Alumni group of St. Joseph’s School provide food for daily wagers and sanitary workers Mysore/Mysuru: While the 21-day lockdown to contain the community spread of the Coronavirus was announced, it had some repercussions. Doctors got busy, IT professionals got to Work-From-Home (WFH) amidst restless children as a result of schools shutting down, Entrepreneurs were taking…
Mysore University starts online classes
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has started online classes for Under-Graduate (UG) and Post-Graduate (PG) students, said the UoM Registrar. WhatsApp Groups have been created according to semester, subject and section, providing students with the tools they need to read, including lessons, PPT and videos. Students can also get e-sources, e-books, e-prints on the…
Vijaya Vittala donates Rs.20 lakh to COVID-19 Relief Funds
April 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vijaya Vittala Educational Institutions in Mysuru, which is run by Sri Pejawara Adhokshaja Mutt, Udupi, under the guidance of its President Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwaprasanna Theertha Swamiji, has transferred Rs.10 lakh each to PM CARES Fund and CM Relief Fund towards the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This amount includes two day salary of all…
The man behind walk-in kiosks and disinfectant tunnels
April 19, 2020By M.B. Pavan Murthy The designated COVID-19 Hospital (District Hospital, Mysore) on KRS Road has set up low-cost walk-in kiosks at its premises for safe collection of swabs of symptomatic people by the medical staff without direct exposure and contact with patients. The man behind these walk-in kiosks, known as Swab Testing Cubicles is Ramesh…
Covid Symptoms and Humour
April 19, 2020As the lockdown continues with the ever-increasing list of symptoms for COVID-19, most of us are sure to second guess and even panic at least once during the lockdown. Initially, we were told to look out for chronic dry cough, followed by fever and then difficulty in breathing. Then suddenly diarrhoea was declared a symptom….
Safety first: Maintain social distance when moving on two-wheelers
April 19, 2020Sir, It can be seen through media that still many people are riding doubles on two-wheeler during the current COVID-19 period, which is against the advisory and caution given by City Police to keep social distance even while travelling. Triple riding, all without helmets, is most common even now in peripheral areas, if not in…
Shift this huge dustbin in Jayanagar
April 19, 2020Sir, A huge dustbin is kept on the road behind 5th Main, 8th Cross, Jayanagar, Mysuru. There are many houses on this road and the bin is lying at the same place since a number of years. When people come and dump all waste materials in the bin, it emanates foul smell and the residents…
Payment of Property Tax: Suggestion to MCC
April 19, 2020Sir, These are difficult times and we need to see that our Governments are able to fulfil its duties towards its citizens. At the same time we also have a duty to facilitate the Government to do so. This requires the Government to have money with it. That means collection of taxes. As a step…
Devanira lny Medappa
April 19, 2020Devanira lny Medappa (Buttianda) passed away at her daughter’s residence on Bannur Road here this evening. She was 99. She leaves behind her son Prabhu, daughter Suchita, son-in-law and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites tomorrow at 10.30 am at the crematorium at the foot of Chamundi Hill.
Puttalakshmamma
April 19, 2020Puttalakshmamma (85), wife of late H. Puttaswamy, passed away at her residence in Jayalakshmipuram, on Apr. 17. She leaves behind three daughters and son P. Nithyananda of Nithyananda Associates. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill yesterday, according to family sources.















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