More people have come from Kerala and Tamil Nadu to Mysuru than Mumbai: DC Hanagodu/Mysuru: The Maharashtra or the feared Mumbai link of COVID-19 positive cases has spread its tentacles into rural areas and as an evidence of this, late last evening, one woman who had come from Mumbai to Hanagodu village tested positive. The…
Three-week quarantine must for Maharashtra returnees
June 4, 2020Institutional quarantine reason for infection spreading faster, opine health experts Bengaluru: The State Government has increased the quarantine time for people returning from Maharashtra from a fortnight to three weeks. “Returnees from Maharashtra will be sent to institutional quarantine for seven days, followed by 14 days strict home quarantine, (for a) total (of) 21 days,”…
Thermal screening intensified in Ramakrishnanagar ‘G’ Block
June 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following two women from Ramakrishnanagar testing positive for COVID-19 yesterday, authorities have declared Ramakrishnanagar ‘G’ Block as a Containment Zone with single entry-exit point. They have intensified thermal screening of residents in the area. The main road and three cross roads have been sealed. The women – one of them pregnant and the other…
COVID: Checking continues at check posts
June 4, 2020Hawk eye vigil on inter-State vehicles Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to control the spread of COVID-19, checking of vehicles and screening of travels at check posts on all Highways and important roads connecting the district, continues. From the day the lockdown rules relaxation was announced, the Police have continued with the checking and are now…
‘Trin Trin’ services resume
June 4, 202052 docking stations to provide 450 bicycles including 30 gear cycles Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Trin Trin,’ the Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system, is completing three years today (June 4). The services were withdrawn for the past two-and-a-half-months due to lockdown and has resumed from June 1. Following the Central Government’s order for lockdown relaxation, the District Administration…
Maharashtra link brings two COVID-19 positives to Mysuru
June 3, 2020Pregnant woman, her mother test positive in Bengaluru; now shifted to Hospital Ramakrishnanagar G-Block and surrounding areas sealed, disinfectants sprayed Mysore/Mysuru: Several districts of Karnataka have a common tale of woe: They are unable to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to migration of people from Maharashtra — those coming from Mumbai and Pune….
BEO inspects online revision of SSLC students
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After a long delay due to COVID-19 induced lockdown, the SSLC exams are now scheduled to be held from June 25 to July 4. With the State Government mooting to start revision classes online for the SSLC students, many educational institutions have already begun online classes to their wards. In Mysuru too, exam-oriented online…
Government proposes to re-open Schools in phases from July 1
June 3, 2020Bengaluru: Following a directive issued by the Union Home Ministry asking State and Union Territory Governments to hold consultations at the Institutional level with parents and other stakeholders on re-opening of Schools along with necessary COVID-19 precautionary and safety guidelines, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar held a meeting with top department officials…
COVID Curfew extended till June 30 in city from 9 pm to 5 am
June 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In accordance with the directive of the Union and State Governments to stop the spread of the deadly Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, as a precautionary measure, has extended the curfew across the city till June 30. The curfew imposed as per Section 144 of Cr.PC will be in effect from…
Pending demolition, widening works begin on Irwin Road
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The pending works on demolishing buildings (Nehru Circle till Government Ayurveda College) and widening of the entire Irwin Road began this morning after a long gap imposed by COVID-induced lockdown. Along with the demolition of remaining buildings, the works on road widening too has begun. The City Police will soon close traffic movement on…
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