Mysore/Mysuru: Twenty days after boycotting work and seeking fulfilment of their various demands, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers, who are among the frontline warriors in the Government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, called off their strike and returned to work on Thursday. The ASHA workers were on strike since July 10. The…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 56-year-old woman, who left her house on July 28 at about 6 am, saying that she was going to Devaraja Market to buy flowers has since gone missing. The missing woman is Jayamma, a resident of Ashraya Layout in Alanahalli. According to the complaint lodged by Jayamma’s sister’s daughter Sowmya with Laskhar Police,…
A vacant site at SBM Colony in Srirampura 2nd Stage, near Nandini Milk Booth, is filled with weeds and has become a safe place for rodents to breed. This is attracting snakes, which prey on these rodents and sometimes enter houses causing tension to the residents. Also, mosquitoes have increased in the vicinity. Authorities concerned…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a steep spike in the number of COVID-19 positive cases, Mysuru reported 430 Coronavirus infections on the evening of July 30. This is the highest so far. Nine deaths have been reported and 70 patients have been discharged today. With 430 cases in a single day, Mysuru has stood second in State today…
In a first, exams held at Taluk Headquarters Students’ body temperature checked before entering examination hall Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day Common Entrance Test (CET)-2020 for admission to Under-Graduate Engineering, Architecture, Agriculture, Horticulture, Pharmacy and other professional courses (barring Medical and Dental courses) in Karnataka, began today at 26 centres across the district, including 20 in the…
Win-win for business-starved Hotels and patients who do not have Home Isolation facilities Five-star Hotels and Resorts also open doors Mysore/Mysuru: Space is critical to surviving the pandemic. With a lot of homes not having enough room to isolate COVID-positive patients, hotels are offering rooms on their premises to be converted into exclusive COVID Care…
Will wait for State guidelines, say DC, Police Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: With the Centre bringing cheer for gym owners, fitness enthusiasts and Yoga Schools by allowing them to operate from Aug. 5 as part of its Unlock 3.0 guidelines issued yesterday, the Mysuru District Administration and the Police have decided to wait for the guidelines from…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the city’s biggest Hospital, the K.R. Hospital turning into a COVID treatment Hospital, all the Operation Theatres (OT) of the Hospital have been closed temporarily. As a result the poor patients, who look up to this Hospital which is popularly called as ‘Doddaspatre’ for their health care, are put to a lot of…
Ambala (Haryana): The five Rafale fighter jets that landed in Ambala Air Base last afternoon will resurrect the Number 17 Golden Arrows squadron of the Indian Air Force. It will take the IAF’s squadron strength to 31. When all the 36 Rafale jets are delivered by 2022, it will take it to 32 squadrons, still…
Mysore/Mysuru: Several Government welfare programmes where crores of rupees are spent and where there will be much fanfare during inaugurations actually do not reach people. Constructions made to implement these programmes are not used most of the times and they stand as a testimony to the carelessness of the official machinery and apathy of elected…
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