Mysore/Mysuru: A Webinar on ‘Positive Reporting in Media and Fact Check Efforts During COVID-19’ has been organised tomorrow (July 6) at 11 am, under the aegis of the Field Outreach Bureau, Mysuru, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Department of Studies (DoS) in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Mysore (UoM). The Webinar will be…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway a day before 35-hour curfew and on curfew day
July 5, 2020The Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway witnessed heavy traffic jams on the evening of Saturday as many people were in a hurry to reach their destinations hours before the Sunday Curfew was imposed. Also, the 6 pm to 5 am dusk to dawn curfew imposed in Mysuru forced people to leave their workplaces early. Many stretches of the…
19 COVID-19 cases reported in Mysuru on Sunday Curfew day
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru reported 19 fresh COVID-19 positive cases today, on the day of Sunday Curfew. With this, the total cases in the Heritage City have reached 430. Till last evening, the total cases stood at 411. The latest numbers, however, have to be confirmed by Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar in his daily media…
15 Bengaluru returnees denied entry to village in Mysuru; made to stand on road
July 5, 2020Hanagodu: At a time when many people who had migrated years ago to cities like Bengaluru in search of jobs are returning to their native villages due to COVID-19 scare, here is an incident where a group of people who returned from Bengaluru were prevented from entering a village by alert villagers this morning. They…
COVID-19 patients have a special diet chart
July 4, 2020ISKCON supplies anti-viral foods to boost immunity of patients at COVID Hospital in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: With spiralling cases of COVID-19, the focus remains on treatment as well as prevention of the deadly virus that is said to have its origin from a seafood market in China’s Wuhan. The key is to focus on building one’s…
DC inaugurates new COVID-19 rapid testing facility at K.R. Hospital
July 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar inaugurated the new COVID-19 rapid testing facility set up in Mysuru Medical College and Research Institute’s (MMC&RI) Microbiology Department Block in K.R. Hospital premises this morning. The new facility is set up exclusively for rapid testing of blood and throat swab samples of pregnant women, patients found with…
City to shut down tomorrow
July 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the State Government announcing complete lockdown of the State on all Sundays from July 5 till Aug. 2 as a measure to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the city will witness a shut down for the entire day tomorrow. Accordingly, there will be no public transport, including KSRTC buses, auto,…
Kodagu tops State in conducting COVID test per million population
July 4, 2020Madikeri: Kodagu district has topped the chart in the State in the tests against COVID-19 per million population in the last 10 days. The district did 4,539 tests per million population which is higher than Bengaluru Urban and Mysuru which have reported a big surge in cases over the last few days. District administration officials…
Dusk to dawn curfew receives good response
July 4, 2020In a hurry to reach home by 6 pm, vehicles pile up on city roads Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city responded well for the first day of the dusk to dawn curfew (from 6 pm to 5 am) that began last evening. While shops and business establishments sent their staff home at 5 pm, dine-in hotels wound…
‘In spite of safety measures, no passengers take autos’
July 4, 2020Rues auto driver Shekhar who has driver-passenger separation screen, handwash and hand-sanitiser in his auto Mysore/Mysuru: Even weeks after auto-rickshaws were allowed to ply on the roads, most of the auto-rickshaw drivers are complaining that there are no takers for the ride at all. Lack of work has worried Shekhar, an auto-rickshaw driver from Agrahara,…
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