Bengaluru: The State Cabinet is meeting in Bengaluru now to take stock of the renewed demand from Ministers and elected representatives to spare other districts (excluding Bengaluru) from weekend curfew restrictions as only Bengaluru is seeing an increase in COVID cases. The meeting began this morning. The State Government’s move to impose restrictions has left…
Green grass and horse gram distributed to tongawallas
May 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike and Bharatiya Dalita Sahitya Academy distributed green grass and horse gram to tonga owners in city yesterday. Vedike members visited tonga stands located in Agrahara Circle and Kukkarahalli Lake yesterday morning and distributed horse feed to tonga owners. Speaking to reporters, Vedike State President K.S. Shivaram…
Food packets distributed to the poor and needy
May 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Ever since COVID Curfew was announced, Devaraja Market Traders Association, in a bid to ward off hunger of the poor and the needy, have been distributing food packets across the city. The members of Devaraja Market Traders Association, headed by Association President Devaraju distributed food packets to poor people near K.R. Hospital, Mysore Railway…
Panic buying
May 8, 2021People flock provision stores to buy essentials for next weeks Traffic more within city limits Mysore/Mysuru: Panic buying gripped the city this morning with people crowding provision stores to buy essentials ahead of the 15-day total lockdown from May 10 to check the surge of COVID-19 pandemic across the State. Since early morning 6 when…
Auto and Taxi Trade Union demands financial package
May 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that COVID Curfew and COVID crisis have dealt a big blow to their income and livelihood, the City’s Auto and Taxi Trade Union has urged the State Government to announce a financial package for auto and taxi drivers, who are under deep distress having lost their earnings. The Union, in a press release,…
Ten days of COVID Curfew from Apr. 27: District sees 24,098 positive cases, 112 deaths and 13,117 discharges
May 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru district has seen a total of 24,098 COVID positive cases, 112 deaths and 13,117 discharges of COVID patients from hospitals in 10 days from Apr. 27 (the day COVID Curfew was imposed). During the 10 days, the district saw the highest positive cases of 3,500 on Apr. 30, highest deaths of 18 on…
Exhibition Grounds wholesale vegetable market to shut at 4 am
May 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Due to the surge in COVID cases and a 14-day COVID Curfew in place till the morning of May 12, the District Administration has ordered shutting down of the vegetable wholesale market at Dasara Exhibition Grounds at 4 am. Although Devaraja, Mandi and V.V.Markets in the heart of the city have been completely shut…
Circles without Traffic…
May 6, 2021Coronavirus has shown us a world without traffic. With Mysuru observing the two-week State-wide COVID Curfew since April 27, the ever-busy Statue Circles across the city wore a deserted look yesterday. Picture above shows an aerial view of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Statue Circle in Ramakrishnanagar built on the lines of K.R. Circle. A panoramic view…
COVID Curfew: Siddharamaiah demands special package for working class
May 4, 2021Bengaluru: Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah has urged the Government to announce a special package for the working class, which is deeply distressed by loss of jobs and income due to COVID Curfew. In a letter written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Siddharamaiah, who is also a former Chief Minister, said that most migrant workers in the…
Hunger Heroes – Serpentine queues even before free food counters open
May 3, 2021Many donors come forward to donate cooked food packets to ease hunger pangs Mysore/Mysuru: Times of crisis brings out the best in us. As Karnataka goes through the COVID-induced curfew till May 12, every day people are turning into real life heroes — who are ensuring that the poor, migrant labourers and daily wage workers…
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