Pratap Simha visits Mukthidhama with Task Force team Mysore/Mysuru: The number of deaths due to COVID-19 pandemic has shown clear signs that the virus is spreading to rural districts fast and — unlike the first wave — it is causing much more deaths this time round. This is the first time rural areas recorded more…
Police begin stricter enforcement of lockdown guidelines
May 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government asking the Police Department for stricter enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines and public adherence to safety protocols to check the spread of the second wave of the deadly pandemic during the two-week extended lockdown across the State that began yesterday (May 24), the City Police, under instructions from Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta,…
ASHA workers hold online protest
May 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: ASHA workers, under the banner of Karnataka State Samyukta ASHA Workers Association, staged a State-wide online protest yesterday seeking fulfilment of their various demands, which chiefly included wage hike and payment of wage dues. The ASHA workers registered the protest from their homes by holding placards containing their charter of demands. Maintaining that ASHA…
MP Pratap Simha wants DC Rohini Sindhuri to work as effectively as her predecessors
May 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID case-load in the district increasing by the day, MP Pratap Simha has suggested the current Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri to emulate her predecessors like Abhiram G. Sankar and C. Shikha for effectively tackling the COVID crisis. Speaking to Star of Mysore after visiting medical equipment manufacturer Skanray Technologies in Hebbal Industrial Area…
DC’s order to close COVID Care Centres is the reason why MP is now attacking her: Congress
May 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The written order issued by the District Health Officer(DHO) Dr. T. Amarnath to close down 16 COVID Care Centres set up in all the three Assembly Constituencies based on a verbal order issued by Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri has snowballed into a major controversy. The Congress party has latched on to the order and…
Kodagu COVID Hospital’s mobile thief caught
May 25, 2021Madikeri: One person has been arrested from Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), the designated COVID Hospital of Kodagu District in Madikeri for theft of mobile phones from the Hospital. He was caught along with proof, based on information passed on to the Police by the wife of a COVID victim. The nabbing operation was…
Twenty-one Black Fungus cases recorded in city: Deputy Commissioner
May 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri has stated that 21 Black Fungus cases have been recorded in city. Speaking to media persons after visiting the Black Fungus Ward at K.R. Hospital yesterday and discussing its treatment with doctors and other officials, the DC said that there are 17 patients in K.R. Hospital, three in JSS…
Experts Committee set up to study Black Fungus: Minister
May 25, 2021Hubballi: Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Medical Education Dr. K. Sudhakar said that measures to prevent the spread of Black Fungus would be undertaken after getting a report from the newly-formed Expert Committee. Speaking to mediapersons after visiting KIMS Hospital here, he said ”The Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) disease is increasingly spreading across the…
Two Covid Mitra Centres opened in Chamundeshwari Constituency
May 25, 2021Call Helpline: 81235-58637 or 81235-58536 Mysore/Mysuru: For the benefit of citizens of Chamundeshwari Assembly Constituency, Covid Mitra Centres have been opened at Vishwapragna School in Dattagalli and City Planning Centre Building at RMP Layout, Bogadi-Hinkal junction, informed Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD). He said residents of Ward Number 44, 45, 46 & 57 can make use…
Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda visits PHCs, reviews its functioning
May 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of surge in Corona positive cases and deaths in Chamundeshwari Assembly Constituency, MLA G.T. Devegowda visited various Covid Care Centres and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and inspected the treatment and medicines being given to patients and also cleanliness at the centres. First, he visited Doddakaanya Covid Care Centre and inspected the…















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