Konganda Suresh Mandanna (72), a resident of Pramur Blossoms Apartments in Jayalakshmipuram and a member of Jayalakshmipuram Kodava Association, passed away last night (May 11) at a private hospital in city. He leaves behind one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Chirashanthidhama in Gokulam today morning,…
Mysuru can now handle 1,000 COVID tests per day
May 11, 2020DFRL donates Mobile Containment Lab PARAKH to K.R. Hospital on National Technology Day today State-of-the-art machine a boon during Biological Emergency Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration and the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMCR&I) attached to K.R. Hospital, have got a shot in the arm for testing COVID-19 cases with a new testing facility…
14-day quarantine must for all those returning to State
May 11, 2020Bodies of those dead outside Karnataka cannot be brought in for cremation Bengaluru: All those who arrive from outside Karnataka should be compulsorily quarantined for 14 days even if asymptomatic before they are allowed to go home, said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. The CM cleared a list of protocols for people of Karnataka returning from…
Low-cost innovations that can save lives during a pandemic
May 11, 2020JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research comes up with ICU on wheels, low-cost ventilator, multi-mode air sanitiser Mysore/Mysuru: While the Coronavirus pandemic has triggered a lot of innovations globally including technological developments, discovery of new drugs and vaccines, development of rapid testing diagnostics, innovations in medical practices, mathematical modelling and predictive sciences, here in…
107 Mysuru journalists test negative for COVID-19
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: All 107 city journalists, whose swab samples were collected on May 8, was tested and the lab reports have confirmed that the samples were negative. Presspersons including reporters, photographers and videographers of both print and electronic media have been working continuously during the lockdown. As a few journalists from Bengaluru and other places, who…
Project on to remove silt from Cauvery River in Kushalnagar
May 11, 2020Kushalnagar: Ground-breaking ceremony for a mega Rs. 89-lakh project to remove silt from River Cauvery in the Kushalnagar belt to prevent flooding of the town was performed this morning. Madikeri MLA M.P. Appachu Ranjan performed the ceremony in the presence of Kodlipet’s Kirkodli Mutt Seer Sadashiva Swamiji. The Kodagu District Administration had agreed for the…
Inmates of Shelter Camps return to native places
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of people sheltered in temporary shelter homes across the city following the COVID-19 lockdown have started returning to their native places after the lockdown curbs were relaxed last week. While some of them have returned to their villages, others have returned for labour. Subsequent to the announcement of nationwide lockdown in the last…
Forest Minister visits villages in Kundakere Range forest border
May 11, 2020Listens to grievances of people who have lost their livestock in tiger attacks Gundlupet: Following tiger attacks on livestock at villages bordering Kundakere Range since 20 days, Forest Minister Anand Singh along with the officials of the Forest Department conducted an inspection at Kadabur village recently and listened to the grievances of farmers and villagers…
Mysuru beauticians seek financial aid from Govt.
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hard hit by COVID-19 lockdown, the city beauty parlour owners have urged the State Government to declare financial assistance to them. A delegation of office-bearers of Mysuru District (City) Beauticians and Beauty Parlour Owners Association submitted memorandums in this regard to the Deputy Commissioner, the Mayor and the MCC Commissioner on Saturday. Pointing out…
Cop receives 14 stitches on head preventing husband-wife fight
May 11, 2020Mandya: A Police Head Constable attached to Kesthur Police Station suffered serious head injuries after being struck with an axe while trying to prevent a fight between a couple at Arekalludoddi village in Maddur taluk on Friday. While the seriously injured cop is C.P. Shivaraju, the man who struck him on the head with an…















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