Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday alleged that the newly-built 10,100 bed COVID Care Centre at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on Tumakuru Road did not have adequate number of staff and facilities like water supply, drainage and toilets. “BIEC Centre is too little, too late. The delay in setting up of the COVID-19…
State Govt. hikes salaries of doctors and nurses
July 22, 2020Slashes cost of COVID-19 testing in Private Labs MBBS doctors working on contract basis to get Rs. 80,000 per month Government releases Rs. 500 crore for COVID-19 management Rs. 2,000 for Government referred cases and Rs. 3,000 for self-reporting cases in Private Labs Bengaluru: Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar has stated that the Government…
MCC continues sanitisation drive
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of rising number of COVID-19 cases and as a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of infection, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up sanitisation drive across city. Civic workers will be fumigating and spraying sodium hypochlorite solution in Vijayanagar 3rd and 4th Stages, Shanthaveri Gopalagowdanagar, Lal Bahaddur Shastrinagar, Lalithadrinagar,…
‘Centre must take over Private Hospitals for two years’
July 22, 2020Hassan: The Central Government should take over all Private Hospitals for a period of two years, for conducting free health screening and treatment, in the wake of the alarming increase in Covid cases, said social activist Mari Joseph. In a press conference here, on Tuesday, Joseph opined that the Central Government should have been cautious…
No Muslim graveyard can deny burial to COVID-19 victims, clarifies Wakf Board
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: No Muslim graveyard in Karnataka can deny the burial of any person who follows Islam and has succumbed to COVID-19, said Karnataka Wakf Board after some incidents of such refusal were reported in the State. “Muslim khabarastans (graveyards) in Karnataka irrespective of registered or unregistered with the Wakf Board shall not refuse the burial…
9 pm to 5 am night curfew in Mysuru from today
July 22, 2020Hotel parcel service till 10 pm; Restrictions in N.R. Constituency will continue till July 24 Parks to be open till 9 pm; walkers barred from sitting on benches, using gym equipment Mysore/Mysuru: The 6 pm to 5 am night curfew imposed every day in Mysuru has been modified from 9 pm to 5 am from…
COVID-19 infection: JK Tyre shuts production for two more days
July 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Production at Mysuru-based JK Tyre and Industries, one of the leading tyre manufacturers in the country, has been suspended for two more days (till July 23) following increased number of COVID-19 infections among the industry employees. The Company and the District Administration is concerned with the fact that more and more employees of the…
800-bed COVID Care Centre at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium Shelved
July 21, 2020Reason: Poor ventilation Mysore/Mysuru: Just a week after top officials from the District Administration proposed setting up of a 800-bed COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium as an additional facility for the care of infected patients, the District Administration has now temporarily shelved the plan for want of proper ventilation. MUDA Commissioner…
K.R. Constituency Task Force holds meeting on COVID-19 control
July 21, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A day after District in-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar announced formation of COVID-19 Task Force in each Assembly constituency of the city, K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas, who heads the K.R. Constituency Task Force, held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar at the DC’s Office here yesterday. In the meeting they discussed about the…
No entry to temple at B.R. Hills on Shravana Saturdays
July 21, 2020Chamarajanagar: In the wake of Covid pandemic and as a precautionary measure, the Religious Endowment Department has restricted entry of devotees on Saturdays to the historical Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple atop B.R. Hills in Yelandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district in the month of Shravana. A large number of devotees visit the Ranganatha temple of B.R. Hills…
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