Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara Flower Show has always been a major attraction for tourists. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Flower Show was not organised last year and this year too it will not be held, much to the disappointment of garden lovers. Every year during Dasara, Flower Show is organised at Kuppanna Park near Chamaraja Wadiyar…
Exhibitors welcome move; but checking vaccination status impractical
September 25, 2021Mysuru: Reacting to the State Government allowing cinemas to open to 100 percent capacity, M.R. Rajaram, Vice-President, Karnataka Film Exhibitors’ Federation, has welcomed the move. “At last, the Government has heard our desperate pleas and we are the last sector to be given relief though the Government has permitted all other activities. We are optimistic,”…
Southern Star Hotel to reopen after a year
September 22, 2021Mysuru’s hospitality sector showing positive signs of recovery Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s iconic Hotel Southern Star on Vinobha Road will reopen in the first week of October after closure for over one year and four months. The hotel had shut its operations on May 19 last year due to COVID-19 pandemic. The soft launch will be from…
JSS Hospital Doctors feted for COVID work
September 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Doctors of JSS Hospital who were on duty serving the affected patients during COVID-19 crisis, right from the outbreak of the pandemic last year till recently, were felicitated at a programme organised in the Hospital’s Sri Rajendra Mahaswamiji Centenary Hall here on Saturday. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji, who graced the occasion, said…
‘Engineers played a major role in production of medical equipment during Covid-19’
September 22, 2021Visvesvaraya’s statue sought at KRS Dam Mysore/Mysuru: The Institution of Engineers (India), Mysore Local Centre, celebrated 54th Engineers Day and Birth Anniversary of Dr. Sir M. Visvesvaraya on Sept.15 at The Institution of Engineers (IE) on JLB Road in city. Satyendra O. Devarakonde, Vice-President (Operations), VST Tillers and Tractors, Precision Components Division, Mysuru, who was…
Spike in COVID cases at Kerala: IGP inspects Kutta check-post
September 22, 2021Gonikoppa (Kodagu): Following increase in COVID-19 positive cases in neighbouring Kerala State and people entering Karnataka through Kodagu-Kerala borders, Inspector General of Police (IGP) – Southern Range Praveen Madhukar Pawar yesterday visited Kutta check-post in Ponnampet taluk and inspected screening of tourists by the officials and Police personnel deployed at the check-post and collected information…
State to soon decide on full occupancy in theatres
September 22, 2021Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government is contemplating to allow theatres and multiplexes in the State to run full house from Oct. 2. A decision will be taken in this regard in a day or two. Dr. K. Sudhakar, Minister for Health, said that the Government is concerned about the plight of theatre owners and exhibitors as…
COVID effect: Saraswathi Theatre too joins pages of history after entertaining movie buffs for over 30 years
September 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Saraswathi Theatre in Saraswathipuram has downed its screen permanently after entertaining movie buffs for over 30 years. “There were no shows since one-and-a-half years due to COVID pandemic and no new movies released. How can I run the theatre by screening old films. It is a loss and cannot maintain the expenses, so I…
Junior doctors demand salary for COVID work
September 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Junior Residents, who are pressed into service for 24×7 COVID care in Hospitals including emergencies at the behest of the Government, are not getting their salaries and incentives despite putting in long hours of service under risky conditions. This morning, Resident doctors attached to Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) held a protest…
RT-PCR test not mandatory for travellers from Tamil Nadu
September 20, 2021Chamarajanagar: With COVID crisis easing in the State, the Chamarajanagar District Administration has withdrawn the order that made production of an RT-PCR negative report mandatory for travellers from Tamil Nadu entering Karnataka. Chamarajangar DC Dr. M.R. Ravi, in an order issued on July 31, had made submission of RT-PCR negative report (taken within 72 hours…
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