Boti Bazaar Banana Mandi likely to be shifted to either APMC or Old RMC Yard Mysore/Mysuru: It was business as usual at the M.G. Road Market this morning despite Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar’s directive to completely shut down the vegetable market as there were numerous complaints about social distancing not being practiced and a…
Chamundeshwari Constituency farmers donate vegetables, food grains
April 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The farmers of various Gram Panchayats in Chamundeshwari Constituency, under the leadership of MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), donated a large quantity of food grains and vegetables to be distributed among the needy and the same was handed over to the District Administration yesterday by MLA G.T. Devegowda and District Minister S.T. Somashekar at Jayapura…
MLA Ramdas holds meeting with Corona volunteers
April 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas held a meeting with Corona volunteers of his Constituency who are striving hard day and night delivering food packets to the needy and poor during the COVID-19 lockdown, at the ground behind CADA Office on Sayyaji Rao Road here on Wednesday. Addressing the volunteers, Ramdas said that 25 volunteers have…
Namma Mysuru in safe hands of Pourakarmikas
April 24, 2020By M.B. Pavan Murthy “Wash your hands with soap, maintain hygiene, use hand sanitiser and ensure social distancing.” This has been the new mantra amidst the lockdown due to the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus, which has now marked its presence in 184 countries across the globe. Who are the frontline warriors who are risking…
Lockdown: Masons, bar-benders turn vegetable vendors, milk sellers
April 24, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Having lost their regular income due to COVID-19 lockdown, occupational workers are looking at other means for their livelihood and they have found that vegetable vending is the best alternative source of living. With occupational workers resorting to vegetable and fruit vending, many roads of the city are dotted with these roadside…
MUDA donates Rs.1 crore to CM’s Relief Fund
April 24, 2020Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has donated Rs. 1 crore towards CM’s Relief Fund in fight against COVID-19. With consent from all its members, the cheque was handed over to the Urban Development Department Principal Secretary on Monday.
Tired of standing in Queue? Here’s a novel Idea!!
April 24, 2020You need not stand in the queue anywhere, anymore. You just need a pair of slippers for it. Today there was an announcement by MCC Ward No. 3 Corporator K.V. Sridhar that ration kits would be distributed to poorest of the poor and those without BPL cards affected by the COVID lockdown. Beneficiaries, who thronged…
Glimpses of Hinkal Flyover…
April 24, 2020Traffic seldom sleeps on the busy Hunsur Road on a normal day. Thanks to nationwide lockdown since March 25, Mysuru’s one and only Flyover built at Hinkal Ring Road Junction on Mysuru-Madikeri Highway to ease traffic congestion wears a deserted look. The day and night glimpses of the Flyover was captured by ‘SOM’ photographer M.N….
Red Zone: No lockdown relaxation in Mysuru
April 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Lockdown will not be relaxed in Mysuru as the district has been declared as a Red Zone with more than 80 cumulative COVID-19 positive cases, clarified Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar, who also holds Co-operation portfolio. Today the State Government began a partial exit from lockdown where select activities were allowed only outside Containment…
How Mysuru-born IAS Officer is leading Jharkhand’s fight against COVID-19
April 23, 2020By B.C. Thimmaiah Mysore/Mysuru: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel once said, “You will not have a united India if you do not have a good all-India service which has the independence to speak its mind, which has a sense of security… The Constitution is meant to be worked by a ring of service, which will keep the…
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