Mysore/Mysuru: As one more step in the testing of COVID-19 symptoms, the district health authorities will be starting 10 exclusive Fever Clinics in city which would function from tomorrow (April.13) . DHO Dr. R. Venkatesh said that all Fever Clinics will function from Primary Health Centres (PHCs) located across the city including Bannimantap, Saraswathipuram, Kuvempunagar,…
Former Mayor urges all citizens to follow lockdown guidelines
April 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Corona cases are rising by the day in the district, former Mayor Ayub Khan has urged the citizens to follow lockdown guidelines strictly in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. In a public appeal, Ayub Khan, regretting that people still continued to come out on to the streets under the pretext…
Ration articles distributed to Mahouts at Dubare Elephant Camp
April 12, 2020Kushalnagar: The Forest Department distributed ration to over 60 Mahouts and Kavadis of Dubare Elephant camp near here on Saturday. Speaking after distributing ration, Madikeri Sub-Division Conservator of Forests (CF)Prabhakar said that the families of Mahouts and Kavadis who live in tribal hamlets were facing a lot of difficulties due to the lockdown. The Department,…
DFRL hands over 6,500 ready-to-eat meals to MCC
April 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru, has supplied 6,500 ready-to-eat meals to Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to be distributed among labourers and daily wagers who are facing severe hardship due to nationwide lockdown. The products, including Khichidi, Tomato Rice, White Rice with Dal Fry along with ready-to-…
Coming together in fight against pandemic
April 12, 2020Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji of Avadhoota Datta Peetham handing over a cheque for Rs. 5 lakh to MLA S.A. Ramdas at the Ashrama premises in city towards PM CARES (Prime Minister’s Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations) Fund in fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Bishop of Mysuru Most Rev. Dr. K.A. William handing over a…
‘Corona Warriors’ feed stray animals
April 12, 2020The Youth Volunteers, appointed as ‘Corona Warriors’ by the Information and Public Relations Department, in association with Labour Department and Indian Red Cross Society, to check the spread of false rumours and messages regarding the deadly COVID-19, have now started feeding the stray dogs, cats and birds which have been starving due to lockdown. The…
Lockdown tightened
April 11, 2020Krishnaraja, Devaraja and Narasimharaja sub-divisions on high alert; barricades laid Mysore/Mysuru: If all roads leading to Padarayanapura and Bapujinagar, off Mysuru Road in Bengaluru have been sealed off and asbestos sheets have been used as barricades to prevent entry and exit of people, things are no different in Mysuru where the lockdown norms have been…
Modi wears home-made face mask, discusses lockdown situation with CMs
April 11, 2020I am available 24×7 for any assistance, PM tells State Heads New Delhi: Wearing a home-made cloth face mask, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning discussed Coronavirus lockdown situation in the country with Chief Ministers of all the States via video conferencing. PM Modi imposed a 21-day lockdown on Mar. 24 asking people to remain…
Jubilant’s first, Mysuru’s second patient cured of Coronavirus
April 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst spiralling cases of COVID-19 in Mysuru, here is a silver lining as the second positive patient in Mysuru (Patient 52 or P52), has been successfully treated and discharged. He was the first employee who tested positive for COVID-19 from Jubilant Generics, a pharmaceutical firm in Nanjangud that is in the thick of a…
Former MP demands payment of backlog wages to MNREGA labourers
April 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Alleging that the Karnataka Government had failed to pay wages for MNREGA Scheme labourers in the State for two months, former Chamarajanagar Congress MP R. Dhruvanarayan has urged the Government to pay backlog wages to them at the earliest. Speaking to presspersons at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, Dhruvanarayan said that the State must…
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