Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when the authorities have been making appeals to the people time and again to practice social distancing, yet violations continue, small villages in and around Mysuru have gone into self-isolation after the lockdown called by PM Narendra Modi. This in order to save its small population from being infected from the…
Landlords to face action for evicting doctors and nurses who treat COVID-19 patients
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has issued an order warning strict action against land lords who vacate doctors, nurses and other healthcare personnel working on the frontline against COVID-19. The order acknowledged that a lot of complaints have been received from doctors, paramedical staff, and healthcare personnel in the State that their landlords or house…
SWR Mysuru Division gears up for movement of essential commodities during lockdown period
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per the directives of the Ministry of Railways (MoR) to maintain back-end supply chain for all essential commodities like food grains, vegetables, petroleum products, etc. being transported by freight trains across Indian Railways during the lockdown period, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, is fully geared up for achieving this objective at important…
Food for thought amidst lockdown
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a show of humanitarian gesture, the city Police continued distribution of food packets to the needy people as they have no place to buy food with Mysuru in total lockdown. Today they distributed food to daily wage workers hailing from Balegoan in Maharashtra. They are engaged as daily wagers in construction of buildings….
One more person tests positive for COVID-19 in Mysuru
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: One more person has tested positive for COVID-19, announced Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar. The number of patients testing positive in Mysuru has touched three. The latest patient to be tested positive for the killer epidemic is 35-year-old male. Unlike two other cases who had a travel history, this person has no travel history…
Corona Warriors on the move
March 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Fire Brigade personnel lend a helping hand to the Mysuru City Corporation and the District Administration in countering the spread of COVID-19 by spraying disinfectant across the city. Kudos to all the Corona Warriors who are leaving no stone unturned to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
The Impact of Covid 19 on Cricket in India
March 27, 2020The Covid 19 health crisis is dominating the news on a global scale. Nobody can fail to have seen how the number of people affected by the virus in India has grown. This is obviously an issue that has a much wider impact than simply affecting the sports world. However, at a time when the…
Time to take a look at Bubonic Plague of 1896
March 27, 2020By Gouri Satya, Senior Journalist The outbreak of Coronavirus across the countries has led to radical measures like curfew, lockdown, and isolation to fight against the dreaded COVID-19. But such deadly outbreaks were not uncommon and they took a heavy toll of human lives, let alone the loss of cattle. How these outbreaks were fought…
COVID-19: Number of persons under observation spikes
March 26, 2020On Mar. 23, it was 348; 452 on Mar. 24; 898 on Mar. 25 Mysore/Mysuru: The total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 649 in India and the death toll due to Novel Coronavirus has reached 13. Karnataka reported one more death last evening with the death of COVID-19 positive woman in Gauribidanur. She…
MCC sets up shelter for destitute and shelter-less
March 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With a lockdown period till April 14, 2020 the MCC has set up an ‘Ashraya’ shelter home for destitute men and the shelter-less at its Zone-6 Office located on Seshadri Iyer Road, Devaraja Mohalla. The centre can accommodate 50 persons and all the inmates will be provided free food. The centre also has a…















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