Low-cost, yet technologically superior machine better than Chinese concentrators Mysore/Mysuru: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, a premier Science Institute of India, is supporting the nation in its battle against COVID-19 by developing an Oxygen Concentrator of 10 litres per minute (LPM) capacity which is being tested for its clinical validation at Bangalore Medical…
Surging toll forces MCC to scramble for firewood
May 15, 2021Corporation officials appeal to donors, voluntary organisations to donate firewood Mysore/Mysuru: Grim prospects of a rise in the number of COVID deaths in Mysuru has sent civic authorities scrambling for resources for conducting funerals in a dignified manner and also minimising inconvenience to the families. On an average, 10 persons are losing their battle with…
Mass cremations: A first in Mysuru
May 15, 2021Heart-breaking scenes at Jodi Thenginamara Road cremation site Mysore/Mysuru: While people losing loved ones to COVID-19 turning to makeshift facilities that are undertaking mass burials and cremations as crematoriums come under pressure is a common scene in cities like Bengaluru and Delhi, Mysuru witnessed its first mass cremation yesterday at the burial ground at Jodi…
TVS Company Trust donates 135 Oxygen Concentrators
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Coming to the help of the district administration during COVID crisis, Srinivasan Services Trust of well-known auto manufacturer TVS Motor Company, which has a manufacturing facility near Kadakola in the district, has donated 135 Oxygen Concentrators to the district administration. The machines were handed over to District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Deputy Commissioner Rohini…
Corona patient dies: Relatives assault docs
May 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors and a Security Guard of Emergency Ward in K.R. Hospital were allegedly assaulted by a group of people following death of a Covid patient on Thursday. A 55-year-old person was admitted to the Hospital for Corona treatment on Wednesday, but he died on Thursday evening. The family members and relatives of the deceased,…
Positivity Unlimited: ‘This is the time to express our gratitude to society and serve others’
May 15, 2021On the 2nd day of the #PositivityUnlimited lecture series organised by Covid Response Team (CRT), Delhi, on May 12, Founder of Art of Living Sri Ravi Shankar Guruji spoke thus: Our country is going through the biggest challenge of this century. Witnessing the loss of our near and dear ones, our minds can be affected. …
Pandemic Politics
May 15, 2021Yesterday, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, for the first time reacted to the clean chit given to her by the three-member probe Committee of the Karnataka High Court regarding Chamarajanagar tragedy. She said, “The Committee has cleared the name of Mysuru District Administration and several baseless and motivated statements had put a black mark on…
Mysuru District COVID-19 War Room Report: May 14, 2021
May 14, 2021COVID-19 Positive Cases Analysis of Mysuru District as on 14/05/2021 | 8:00 PM.
Police step up vigil at check-posts, screen vehicles entering Mysuru
May 14, 2021SP Ryshyanth visits check points; asks personnel not to block patient-carrying and essential goods vehicles Mysore/Mysuru: With a spurt in COVID-19 cases, the District Police have stepped up vigil at all check-posts and toll plazas to keep an eye on persons trying to enter Mysuru. They are screening all vehicles and questioning the occupants while…
Our stand on Chamarajanagar tragedy vindicated: DC
May 14, 2021I am being targeted as soon as I took charge as DC, says Rohini Sindhuri Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting for the first time to media on the report submitted by the three-member probe Committee to the Karnataka High Court regarding the Chamarajanagar District Hospital tragedy where 24 patients died on the intervening night of May 2 and…















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