Industrial production too picks up pace after COVID-19 lockdown relaxation with precautions Mysore/Mysuru: The sound of hammers striking hot iron, loaders shifting iron rods and wooden poles from trucks to ground site, drilling and crushing of stones and trucks transporting sand and construction materials is emanating from almost all localities of Mysuru city as the…
With Rs. 1.05 crore donated today, Zoo earns Rs. 2.32 crore towards its maintenance Mysore/Mysuru: Thanks to District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar, Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), which would otherwise have been in deep trouble owing to zero footfall following the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus, is ‘overwhelmed’ with the donations pouring in. The…
Visakhapatnam: A gas leak at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam has killed 11 people and forced the evacuation of thousands of people in the 3-kilometre radius. The leakage of styrene gas, which causes nausea and dizziness, took place early this morning when the plant was preparing to resume production later today in view of the…
Mysore/Mysuru: The number of COVID-19 positive cases is rising every day, and so is the death toll. Fortunately, Mysuru is slowly and steadily coming out of the Red Zone with only a handful positive patients admitted at the designated hospital. Scientists seem to believe that this pandemic will wreak more havoc. This is why Governments…
Itinerant performers or ‘sadhus of the cemetery’, these Budaga Jangama artistes struggle to make ends meet Mysore/Mysuru: How many days since you last stepped out of the house? Got stuck in a traffic signal, saw a movie in a multiplex, went to a restaurant or went shopping on Devaraj Urs Road or at a Mall?…
Mysore/Mysuru: The monthly meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) will be held on Sunday (May 10) at 4 pm. Because of the lock-down, the meeting will be held online. The subject of the meeting is “House pets and safety during COVID-19 days.” Dr. C.S. Arun, leading veterinarian, will be the resource person. Members of the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city, which was clean and tidy following lockdown, is now facing garbage issues following relaxation of lockdown rules. The garbage generation in the city had dropped following the lockdown to tame the spread of Coronavirus. Though Mysuru City is still in the Red Zone, the District Administration has partially relaxed the lockdown rules…
COVID stickers pasted on vehicles; indelible seal stamped on symptomatic travellers Mandatory 14-day quarantine for outside State visitors; asymptomatic persons let off Mysore/Mysuru: Determined to take stringent measures against spread of Coronavirus infection even after the State Government decided to allow one-time, two-way inter-district passes to facilitate people stranded in other cities to return home,…
Excise duty on all brands of liquor hiked by 17 percent Bengaluru: In an attempt to revive the sagging economy of the State which was in distress due to onset of the COVID-19 lockdown, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced a relief package worth over Rs. 1,610 crore. He was addressing a press conference from…
By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: An estimated 10 lakh people visit Mysuru every year during the 10-day State-sponsored Dasara extravaganza. However, this year, dark clouds of COVID-19 have cast over the celebrations. With strict norms of social distancing here to stay at least till the pandemic is brought under complete control, stakeholders are wondering how to…
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