Mysore/Mysuru: People For People (PFP), a voluntary organisation, distributed 29 kits to needy slum-dwellers near Srirangapatna Railway Station in Mysuru district. Circle Inspector Yogesh Kumar also participated in the programme and appreciated the activities of PFP. Laxmisha, a volunteer in Srirangapatna, is serving food to around 800 people every day. Hence, some kits were handed…
Ward Survey: MCC Commissioner sensitises volunteers on COVID duty
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The volunteers appointed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to conduct survey of all 65 Wards in city were provided training at Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantap in Kuvempunagar this morning. With no weddings or other mass gatherings due to lockdown, the Kalyana Mantap has turned into Grocery Kit Collection Centre, where the donors deposit…
Penor Rinpoche Charity Foundation donates Rs.10 lakh towards PM CARES Fund
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Chief of Namdroling Monastery (the Golden Temple), Gyang Khang Tulku Rinpoche and Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche, along with all the Monks and Nuns, contributed Rs. 10 lakh towards the PM CARES Fund under the aegis of Bylakuppe’s Penor Rinpoche Charity Foundation and the cheque was handed over to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, according to…
BJP Mahila Morcha on a mission to prepare and distribute one lakh masks to public
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City BJP Mahila Morcha is on a mission to prepare and distribute one lakh masks to the public, said Morcha President Hema Nandish. She was speaking after distributing masks prepared by the City Mahila Morcha to the public at Ramakrishnanagar here yesterday. “The Coronavirus pandemic has brought severe hardship to the country. To…
Food kits for photographers, videographers
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With no events happening after the nationwide lockdown came into effect, the photographers and videographers are rendered jobless. Hence, to support their living, grocery kits were distributed to photographers, videographers and their assistants in city. At a programme organised by Mysore District Photographers and Videographers Association at Chikkammanikethana Kalyana Mantapa in city yesterday, former…
12 more COVID19 positives in Mysuru; Mandya three more cases
April 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru has 12 more positive cases of COVID-19. With this, the total number of positive cases in Mysuru has gone up to 73 while there are 61 active cases. Of the 12 cases reported today, 11 have been reported from the employees and contacts of Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics. One person is the contact of…
Movement of vehicles, people restricted from tomorrow
April 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: From tomorrow, Apr. 17, vehicular and people movement in Mysuru has been restricted across the city following the strict enforcement of complete lockdown. As Mysuru is declared a COVID-19 hotspot by the Centre, the City Police have decided to ensure a proper lockdown with a series of measures. Addressing reporters at his office this…
Mysuru COVID-19 Hospital linked to other Coronavirus hospitals in State
April 16, 2020Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government has opened a critical care support unit to monitor the progress of Coronavirus patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of various designated Coronavirus hospitals across the State including the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road in Mysuru (District Hospital). Karnataka is the first State in the country to establish a dedicated…
Container did not spread Coronavirus at Jubilant Generics: ADGP
April 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Parashivamurthy has said that they have received information that the container which came from China to Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics (where maximum positive cases have been reported) did not carry Coronavirus. He was addressing the media at the Office of the Superintendent of Police in Nazarbad here yesterday (Apr….
MUDA has more than 600 corner sites
April 16, 2020CM’s announcement of selling BDA corner sites kindles hope for MUDA to rake in revenues By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa recently said the ongoing lockdown has resulted in deep financial trouble for the State. He said that the Cabinet had decided to auction around 12,000 corner sites (sites that are located…














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