New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said in the Lok Sabha yesterday that the third phase of vaccination against the COVID-19 is likely to commence in March and will cover 27 crore people aged 50 years and above along with those with co-morbidities. “In coming days, 27 crore people who are above 50…
Tepid response by healthcare workers for vaccination shocks Health Dept. officials
February 6, 2021Only 19,219 got the shot as against 36,664 beneficiaries Mysore/Mysuru: With 52 percent of healthcare workers getting vaccinated during first round of vaccination drive till yesterday in Mysuru district, the Health Department officers are planning to wrap up in next two to three days without waiting for others to get it. From Jan. 16 to…
District achieves 100 percent in pulse polio immunisation
February 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The district has achieved 100 percent target in the nationwide Pulse Polio campaign that concluded on Wednesday, thanks to the efforts of Health Officers. On the first day of immunisation drive held on Jan. 31, as against the target of 2,44,017 kids in the age group of 0 to 5 years, the district administered…
Hunar Haat begins in city with utmost precaution
February 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Hunar Haat‘, a mega indigenous handicraft and culinary exhibition organised by the Minority Affairs Ministry, was inaugurated by Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers D.V. Sadananda Gowda at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city this morning. The expo will be on till Feb. 14 and entry is free. This is the 25th Edition of the…
Nationwide ‘Chakka Jam’
February 6, 2021Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway diverted as farmers stage rasta-roko Mysore/Mysuru: With Farmer Unions across the country under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha calling for a Nationwide Chakka Jam to seek repeal of the three newly introduced farm laws, the farmer associations of the district began Highway blockade in the city today for three hours…
Find this Horse; win Rs. 25,000
February 6, 2021On its three legs, the white markings are till its knees and front right leg’s white marking is only till the fetlock. It also has a white blaze on its face from forehead to the tip of its nose and both ears are pointed inside like a heart shape. Mysore/Mysuru: A one-year-old female horse has…
‘Artist needs creativity, not academic qualification’
February 6, 2021Jakanachari award winner Yogiraj Shilpi opens ‘sculpture camp’ Mysore/Mysuru: Art is not a big adventure. Artist, if he has creativity, can go anywhere, and promote it, opined B.S. Yogiraj Shilpi, noted sculptor and a winner of ‘Jakanachari’ award. He was speaking after inaugurating a 15-day ‘Contemporary Sculpture Camp’ organised jointly by Karnataka Shilpakala Academy and…
Fake Twitter account under Yaduveer’s name tweets in favour of farmers’ protest
February 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A fake Twitter account of scion of erstwhile Mysore royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar was created to tweet in favour of the farmers’ protest. Yaduveer, however, has denied that he has tweeted in favour of the protests against the farm laws. He said, when there is a problem, it is solved by the…
Centre has sanctioned Rs. 161 crore to asphalt Ring Road: MP Pratap Simha
February 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that the Centre has sanctioned Rs. 161 crore to asphalt the entire Outer Ring Road (ORR) of the city and Rs. 7.5 crore to asphalt the stretch from Hinkal Junction to Manuganahalli on Hunsur Highway, under Swachh Survekshan Abhiyan. He was speaking after launching Cleanliness Drive at Hinkal Junction…
Two-day Tuber and Roots Mela begins
February 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysureans really went deep into roots this morning with a variety of roots and tubers which are on sale and display at the century-old Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry this morning. From ball size to small stone size, lanky to dwarf sizes of tubers and roots welcomed the enthusiastic crowd to two-day Tubers and Roots Sale-cum-Exhibition…















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