Mysuru: In the wake of Ramzan festival, former K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar distributed food packets and water bottles to more than 500 people in and around K.R. Hospital on Monday. Upon learning that many migrant workers, who had lost work had taken shelter in K.R. Hospital premises and near City Railway Station, Somashekar, along with …
Attempt to sell oxygen cylinder in black market: CCB Cops arrest man, seize oxygen filled jumbo cylinder
May 5, 2021Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police have arrested a man on charges of trying to sell an oxygen cylinder in black market for higher price and have seized a medical oxygen filled jumbo cylinder (D Type) from him. The arrested is 37-year-old Madhukumar of S. Hosakote in Nanjangud taluk. The CCB Police and the…
Resident Doctors Association opposes COVID duty for PG Students
May 5, 2021Mysuru: Resident Doctors have opposed the Union Government’s move to engage final year Post-Graduate Medical students for COVID duties. In a press release, Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors (KARD) said that the Union Government’s decision is a Black Day for Resident Doctors of India. Noting that final year Medical students do not have complete knowledge…
Safety kits for Safai Karmacharis demanded
May 5, 2021Mysuru: Mysuru District Safai Karmachari Monitoring Committee member C.R. Rachaiah has urged the authorities to immediately provide safety kits to all Safai Karmacharis working in Gram Panchayats. In a press release, Rachaiah said that Safai Karmacharis play a crucial role in containing the spread of the virus, which is causing a massive havoc across the…
Crowd Concern: Sub-Registrar offices turning out to be COVID hotspots
May 4, 2021People continue to flood markets and public places Mysore/Mysuru: The mandatory COVID-19 protocols are going for a toss every day in Mysuru despite lockdown-like measures, causing concern. These crowds, with barely any mask and no social distancing can prove to be super-spreaders. In fact, crowds, in their enthusiasm to purchase essentials, are tending to forget…
IPL-2021 suspended indefinitely
May 4, 2021New Delhi: The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting this afternoon unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021, with immediate effect after several players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19. “The tournament has been suspended indefinitely. We will try to conduct…
Villagers block road to Paschimavahini
May 4, 2021Residents take matter into their own hands as people continue to perform rituals in connivance with some priests Srirangapatna: Family members of a COVID victim who had come to Srirangapatna (Gosai Ghat) from Bengaluru to immerse the ashes were turned away by villagers this morning. The family was told that the Taluk Administration had banned…
Santhepet shops re-open following alternate-day rule
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Santhepet area in the heart of the Central Business District, which was completely shut down by the authorities for two days due to non-compliance of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and other guideline violations, re-opened today to a new rule introduced by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), which allows permitted shops on the left side…
Chamarajanagar tragedy: MLA blames lack of Co-ordination between Mysuru and Chamarajanagar DCs
May 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the tragic incident at Chamarajanagar, where 24 Covid patients allegedly died in a duration of 24 hours at the District Hospital for want of Medical Oxygen, K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh has blamed lack of co-ordination between the Deputy Commissioners of Chamarajanagar and Mysuru districts. Addressing a press meet at…















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