Tag: COVID-19

Tourists crowd purple hills despite weekend curfew
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Tourists crowd purple hills despite weekend curfew

August 29, 2021

Police, Forest Department officers face Herculean task of turning away visitors  Madikeri: The blooming of Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) or as the local villagers call it ‘Kurinji Poo’ or ‘Aralupoo’ at Mandalpatti, Pushpagiri and Kotebetta in Kodagu district is drawing tourists in droves and even during weekend curfew yesterday, the places saw a rush of tourists….

Check-post established near Hirikati Gate
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Check-post established near Hirikati Gate

August 29, 2021

Begur: With the number of COVID positive cases increasing in neighbouring Kerala and Tamil Nadu States, a check-post has been established near Hirikati Gate on NH-766 and the officials are checking vehicles and screening passengers entering  Karnataka. Following instructions from Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner Dr. M.R. Ravi, the officials are checking vehicles entering the State and…

Weekend curfew continues in Mysuru
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Weekend curfew continues in Mysuru

August 28, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: There is no immediate relief for Mysureans as the weekend curfew in the city and district will continue today (Aug.28) and tomorrow (Aug.29), due to COVID-19 pandemic situation. The 56-hour  weekend curfew, which came into effect  from 9 pm on Friday night, will continue till  5 am on Monday (Aug.30)  as there is no…

COVID guidelines: Minister inspects schools, colleges
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COVID guidelines: Minister inspects schools, colleges

August 26, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who visited various Government educational institutions yesterday, inspected the COVID-19 preventive steps being taken at the institutions and instilled confidence among the students to attend classes without fear.  Somashekar, who first visited Maharani’s PU College on N.S. Road, enquired the well-being of the students, who expressed happiness about the commencement…

Govt. revises Covid-19 testing strategy
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Govt. revises Covid-19 testing strategy

August 26, 2021

Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar on Wednesday said the State Government has revised Covid-19 testing strategy to tackle possible third wave of the virus. Speaking to mediapersons here, Dr. Sudhakar said, “As per the revised strategy, the testing target has been raised to 1.75 lakhs for each district. Of the overall testing, 10…

WFH now stands for ‘Work From Hills’
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WFH now stands for ‘Work From Hills’

August 24, 2021

After being cooped up inside, professionals break the monotony of indoor existence One of the positive sides of COVID pandemic is that it has given the flexibility to professionals to Work From Home (WFH) avoiding meeting people while in transit to their offices and also ‘Work From Hills’, amidst nature.   Many professionals, especially from the…

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