Mysuru/Mysore: Nine COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru on June 12. Of them 7 are Maharashtra returnees and were in institutional quarantine. One primary contact of a returnee from Tamil Nadu and was in the existing containment zone. One pregnant woman from K R Nagar with a travel history of K R Pet. Active cases as…
Mysore/Mysuru: These are the frontline workers, popularly known as ‘Corona Warriors’. They are working 12 hours a day to protect the society from the Coronavirus pandemic. But all this for a meagre stipend of just Rs. 8,000 to Rs. 10,000 per month! This is the sad story of over 140 Staff Nurses, who are working…
Five persons test positive on June 11; 10 active cases; 96 discharged Mysore/Mysuru: With five persons testing positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru yesterday, the total cases have increased to 106. Out of them, 10 are active and the remaining patients have recovered and discharged from the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road. All the fresh…
Mysore/Mysuru: Based on the Centre’s fresh guidelines on the extra-precautionary measures to be taken to stop the spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has ordered closure of Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hill and Srikanteshwaraswamy temple at Nanjangud on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) and all public holidays. The Government…
Mysore/Mysuru: Due to the COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown, the KSRTC Mysuru Rural Division has suffered a loss of Rs. 4.2 crore in the three-month period running from March to June. KSRTC Mysuru Rural Divisional Controller R. Ashok Kumar told ‘Star of Mysore’ that the Division used to earn Rs. 80 lakh to Rs.1 crore a…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Horticulture Department has asked fruit and vegetable growers, who suffered extensive losses due to COVID-19 lockdown, to apply for getting relief under Integrated Horticulture Development Scheme. As per the Scheme, farmers will get a maximum relief of Rs.15,000 and a minimum of Rs.2,000 per hectare. Those farmers, who have cultivated crops in less…
Chamundi Hill steps open for climbers Mysore/Mysuru: Entry to the 1000-plus steps leading to Chamundi Hill, which was shut for public and devotees following the lockdown in March, has been re-opened from yesterday (June 10). As the hill steps gate is unlocked, the devotees can climb the steps to the Hill as before by maintaining…
DC Abhiram Sankar to inaugurate on June 17 Mysore/Mysuru: Rangayana premises, which was once abuzz with theatre-lovers, appears to have lost the glare following the COVID-19 lockdown with no theatre activities now. However, amidst this silence with no visitors, Rangayana artistes, led by its Director Addanda C. Cariappa, made sure that the theatre repertory was…
Mysore/Mysuru: After four rounds of lockdown following COVID-19 pandemic, city’s Forum Mall yesterday opened its doors to customers with all necessary safety measures in place. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan today, Forum Mall Marketing Manager B.S. Sumanth said that customers and staff would mandatorily undergo thermal screening for body temperature at their respective…
Mysore/Mysuru: As Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have suffered huge losses following COVID -19 lockdown, electricity companies have exempted MSMEs from paying electricity bills for two months, said MSME Council General Secretary Suresh Kumar Jain. In a press release, Jain has urged those running MSMEs such as printing press, laundry shops, tailoring business etc.,…
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