Frontline Warrior runs from pillar to post in search of hospital bed for husband Mysore/Mysuru: The second wave of COVID-19 crisis has meant risky and longer hours of work for frontline workers, doctors and the Police who are exacerbated by unsafe working conditions, hostility from their communities, and minimal compensation or support from the authorities….
Mysuru’s oxygen quota hiked from 41 KL to 47 KL: MP
May 18, 2021DC Rohini Sindhuri interacts with CM through video-conference, seeks more oxygen supplies Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru will henceforth receive more oxygen and this has been confirmed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in a media statement. He said that at present, 41 Kilo Litre oxygen was being supplied to Mysuru and henceforth, the district would receive 47 Kilo…
District Administration working overtime to control COVID, says MUDA Chairman
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the District Administration is working overtime to control the spread of the second wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev, who is also in-Charge of Bed Management in the district, has asked Opposition parties to come up with valuable suggestions instead of criticising the Government in this hour of…
‘Exercise NCC Yogdaan’: 60 cadets render voluntary service at Mysuru District COVID War Room
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Ministry of Defence has permitted temporary employment of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) under ‘Exercise NCC Yogdaan’ in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. Responding to the call given by Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri for voluntary service by the Senior NCC cadets of HQ NCC Group Mysuru, the modalities and safety angles…
Officials told to ensure timely delivery of medicines to home isolated
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has asked the officials to ensure timely supply of health kit and medicines to COVID infected patients who are in home isolation. Addressing officials at a meeting held at Jaladarshini Guest House here yesterday, GTD instructed the officials to provide information on the need of more medicines to those…
Ill-equipped Private Hospitals responsible for spike in deaths of Corona patients: MLA
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Holding a few ill-equipped Private Hospitals responsible for spike in deaths of Corona positive patients, Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra has urged the District Administration to shut those Hospitals or prevent them from admitting patients. He was speaking at Chamaraja Assembly Constituency Covid Task Force Committee meeting held here yesterday. “I have noticed that deaths…
More than 20 Forest personnel of Nagarahole National Park are COVID infected: DCF
May 18, 2021Hunsur: There a total of 605 Forest staff coming under eight ranges of Nagarahole National Park and the Office of Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) at Hunsur, out of whom only 313 have been vaccinated and the remaining 292 personnel are yet to be vaccinated. Out of the 151 staff serving in Anechowkur Forest Range,…
The Oximeter blame game: ‘Don’t charge over Rs. 1,700 for Oximeter’
May 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Suvarna Karnataka Chemists and Distributors Association General Secretary S. Manjunath has appealed to owners of all medical stores not to charge more than Rs. 1,700 for oximeter in view of current crisis. But Chemists say that the distributor has hiked the price of the product and the distributors say that the companies have hiked…
Has poaching spiked during lockdown?
May 18, 2021Two cases reported in a single day in Kodagu; four arrested, four absconding Mysore/Mysuru: Smoke-and-sound-free environs, wild animals moving around freely inside the National Parks and Tiger Reserves indicate that nature is thriving during the Coronavirus pandemic with lack of human movement. For many species, lockdown may indeed be good news but for many other…
Help pours in for the needy
May 18, 2021Various organisations, individuals come forward to help Mysore/Mysuru: The State-wide lockdown by the Government following increase in COVID positive cases, has displaced many families, which had come to city in search of work and also to daily wagers, who depend on labour works to earn meals for their families. Various organisations and individuals have come…















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