Mandya: With the district reporting a sudden spurt in Corona cases which is attributed to devotees returning to the district after visiting Om Shakti temple in Tamil Nadu which has turned out into a COVID hotspot of late, the Mandya District Administration has banned the district devotees from visiting the Tamil Nadu temple. Speaking to…
Weekend curfew in districts hasty, say Ministers, MLAs…: Cabinet meet on to sort out differences
January 6, 2022Bengaluru: The State Cabinet is meeting in Bengaluru now to take stock of the renewed demand from Ministers and elected representatives to spare other districts (excluding Bengaluru) from weekend curfew restrictions as only Bengaluru is seeing an increase in COVID cases. The meeting began this morning. The State Government’s move to impose restrictions has left…
‘Alternative education if COVID positive cases increase’
January 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: COVID positive cases are increasing gradually in the district since three days and in case positive cases goes up in the same way within Monday, there will be a need to implement alternate education method for students, said Deputy Director of Public Instruction (DDPI) Ramachandraraje Urs. Speaking to SOM, he said that since three…
Srirangapatna turning into a COVID cluster
January 5, 202243 more test COVID positive Srirangapatna: Srirangapatna is slowly turning into a COVID hotspot as more devotees returning from inter-State travel are testing positive for COVID. While 33 tested positive since last three days, 43 tested positive yesterday. About 120 devotees, who arrived in buses from a pilgrimage, were subjected to RT-PCR test yesterday out…
COVID curbs back in State
January 5, 2022Bengaluru: With COVID-19 cases seeing a rise again, restrictions have been imposed across the State. At a press briefing here yesterday, Revenue Minister R. Ashoka announced that night curfew would be extended while weekend curfew would be imposed from Friday 10 pm to Monday 5 am across the State. During the curfew, essential services and…
Weekend Curfew: Friday 10 pm to Monday 5 am
January 5, 2022What’s allowed and what’s not Bengaluru: The Government has extended night curfew between 10 pm and 5 am and has imposed a weekend curfew. The new restrictions will be in place from today (Jan. 5) to Jan. 19. Here are the guidelines at a glance: On weekends, movement of individuals will be prohibited between Friday…
Alarm bells set off as 33 test COVID positive in Srirangapatna
January 4, 2022Srirangapatna: In a fresh outbreak of Coronavirus, 33 people tested positive for COVID-19 since the last two days in Srirangapatna and 27 of them had returned from Tamil Nadu where they had been to attend a religious event. A majority of the infected are women and children. The outbreak has alarmed the Srirangapatna Taluk Administration…
Keep oxygen plants ready: Chief Minister to Hospitals
January 4, 2022Belagavi: The COVID-19 and Omicron variant cases have spiked in the country in the last week, especially in neighbouring Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai. People living in the border areas of Karnataka and Maharashtra have business links. Therefore, officials have been told to keep a strict vigil at Belagavi, Vijayapura, Mysuru, Mangaluru and other districts…
COVID vaccination for students in 15-18 age group begins
January 3, 2022High Schools, PU Colleges turn vaccination centres Mysore/Mysuru: Academic activities at High Schools and PU Colleges across Mysuru took a backseat this morning as the focus was on getting children aged between 15 and 18 vaccinated to stimulate the body’s immunity as a shield against infections unleashed by COVID-19 and its variants. All High Schools…
Lockdown in Bengaluru or semi-lockdown in State ?
January 3, 2022CM convenes meeting with experts tomorrow Bengaluru: The number of active COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, which had been consistently declining since September 2021, has breached the 10,000-mark again, for the first time since Oct. 10. Yesterday, the State reported 10 more cases of Omicron variant, taking the State’s Omicron tally to 76. The number of…
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