By T.J.S. George The story is that a man used to walk up and down London’s glamorous Oxford Street with a placard proclaiming “the end is nigh.” The idea was to encourage people to repent their sins and prepare for the imminent apocalypse. What was only a spiritual note of caution then has now acquired…
COVID-19 Lessons: Allow Tier-II and Tier-III Cities to grow
April 28, 2020Sir, We have been under lockdown since March 25, 2020, for good. Our Prime Minister was clever enough to put the entire country under lockdown very quickly. We all must thank the PM for the timely act. During lockdown period, till now, we observed that most of the deaths due to COVID-19 have occurred in…
Boys… COVID is no fun!
April 28, 2020In India, which is known to have great following for Cricket rather than any other sports, ‘Galli Cricket’ is no new thing. But at this hour of crisis, when even the daily wager, who might be the only bread earner to his family, is forced to stay home to make sure we win the war…
Keethianda C. Saraswathi
April 28, 2020Keethianda C. Saraswathi (Ballachanda), wife of Keethianda Chengappa and a resident of Alanahalli, passed away this morning at her residence. She was 90. She leaves behind her husband, son Advocate K.C. Pradyumna, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill this afternoon, according to…
R. Jayashankar
April 28, 2020R. Jayashankar (55), an electrical contractor and a resident of Hebbal 2nd Stage, passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his wife, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Hebbal Burial Grounds this morning, according to family sources.
Doorstep Thermal Screening Drive against Pandemic in Mysuru
April 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per directions from the Central Government, the Mysuru District Administration, jointly with Health and Family Welfare Department, has launched a drive to conduct Thermal Screening of all those living in hotspot areas across the district since Apr.24. A total of 28 areas, including 13 in city, have been declared as hotspots within the…
43 of 89 COVID-19 positive patients recover in Mysuru
April 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a remarkable achievement, 43 Coronavirus positive patients have been discharged so far from the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road after they have fully recovered from the disease. This is an indication to the fact that Mysuru District is slowly returning to normalcy from the killer epidemic. In all, 89 positive cases were…
Mysuru’s veteran RSS leader gets phone call from Modi
April 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a special effort to check on the health of his senior colleagues in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in keeping with his reminder to people on Apr. 14 to take special care of senior citizens in their homes. The PM is calling on several…
Lockdown will stay in Red Zones, says PM
April 27, 2020States asked to demarcate districts as Red, Green and Orange Zones based on level of infection New Delhi: As India enters the final week of nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a video conference with the Chief Ministers this morning to discuss the road ahead. This was the fourth such meeting between Narendra Modi and State Chief…
M.G. Road Market vendors stay put
April 27, 2020Refuse to move to Dasara Expo venue; no veggie sales today Mysore/Mysuru: In a curious turn of events this morning, vegetable vendors of the M.G. Road Market who were asked to either move to Dasara Exhibition venue or the Lalitha Mahal Grounds Market refused to budge from their places and squatted on their designated places….















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