Mysore/Mysuru: Ruling out shadow boxing between the elected representatives and bureaucracy in the district, Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar said everyone is working in tandem with the sole aim of defeating COVID-19 pandemic in Mysuru. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here this morning. Asked whether he liked…
Corona-Free Mysuru Campaign: DC seeks citizens’ co-operation
May 29, 2021Inaugurates vaccination drive for scribes Mysore/Mysuru: On the occasion of Doctors Day on July 1, the District Administration wants to show its utmost respect to the doctors community and in this direction a “Corona-Free Mysuru Campaign” has been launched, said Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri. Speaking to mediapersons after inaugurating the vaccination drive for journalists under…
ZP CEO’s Panchayat run continues in Nanjangud Taluk
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing his visits to Gram Panchayats in the wake of spike in Corona positive cases, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO) A.M. Yogesh inspected a few Gram Panchayats and Primary Health Centres in Nanjangud Taluk yesterday. He went to Tandavapura, Kempisiddanahundi, Hulimaavu, Hosakote and Suttur GPs and Health Sub-Centre to see the Covid management….
Minister launches four Oxygen-fitted buses for COVID patients
May 29, 2021To avail Oxygen-fitted buses facility, needy patients may contact District COVID War Room Helpline: 0821-2424111; MCC Helpline Numbers — Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency: 0821-2517922; Chamaraja (CR) Constituency: 0821-2519922; Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency: 0821-2515522. Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar inaugurated four Oxygen Buses, on the concept of ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ with a view to provide…
MLA Fund: Sait gives consent to buy Rs. 50 lakh worth Covid medicines
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait has said a letter of consent has been given to the State Government to utilise Rs. 50 lakh from his MLA Local Area Development Fund for the purchase of Covid medicines for health facilities in his Constituency. He told reporters here this morning that there are eight Primary Health Centres…
Mysore Varsity to provide free higher education to students who lost parents to COVID
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Syndicate Meeting of University of Mysore (UoM) has decided to reserve 5 seats in Under Graduate Colleges and Post Graduate Centres in its jurisdiction for those students whose parents have succumbed to Coronavirus. The meeting, held under the Chairmanship of Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, UoM, here yesterday, expressed its concern over the…
Farmers incur Rs. 1 lakh crore loss due to lockdown: KRRS
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Due to the lockdown imposed following a surge in COVID-19 positive cases during the second wave, the loss Karnataka farmers have incurred was estimated at Rs. 1 lakh crore, said Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) President Badagalapura Nagendra. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he urged that the State Government should announce a…
Government relief yet to reach construction workers
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Government recently announced financial packages to vulnerable sections of the society including the Labour sector with much publicity, the non-credit of the promised money to their bank accounts even after more than a week, the construction workers, who are hard hit by the COVID-induced lockdown, are a worried lot, hoping that…
COVID donation: Calling retired State Govt. staff
May 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Unit of Karnataka State Retired Government Employees Association has appealed all pensioners to donate a day’s pension to the Government for COVID management and thus contribute in the fight against the deadly pandemic which is raging across the globe. In a press release, the Association’s General Secretary B.R.Umakanth said that the…
TROUBLE BABA
May 29, 2021On Sunday, India’s most famous, most flexible and most business-savvy Baba, Baba Ramdev was forced to withdraw a statement where he had said “lakhs have died from taking allopathic medicines for COVID-19.” But, just a day after retracting his statement he mocked allopathy by posing 25 questions to the Indian Medical Association (IMA). He asked…















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