District Minister inspects 530-bed facility along with DC Mysore/Mysuru: A full-fledged COVID Care Centre (CCC) has been established at the Academic Bhavan of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) near Mysore Airport at Mandakalli. The facility has 530 beds and Coronavirus positive patients with mild symptoms will be admitted here. Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar visited…
Mysuru to get 2,200 units of Rapid Antigen Kits: DC
July 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram Sankar said that Mysuru will get 2,200 units of Rapid Antigen Kits to test patients. Polyclinics and dispensaries in New Delhi are allowed to conduct rapid antigen tests to enhance screening for Covid-19 infections in the national capital. The same system is being followed in Bengaluru too and now will…
District Administration explores option to control virus spread
July 11, 2020Mini-lockdown likely in some areas of N.R. Constituency, says DC Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration is exploring various options to control COVID-19 spread and the options include imposing a mini-lockdown in some areas of Narasimharaja (N.R.) Constituency where many Coronavirus positive cases are reported on a daily basis. The lockdown decision will be taken after…
Mandya Minister to be invited to discuss water release from KRS: Somashekar
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that Mandya District-in Charge Minister K.C. Narayanagowda will be invited for the meeting to be held next week in the city regarding release of water from KRS (the reservoir is located in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district) and Kabini Dam for release of water in canals for irrigation purpose, Mysuru District In-charge Minister…
Clean and green waste management at Yadavagiri Sankalp Central Park
July 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Across Mysuru, apartments have been popping up like mushrooms over the years. This poses several challenges to the city, including waste management. Though the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has introduced many rules that require apartments to manage their own waste, not all apartments follow these. However, the solution could be quite simple if segregation…
Guidelines for establishing COVID Care Centres
July 11, 2020Managed by RWAs, AOAs, Companies in their own premises Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government is establishing COVID Care Centres (CCCs) for isolation and management of asymptomatic and mild symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Government/ private institutions like Ashrams, Exhibition Centres, Bhavans, etc. In this context, a number of Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs)/ Apartments Owners Associations (AOAs) have…
Chamarajanagar gets first woman SP
July 11, 2020Chamarajanagar: Divya Sara Thomas, a 2013 batch IPS Officer of Karnataka Cadre, took charge as Chamarajanagar Superintendent of Police (SP) here yesterday, thus becoming the first woman SP of the district, since its formation in 1997. Divya Sara Thomas, who was CAR DCP at Bengaluru, replaces H.D. Anandkumar, who has been transferred and posted as…
UG, PG exams cancelled; only final exams in September
July 11, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has cancelled all intermediate exams of University and College in view of the increasing COVID-19 cases in the State. Graduation, post-graduation exams will be conducted only for final semester students. All intermediate semester students except medical students will be promoted. All intermediate semester students pursuing a degree (BA, B.Sc., B.Com., etc.),…
‘Water Warrior’ Kamegowda takes ill
July 11, 2020Admitted to hospital with severe leg pain Mandya: Kamegowda, an octogenarian shepherd from Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli taluk, Mandya district, who was lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme for digging 16 ponds in his village to solve the village’s problem of water scarcity and converting the barren hillock into…
Online teaching: State Govt. to consult IAS Officers who served in Education Department
July 11, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to consult senior bureaucrats, who had served the Education Department in the past while taking a decision on the Expert Committee Report on online teaching. The report submitted by the Committee consisting of 14 experts is yet to be considered by the Department. Several Child Rights activists, organisations working…















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