Mysore/Mysuru: Appealing the farmers not to get frustrated over lockdown regulations and destroy their produce, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil said that the officials have been asked not to disrupt transportation of farm products and agricultural produce. Addressing a meeting with farmer leaders at the Taluk Panchayat office in city on Saturday, he said that he…
Veteran Congress leader M.V. Rajasekharan passes away in Bengaluru
April 13, 2020Bengaluru: Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister M.V. Rajasekharan passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru today after prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 91. The Congress leader was ailing from old-age related diseases. He is survived by his wife Girija Rajasekharan, two sons and two daughters. He had served as the Union…
Unfair practices: Licence of four fair price shops suspended in Mysuru
April 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a crackdown on fair price shops indulging in unfair practices, Food and Civil Supplies Department has suspended the licence of four shops in Mysuru district. In a press release, Department Joint Director P. Shivanna said that the Department had supplied rations to all fair price shops enough for two months (April and May)to…
Lockdown till April 30
April 12, 2020Regulations to be relaxed in Coronavirus-free districts Bengaluru: Ending the suspense over extension of the 21-day lockdown in Karnataka, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa yesterday said that the lockdown will be extended till April 30. Speaking to presspersons after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video-conference with all Chief Ministers of the State yesterday, Yediyurappa said…
Seven more patients discharged from Mysuru COVID Hospital today
April 12, 2020Total active cases in District comes down to 39 with 1 addition today; 2 were discharged earlier Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the District Administration is battling to prevent the spread of deadly COVID-19 in Mysuru District, which has the second highest number of infections in the State after Bengaluru, seven patients, who had tested positive for…
Cops, Corona Warriors launch drive for strict social distancing at Vegetable Markets
April 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With people visiting the vegetable markets on M.G. Road and at Dasara Exhibition Grounds in the heart of the city, giving a go by to social distancing and other COVID-19 regulations despite several pleas and various awareness programmes, the Police, in association with Corona Warriors, launched a special drive this morning to ensure that both…
PM alters lockdown tactic: Union Ministers back in offices from tomorrow
April 12, 2020New Delhi: The Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, will resume work at their Ministries tomorrow (Apr.13), a day before the end of the lockdown to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus, sources said last evening. Senior officials entitled to official…
Woman power to the fore during a pandemic
April 12, 2020Railways leads the campaign Mysore/Mysuru: The total and unprecedented suspension of passenger services by the Indian Railways, for the first time in its history spanning over 165 years, stands as a testimony to the resolve and commitment of the world’s fourth largest Railway system and the single largest State-owned employer to unitedly fight the scourge…
Strict lockdown in areas around Jubilant Generics: Minister
April 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With more employees of Nanjangud’s Jubilant Generics testing positive for novel Coronavirus, District Minister S.T. Somashekar said that a stricter lockdown is in place in areas around the Pharmaceutical Company, including Hebya and Someshwara villages. Speaking to presspersons after holding a meeting with Legislators, ZP members and District-level Officers at the ZP Hall here…
Cars collide on deserted Devaraj Urs Road
April 12, 2020Lucky escape for drivers, Police seize cars Mysore/Mysuru: Though almost all roads in the city wears a deserted look following lockdown, two cars collided on the deserted Devaraj Urs Road last evening resulting in both cars getting damaged. Luckily, two persons behind the wheels of the cars, have escaped miraculously without a scratch. At about…















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