Mysuru District has a total of 1,37,459 kids in this group: DHO Mysore/Mysuru: “Children play a major role in nation-building. Today’s youths are tomorrow’s future,” said MLA S.A. Ramdas after launching the vaccination drive for children in the age group of 12 to 14 years at Seth Mohandas Tulsidas (SMT) Hospital on JLB Road in…
Knock-out Punch to Hospitality Industry
March 10, 2022By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Omicron, a variant of Corona, has delivered a knock-out punch to the hospitality industry. Though this industry was crippled by the earlier Corona, a small recovery was seen in the horizon aided by the revenge travel undertaken by the people who were suffocated by the two years of…
Crowds return to Dasara Exhibition after a gap
February 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Crowds have returned to exhibitions and other events in Mysuru after two years of COVID pandemic and the resultant curbs and restrictions. While events including political and cultural are pulling crowds, exhibitions are seeing more and more footfalls, especially during weekends. Take the Special Dasara Exhibition organised by the Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) at…
COVID gone, flex-banners back with a bang in city
February 26, 2022Take action even on BJP leaders if they have violated rules: Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: The District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting held at the Zilla Panchayat Hall under the chairmanship of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha discussed the issue of flex and banners all over Mysuru city and district, especially by political party leaders…
B.Tech teen invents affordable oxygen plant
February 25, 2022Pandemic-need innovation: OxiPlant is configurable, scalable and flexible Generates continuous oxygen; better than costly imported concentrators During the COVID pandemic, especially in the killer first wave and the second wave, shortage of medical oxygen was one of the major crises experienced in most of the hospitals across the country that led to the loss of…
Compensation cheques distributed to COVID victims’ family members
February 23, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait distributed compensation cheques of Rs. 1 lakh to the legal heirs of those who died of COVID-19 during first and the second wave. The cheques were distributed at a function organised at Safa Function Hall in Udayagiri here recently. The State Government had announced a compensation of Rs. 1.5 lakh…
Relief cheques distributed to families of COVID victims
February 15, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: MLA L. Nagendra distributed relief cheques of Rs.1 lakh each announced by the State Government to the family members of COVID victims at his office in Jaladarshini Guest House on Hunsur road here on Monday. Nagendra said that though the Government cannot provide lasting relief to the families of the COVID dead, it is…
Foreign tourists, yoga lovers arrive in city
February 13, 20221,372 tourists have come to Mysuru since December 2021 Mysore/Mysuru: Following India reopening its borders to mass foreign tourism, ending a two-year clampdown as Coronavirus infections across the country remained low and vaccination rates high, hundreds of tourists have arrived in Mysuru, a majority of them Yoga enthusiasts and some small percentage of holidaymakers. Though…
Mysuru Zoo to mop up revenues
February 11, 2022Hikes entry fee to Karanji Lake Nature Park To let out subway walls for advertisements Mysore/Mysuru: Struggling to come out of the COVID pandemic blues, the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo), having many rare fauna and bird populations, is looking to increase its revenues. The Zoo is a self-sustaining organisation that does not get…
India’s fight against Covid-19 exemplary: PM in Rajya Sabha
February 9, 2022New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday listed out his Government’s achievements in the Covid-19 period and claimed that it has set an example before the world. Responding to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address in the Rajya Sabha, he said, “More than 80 crore Indians have been provided free ration during…
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