Welcome to a new-look T10 cricket Kingstown: No fans allowed, no saliva on the ball and hand sanitisers on the boundary ropes. Welcome to cricket during Coronavirus as it’s being played out in the Caribbean this week. Six teams are taking part in the Vincy T10 Premier League at the picturesque Arnos Vale venue near…
German soccer fills stadium with cardboard fans
May 25, 2020The German soccer league Bundesliga’s match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen on May 23 used cardboard pictures of fans to fill the seats at Borussia-Park in Moenchengladbach, Germany. Also included were cutouts of legendary players of Borussia Mönchengladbach’s past. The visitors, Borussia Mönchengladbach, were also represented. In all, there were 20,000 cardboard cutouts, reported…
Free Counselling for tobacco and nicotine addicts
May 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: To mark the World Anti-Tobacco Day which is observed on May 31, St. Mary’s Hospital (Psychiatric, De-addiction and Rehabilitation Centre) has organised a free counselling (face-to-face and telephonic) for tobacco and nicotine addicts at its premises on Manandavadi Road near Silk Factory Circle in city on May 30 between 11 am and 4 pm….
Use of face masks: Random checking need of the hour
May 25, 2020Sir, The stipulation that wearing of masks is compulsory is not at all being followed in the city. One has to only take a short drive outside to observe this. You will see auto drivers chatting in a group, at the auto stands, with most of them not wearing masks. Newspaper vendors do not wear…
Plug drainage leak
May 25, 2020Sir, The drainage in R.M.P Layout, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 2nd Phase, has been leaking for the past six days. Even though a complaint was given no one seems to have responded so far. I once again request the authorities concerned to plug the leakage at the earliest so that the tax-paying citizens are not inconvenienced….
Mary Jasmine Dove
May 25, 2020Mary Jasmine Dove (62), wife of Earl Dove and a resident of Shakthinagar, passed away yesterday night at a private hospital in city. A retired Head Mistress of Teresian Buds Play Home, she leaves behind her husband, son Joy Anthony Dove, a Senior Executive (Advt-Sales) at ‘Star of Mysore,’ daughter Irene Dove, daughter-in-law Florita, grand-daughter…
Sunday Curfew Total
May 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Call it ‘Sunday Curfew’ or ‘Sunday Lockdown’ or a ‘36-hour shutdown’, the city’s streets wore a deserted look, resembling a ghost town with an eerie silence and uneasy calm prevailing across its length and breadth while hundreds of Policemen kept a close vigil. “A total lockdown is in force across the State since Saturday…
Several couples get married in Mysuru on Lockdown Sunday
May 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Several couples got married in Mysuru today, while the Karnataka Government announced a complete lockdown on Sundays, as part of the fourth phase of COVID-19 shutdown till the end of this month. The marriage ceremonies were possible thanks to a clarification given by the State Government for marriages, which has been already scheduled for…
Ramzan festival in city tomorrow
May 24, 2020No mass prayers at Eidgah Maidan, Mosques Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 pandemic everywhere and lockdown rules in force, Muslim community members will celebrate Ramzan festival in a simple manner tomorrow in city. At the Mysuru District Moon Committee meeting held yesterday at Apna Ghar in Shivarathreeshwara Nagar which was chaired by Sir Khazi of Mysuru Hazrath…
Alliance Air, TruJet to start Mysuru flights from May 25
May 24, 2020Seven-day institutional quarantine mandatory for out-of-State passengers Mysore/Mysuru: Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, is all set to commence flight operations from Mysuru from May 25 (Monday). The detailed schedule of the flight operations from May 25 to June 30 is available under Alliance Air section of www.airindia.in. TruJet, a regional airline, too…














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