Mysore/Mysuru: MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hedge has said that the MCC will issue online passes to traders for distribution of essential commodities such as groceries, grains, fruits and vegetables and medicines. Likewise, passes will be issued to organisations and donors who come forward for distributing essential items to the poor and the needy, for which they…
Financial Censorship: Indian Newspaper Society reacts
April 10, 2020New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS)on Wednesday urged Congress President Sonia Gandhi to withdraw her suggestion to the Government to impose a two-year ban on media advertisements by the Government and Public Sector Undertakings. “Such a proposal tantamounts to financial censorship,” the Society said in a statement on Thursday. The Congress President had on…
Members of CII Young Indians-Mysuru donate blood
April 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of a news item on shortage of blood in Blood Banks (SOM dated Apr. 3), the members of CII Young Indians, Mysuru, donated blood to the needy patients. This noble initiative was led by Bharath Devarajappa. The reason attributed was that donors were not being able to visit the place of donation…
Corona prevention insists social distancing
April 10, 2020Sir, COVID-19 caused by the Novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has brought difficulties to common man across the globe and restricted their movement at all levels. The complete lockdown of the country could reduce the rate of virus spread considerably, which resulted only in a few hundreds of new cases per day,…
Donations pour in to combat COVID-19
April 10, 2020In a bid to help the State Government fight COVID-19, donations from writers, politicians and individuals are pouring in to the PM and Chief Minister’s Relief Fund from city. MLC Sandesh Nagaraj donated Rs. 1 crore from his MLC Fund and his one month’s salary of Rs. 1 lakh towards CM’s Relief Fund to Minister…
Cauvery Hospital staff light lamps to show solidarity
April 10, 2020Cauvery Heart & Multi-Specialty Hospital Chairman Dr. G.R. Chandrashekar along with Managing Director Dr. Sarala Chandrashekar, doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, lit lamps and candles to show solidarity following the call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Apr. 5.
M. Parameshwari Dayal
April 10, 2020M. Parameshwari Dayal (83), of Dayal Sweets at Channapatna and a long time resident of Mysuru, passed away on Apr. 2 here. He leaves behind his wife Mitilesh, one son, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Parameshwari Dayal was the son of late Munshilal of Sri Krishna Bhavan in Mysuru, who later…
8-year-old among 5 new positive cases in Mysuru
April 10, 2020Petition filed in SC for mass house-to-house tests in India Mysore/Mysuru: An eight-year-old child is among five new patients who have tested positive for Coronavirus in Mysuru this morning. This is for the first time an eight-year-old boy has been infected in Mysuru. Five new positive cases have been reported in Mysuru today taking the…
Walk-in kiosk to screen patients at Mysuru COVID-19 Hospital
April 9, 2020Innovative way to beat severe shortage of Personal Protective Equipment First installed in South Korea, low-cost kiosks reach Kerala and then Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Inspired by South Korea’s innovative way of testing for Novel Coronavirus symptoms, the designated COVID-19 Hospital (District Hospital, Mysore) on KRS Road has set up low-cost kiosks at its premises for safe…
Emergency Cabinet meet on lockdown exit strategy
April 9, 2020Ministers recommend extension of lockdown; State to follow Centre’s directive Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet, in its emergency meeting held this morning, discussed the report submitted by the Task Force led by Cardiologist Dr. Devi Shetty that has recommended continuation of lockdown measures in COVID-19 hotspots and closure of all educational institutions in State till May…















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