Bengaluru: With Corona positive cases rising alarmingly across the State, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has convened a meeting of Union Ministers representing the State and MPs at the Palace Grounds in the State Capital tomorrow morning (July 10), to discuss on extending Sunday total lockdown to Saturday as well. Presiding over a Cabinet meeting here…
Dead body shifted from one village to another for last rites
July 9, 2020Suspected COVID death: Cremation refused as villagers insist on lab report One village finally agrees to cremate outside its boundaries Mandya: Fear is robbing the dead of dignity. While there are many reports of many COVID Hospitals in cities and care homes abandoning and even leaving the dead on beds amid the Coronavirus pandemic, such…
Covid-recovered patient says… Stay positive and be patient
July 9, 2020Virus-infected-and-cured senior citizen says one must be physically, mentally and emotionally strong to beat the disease Mysore/Mysuru: The outbreak of Coronavirus has diagnosed more than a crore patients worldwide. Soon, the number of cases is going to exceed in the coming days. It is estimated that the Coronavirus is going to affect 60 percent to…
At COVID-19 awareness programme: Ramdas calls for making Mysuru Coronavirus free
July 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: KR Constituency MLA S.A. Ramdas, who has launched an awareness programme in his assembly segment about the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, has called upon the people to make Mysuru free of the virus. On the second day of his awareness programme on Wednesday, Ramdas met several residents in J.P. Nagar and educated them about the…
Webinar on ‘Post COVID-19 World’
July 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 has created havoc in the world. Society at large and professionals around the world are equipping themselves for a post-COVID world. Keeping this in view, a Webinar on ‘Post COVID-19 World’ has been arranged by Centre for Workplace Safety and Health (CWSH), autonomous unit of National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, on July…
Time to balance news in trying COVID times
July 9, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Kevin Carter, a South African photo-journalist, was awarded the “Pulitzer Prize” for the visual “The Vulture and the Little Girl.” In the picture, a vulture is patiently waiting for the death of a hungry little girl. Carter captured the moment in the great 1993 famine in Sudan. …
Mysuru reports fresh 49 COVID-19 positive cases; 302 active
July 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 49 fresh COVID-19 positive cases this morning taking the total number of infected persons to 638. Total active cases in Mysuru District are 302 and they are being treated at the designated hospitals. Till yesterday, 322 patients have been discharged and yesterday’s patient discharge count stands at 18. In all, 14 persons…
Virus scare: Entry to parks, stadiums, playgrounds restricted
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Already cooped up most of the day in their homes to fight COVID-19, hundreds of city residents woke up this morning to find themselves deprived of one of the few simple pleasures left: A walk inside sprawling parks in their neighbourhood. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to restrict public movement inside parks,…
MCC Main Office to open for public from tomorrow
July 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Main Office on Sayyaji Rao Road, which had been temporarily shut down yesterday and today, will be functioning from tomorrow. The city’s Civic Body was sealed down yesterday morning after an employee of the Health Section was tested positive. Following seal down, the entire office premises and surroundings were…
City Court complexes closed for two days
July 8, 2020Health Department staff undertake disinfection of both buildings Mysore/Mysuru: The old and new Law Court complexes in city will remain closed for two days as the Health Department staff are undertaking spraying of disinfectant as one of the advocates has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The District Judge had sought permission from the High Court…
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