Mysore/Mysuru: They have been seen on the streets relentlessly seizing vehicles and grimly talking sense into compulsive lockdown violators. The Police in city have also started using a network of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) to track down lockdown flouters. The drones are fitted with sirens, flashing lights and recorded messages warning people against…
Positive cases reach 5 in Mandya
April 9, 2020Mandya: Even as Malavalli taluk in Mandya district has been declared as a Containment Zone, another person, who is suspected to have had contact with those who had returned from the religious congregation in Delhi last month, tested positive on Wednesday. Today, P185, a 32-year-old male (Co-passenger, Pharma company worker) from Mandya has tested positive …
Department of Public Libraries comes up with Digital Library
April 9, 2020Now, public can access over 1,00,000 digital contents for free Mysore/Mysuru: In an attempt to keep the learning among the students active, especially those studying in Class 1 to 12, during this lockdown period, the Department of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka, in association with K-Nomics Techno Solutions Private Limited, Bengaluru, has come up with…
Don’t need standing ovation: PM Modi appeals to India
April 9, 2020‘Honour me by feeding poor during COVID-19 crisis’ New Delhi: As uncertainty over the Coronavirus situation and the potential extension of the lockdown continues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came on Twitter to dispel news around a certain appeal going viral. Taking a cue from the clapping and lights out campaigns, social media users have reportedly…
De-congesting Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry
April 9, 2020120 homeless persons moved to two other shelters in city Mysore/Mysuru: With Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city, which is sheltering destitutes and homeless persons in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown, getting overcrowded, the District Administration on Tuesday shifted 120 of them to two other new shelter camps in city as a safety…
MLA G.T. Devegowda launches distribution of Ration Kits
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With several people facing a lot of difficulty due to COVID-19 lockdown, Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) launched distribution of Ration Kits to poor families in his constituency who do not have any Ration Card, at MCDCC Bank premises on Ashoka Road on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the Coronavirus pandemic…
Back-end Offices supplement effectively in efforts of Indian Railways
April 9, 2020To maintain supply chain during Nationwide lockdown Mysore/Mysuru: Indian Railways is working in mission mode to maintain supply chain for transportation of all essential commodities such as food grains, edible oils, sugar, salt, petroleum products, vegetables, fruits, etc. Over 9,000 freight trains are criss-crossing the vast Indian Railways network at higher speeds than in normal…
‘Let us fight Corona unitedly’: DCP urges Muslim brethren
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “Let us fight the dreaded Coronavirus unitedly,” urged Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dr. A.N. Prakash Gowda to Muslim brethren. Addressing the gathering of Muslim religious leaders of Udayagiri, Shanthinagar, Rajivnagar and other areas during the Coronavirus awareness and peace meets at Meelad Park on Tuesday and Wednesday, the DCP said that the virus…
EPFO issues revised instructions to facilitate PF members rectify their birth records
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a move to extend the availability and reach of online services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has issued revised instructions to its field offices to facilitate PF members to rectify their date of birth in EPFO records, thus ensuring that their Universal Account Number (UAN) is…
Credit-I takes responsibility of feeding shelterless
April 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Lending a helping hand to the MCC’s initiative of providing food to the poor and the needy, city based NGO Credit-I has taken up the responsibility of providing food and articles of daily use to all the shelterless people housed at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry. Speaking to SOM, Credit-I Managing Trustee Dr. M.P. Varsha said…















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