to work overtime to cope with the surging number of deaths from escalating Coronavirus outbreak. On an average, five people are dying every day in the second wave of COVID-19 as…
By-polls underway in State
April 17, 2021Counting of votes on May 2 Mysore/Mysuru: The by-polls to Belagavi Lok Sabha Constituency and Maski and Basavakalyan Assembly segments began on a brisk note this morning. The by-election of Belagavi LS seat was necessitated by the death of Suresh Angadi, who was a Union Minister of State for Railways, while the by-poll for Basavakalyan…
Helipad on Lalitha Mahal land: Pramoda Devi Wadiyar objects to public hearing about felling of trees
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Member of erstwhile Mysore royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar has objected to the public hearing called by the Forest Department on Apr. 23 to elicit public opinion on cutting of more than 100 trees for the proposed Heli-Tourism project in the surroundings of Lalitha Mahal Palace. In a letter to Divisional Conservator of Forests…
MCC, Police to intensify drive against mask-less citizens
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With around 90 percent of Corona positive patients under home quarantine in city, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Health Officer Dr. D.G. Nagaraj has asked those with comorbidities to get tested in hospitals and get treatment. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he said primary contacts must get examined in hospitals by taking X-ray and…
Property tax complaints: Helpline launched
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As a measure to address citizen queries regarding payment of revised property tax, online payment and plan approvals, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched a Helpline. A press release from the MCC Commissioner said that the queries on property tax payment can either be mailed along with a screenshot of the clarification sought…
Centre cuts Remdesivir price from Rs. 5,400 to Rs. 3,500
April 17, 2021New Delhi: The Government of India has slashed the price of Remdesivir from Rs. 5,400 to Rs. 3,500 for the benefit of Corona patients and has supplied 6.69 lakh bottles to various States in the last five days, said Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda (DVS). He held a meeting with Mansukh…
MUDA prepares DPR for Group Housing Projects at three places in Mysuru
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Faced with hurdles in the land acquisition process for formation of residential Layouts, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) is now planning to execute a Mega Group Housing Projects in a bid to ease the growing housing demand in city. Thanks to Private builders and Housing Societies which are forming Layouts at a fast…
Don’t play hide-and-seek by switching off mobile phones, ADC tells Corona positive patients
April 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: While Union and State Governments are trying to check the galloping COVID-19 cases, people who tested Corona positive were playing hide-and-seek with the District Administration by furnishing wrong information, rued Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Dr. B.S. Manjunatha Swamy. The District Administration has stepped up RT-PCR testing for speedy detection of Corona positive cases and for early treatment….















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