Mysore/Mysuru: Due to COVID-19 lockdown, many have not gone through their routine eye check-up. Keeping this in view, Annapoorna Eye Hospital, Hootagalli, has organised a free eye screening camp at its premises on Hotel Silent Shores Road in Hootagalli from June 2 to 10 everyday between 10 am and 7 pm. For registration, contact Mob:…
City Courts re-start functioning after two months
June 1, 2020Only 10 cases to be taken up per day in each Court Hall Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of two months following the nationwide COVID-19 induced lockdown, the City Courts (City and District Courts Complex and Malalawadi Court) re-opened to a new normal this morning. The Courts had declared a holiday in March subsequent to the…
Shramik Special leaves Mysuru with 466 migrants to Assam
June 1, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The 11th Shramik Special train carrying migrant workers, who were stranded in Mysuru, Kodagu, Hassan and Hunsur, left for Guwahati, Assam, from Mysuru yesterday. The train carrying as many as 466 registered migrants started the journey from Ashokapuram Railway Station at 1.30 pm. In addition, 176 migrants from Ramanagara boarded the Shramik Special. The…
New norms issued for places of worship in Karnataka
June 1, 2020Bengaluru: With places of worship expected to reopen on June 8, the Karnataka State Minorities Commission has released guidelines for Mosques and Dargahs that include social distancing, temperature testing and compulsory hand washing. Abdul Azeem, Commission Chairman said, “Everyone will have to maintain one-metre distance and carry their prayer mats. They will all be temperature-scanned…
Shops, bus stands open but no people
May 31, 2020Mysureans opt for self-imposed Sunday curfew; stay at home Mysore/Mysuru: A week ahead of ‘Unlock India 1.0’ where places of worship, shopping malls, hotels and restaurants can open from June 8, Mysureans went for a self-imposed Sunday curfew (May 31) and stayed indoors. Though yesterday the State Government declared that there won’t be a Sunday…
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary sees longest closure of 78 days
May 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary has seen long closure of 78 days till today (May 31). The gates of the Sanctuary was closed on Mar. 14, 10 days before the nationwide lockdown due to the threat of Bird Flu as some birds had died inside Mysuru city and the Forest Department had taken a decision…
Jubilant Company sponsors grocery kits to 2,500 civic workers
May 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District Administration will be distributing 2,500 grocery kits, sponsored by Jubilant Bhartia Foundation, Jubilant Generics, Nanjangud, to temporary and contract Pourakarmikas, UGD workers and garbage vehicle drivers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). The distribution process was symbolically launched by District Minister S.T. Somashekar at the Town Hall premises in city yesterday by distributing kits…
Pharmacists upload data of cough, cold, fever medicine purchase
May 31, 2020Training on uploading being given in city since a week Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly a month after an order was issued to chemists and druggists across the State to upload the details of those persons purchasing medicines for cough, cold and fever on a designated web portal, Mysuru Deputy Drugs Controller Office has been giving training to…
Immunity-boosting kits for frontline Railway staff
May 31, 2020Hubballi: Sustaining the fight against COVID-19, Railways are working on ways and means to tackle the virus and prevent the spread of the virus especially among its frontline staff who are attending lakhs of citizens returning to their hometowns by Shramik Special trains. Being in the frontline, these security and train staff are in constant…
Large parts of economy open, time to be more careful: PM
May 31, 2020World leaders show interest in Ayurveda and Yoga during Corona crisis New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning exhorted people not to lower their guard against the Coronavirus pandemic and adhere to the protocols of social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands as the major chunk of the economy was opened up. The PM’s…
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