Mysore/Mysuru: The confidence level of Forest Department personnel has hit the rock bottom with no steps for vaccinating them despite death of 20 personnel in last 22 days in the current second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. In recent vaccination guidelines, the State Government has placed Forest Department personnel in priority list and they will receive…
COVID-19 violations: 532 vehicles seized in two days
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Intensifying their operation against COVID-19 guidelines violators, the Mysuru City Police, who are keeping vigil over unnecessary movement of people and vehicles by conducting checking at various places across the city, have seized a total of 532 vehicles, which were found flouting the rules on May 25 and 26. While 254 vehicles, including 244…
City’s neighbourhood thinks on its feet: How this tiny Colony dodged the COVID bullet so far
May 27, 2021Call it blind belief or superstition, these residents gave up meat for five weeks! Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when people roam around the city thoroughfares citing one excuse or other even during lockdown amidst lathi-wielding Policemen, here is a small Colony that has imposed self-lockdown and has been so far able to keep the COVID…
Corporates, Hotels pitch in to help fight the pandemic
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After various organisations, associations, individuals and political leaders began helping the poor and the needy by providing groceries, food and other essentials, corporates and hotel industry too have pitched in to help the District Administration, MCC and the needy people by contributing necessary things to help keep the pandemic at bay. Grand Mercure Mysore…
Transport Dept. to credit Rs.3,000 as relief for eligible vehicle drivers
May 27, 2021Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister Lakshman Savadi, who is also the Transport Minister, said that the Transport Department was ready to credit Rs. 3,000 to each of the eligible Auto, Cab and Taxi drivers affected by the COVID crisis, as one-time relief. Speaking to presspersons here yesterday, Savadi said that in order to credit relief already…
Jab for specially abled at Govt. School for the Blind
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing vaccination for the physically challenged in the age group of 18 to 44 years and their parents will be held at the Government School for the Blind, Tilak Nagar, in city, till tomorrow. In a press release, The Department for the Welfare of Specially Abled persons District Officer said that senior citizens…
Anxious public throng RT-PCR testing sites in city
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Serpentine queues are witnessed at various RT-PCR testing sites in city in the wake of ever-increasing Corona positive cases and deaths in district. The panicked public are standing in long queues in front of Town Hall, near Chikka Gadiyara (Dufferin Clock Tower) and Makkala Koota since morning to get themselves tested. People are coming…
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh big vaccine wasters, 1 in 3 doses wasted: Centre
May 27, 2021New Delhi: Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are wasting one out of every three vaccine doses and are the biggest vaccine wasters in the country, says Health Ministry data at a time vaccinations have slowed down or halted at several States because of the shortage of shots. Jharkhand is the worst when it comes to wasting COVID…
Covishield + Covaxin: Villagers get mixed shots in UP Govt. Hospital
May 27, 2021Siddharthnagar (UP): A group of villagers was given mixed doses of vaccines at a Government Hospital in Uttar Pradesh in an incident that an officer blames on “oversight.” Around 20 villagers in Siddharthnagar district near the border with Nepal were given both Covaxin and Covishield. Officials claim no one has faced any adverse health effects…
City Top Cop inaugurates Isolation Centre for Police personnel at Horse Park
May 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta yesterday inaugurated ‘Hayagreeva Suraksha Kendra,’ an Isolation Centre for Police personnel with mild symptoms at the Horse Park, foot of Chamundi Hill in city. The Top Cop said that the Isolation Centre is a 20-bed facility, which includes 13 general and seven oxygenated beds. The centre is opened in…















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