Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Praja Party has urged the Government to confer ‘Water Conservation Expert’ award on ‘Pondman’ Kamegowda, who recently hit the headlines after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a reference to him in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio (AIR) last month. In a press release, Party President B. Shivanna said…
T. Narasipur traders to go in for self-imposed indefinite afternoon lockdown from today
July 13, 2020Businesses to be conducted from 6 am to 2 pm, essential services exempted T. Narasipur: In a bid to arrest the spread of COVID-19, Nagarika Seva Vedike and Taluk Traders Association have decided to go in for an indefinite self-imposed afternoon lockdown from today (July 13). The decision to go in for the self-imposed lockdown…
Youth drowns in lake near Gonikoppal
July 13, 2020Gonikoppal (Kodagu): An 18-year-old youth, who was playing on the lake bund, was drowned after he slipped and fell into the lake at Nemmale village near here yesterday. The deceased youth is Achal, a student of Lions Vidya Samsthe who had written his second PU exams recently. On Sunday afternoon, Achal, along with his father…
Russia may be first to have COVID-19 vaccine as human trial completes
July 13, 2020Moscow: The clinical trials of the world’s first Coronavirus vaccine on volunteers has been successfully completed at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Sputnik news agency reported quoting an official. The Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University began clinical trials of the vaccine produced by Russia’s Gamalei Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on June 18….
With no functions, shamiana traders hit
July 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of pandals and shamiana providers in city are staring at heavy losses following pandemic and lockdown period. Most of these traders provide shamiana, which is an Indian ceremonial tent or shelter for rent to their customers. They also provide cooking vessels, utensils, stove and all other necessary materials to carry out any functions…
Mrs. Anitha Cariappa, former CEO of Ponnampet Co-op. Society, wins the case against her dismissal
July 13, 2020Gonikoppal/ Hunsur: A Court in Hunsur has ruled that the former CEO of the Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society, Ponnampet, Mrs. Addanda Anitha Cariappa, who was dismissed from service, be reinstated with benefits. The then Administrative Board of Primary Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society, Ponnampet, under the Presidentship of Addanda Janardhana, had on 17.10.2014, dismissed the…
Lockdown: Hundreds leave Bengaluru for Mysuru
July 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government’s decision to impose lockdown from July 14 evening to 22 and a surging number of COVID-19 positive cases in Bengaluru has forced people to go back to their native places. On the morning of July 13, a large number of vehicles piled up at toll gates at Bengaluru’s borders. There was…
No total lockdown in Mysuru District: DC
July 13, 2020Only certain areas of Narasimharaja Constituency will be sealed down Decision today evening after meeting with elected representatives, religious leaders Mysore/Mysuru: Ending speculations of a total lockdown in Mysuru due to rising cases of death and COVID-19 infections, the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has clarified that there will be no complete lockdown in…
Home isolation patients remotely monitored from new DC Office
July 12, 2020Dedicated call centre traces contacts; watches home and facility-quarantined persons By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: In its efforts to augment contact tracing exercise to help contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 and to monitor patients who are in home quarantine as per the new guidelines issued by the State Government, the Mysuru District Administration has…
Sunday lockdown total in city
July 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The total Sunday lockdown announced by the State Government to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic was a complete success this morning in city as all commercial establishments, offices, business enterprises and other commercial activities were shut down for the day. Although it was a Government-ordered lockdown, residents voluntarily observed the bandh due to…















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