By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Indian doctors have often been referred to as the backbone of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), with an estimated 60,000 medics from India working for the State-funded health service. It is doctors like Mysuru-origin Sankeerthana Subramaniam who are the ones leading the fight against COVID-19. The frontline in this…
Excise officials check liquor inventory in Mysuru
May 3, 2020Standalone wine stores, MSIL outlets to open tomorrow Shops permitted to sell liquor between 9 am and 7 pm Mysore/Mysuru: Dry days are finally set to end as Mysuru (like rest of Karnataka) will conditionally re-open standalone liquor stores from tomorrow (May 4). Only CL-2 (retail shops) and CL-11C (State-run retail shops such as MSIL)…
Movement Pass seekers, migrant workers throng City Police Commissioner’s Office
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: More than 2,000 people, who had applied for Movement Pass (both one way and two way) to go back to their native places or to bring back their family members stuck in other places thronged City Police Commissioner’s Office in Nazarbad this morning to give their details and obtain the Pass. Also, many migrant…
Fresh Police guidelines for Mysureans from May 4 to 17
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: After following stringent guidelines so far during the nationwide lockdown, here is more and fresh Police guidelines to be followed from May 4 (tomorrow) till May 17 in Mysuru city. As per the directives of Union and State Governments, the Mysuru City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has issued fresh orders and considering many violations…
Soothsayer Koravanjis of Mysuru stare at bleak future
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: “Barutayti barutayti, Olle kaala barutayti, aa Yellamma Devi Ellarannu Kaapaduttale (Good times will come, Goddess Yellamma Devi will take care of everyone).” This is the soothsaying as told by the Koravanjis who travel all around the city, to the doorsteps of the houses singing melodiously and praising Goddess Yellamma, clad in Ilkal sarees, round…
495 migrant labourers return home
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government permitting return of stranded migrant workers to their native places, the District Administration has almost completed the process of sending back migrant workers to their native places. Starting from Apr.26, the authorities have moved a total of 495 migrant workers, most of whom were from North Karnataka, in 24 KSRTC buses…
Probe to trace source of Nanjangud COVID-19 cluster ends midway
May 3, 2020Investigation Officer submits incomplete report Mysore/Mysuru: The mystery over how the first patient (now identified as Patient Zero or P52) from Nanjangud-based Jubilant Generics contracted the deadly Novel Coronavirus might remain a mystery for ever as the probe ordered by the State Government has remained incomplete. Senior IAS Officer Harsha Gupta, who was appointed by…
Holiday of Courts extended till May 16
May 3, 2020Bengaluru: Due to COVID-19 lockdown, the holiday of all Courts across the State including the Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru and its Benches at Hubballi and Kalaburagi, has been extended till May 16. Earlier, the Courts had declared holiday till May 3. In a notification issued on Thursday (Apr.30), Karnataka High Court Registrar-General Rajendra Badamikar…
Sub-Registrar Offices in Mysuru to open from May 4
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ending the long wait of the public amidst the COVID-19 lockdown, all Sub-Registrar Offices in the city and district will resume functioning from May 4 (Monday). Earlier this week, Revenue Minister R. Ashoka had said that all Sub-Registrar Offices in the State, which were closed due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, will be functioning…
DC withdraws Containment Zone orders in some areas
May 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar has withdrawn the Containment Zone order imposed on a few areas in the city and in Nanjangud following the outbreak of COVID-19. Sri Subhramanya Swamy Temple Road, Yaraganahalli New Layout, Sardar Vallabhai Patel Nagar, Lalithadripura, Basavanagudi Block in Nanjangud, Vijayanagar First Stage, Gokulam Ward 19 were declared…
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