Mysore/Mysuru: “In my 30 years of this profession, I had never seen so many dead bodies or heard cries of family members. I was very pained to see all these things”, said Mahadev, who works as contract worker of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) at Vijayanagar Electric Crematorium. He has been doing the job of cremating…
Good News: Footfall into ‘COVID Mitra’ Centres declines
June 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The footfall into ‘COVID Mitra’ Triage and Counselling Centres is decreasing, thanks to steady decline in Corona positive cases across the district. Set up by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), these centres have treated 6,287 persons till date. The MCC looks after the COVID Mitra Centres opened in Seth…
Minister Somashekar launches mega RT-PCR testing camp in KR Assembly segment
June 16, 2021RT-PCR test to be held in 270 booths from 10 am to 5 pm for two days Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar launched a pilot mega RT-PCR testing for residents of Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency at 270 booths in city this morning. This pilot project has been organised by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC),…
MCC’s door-to-door COVID testing drive
June 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another exercise to check the spread of COVID, the MCC has launched door-to-door testing by deploying mobile units in all 9 MCC Zonal Offices. Speaking to Star of Mysore, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy said that it is important to trace primary and secondary contacts of COVID positive patients in order to…
COVID testing and vaccination drive in K.R. Assembly segment from tomorrow
June 15, 2021Testing on June 16 & 17, vaccination from June 21 Mysore/Mysuru: Taking the ongoing battle against the deadly COVID -19 pandemic a step forward, KR MLA S.A. Ramdas said that a two-day massive COVID testing and vaccination drive will be taken out in KR Assembly segment limits, starting from tomorrow (June 16). Speaking to press…
Women of Roopanagar show ways to deal with junk
June 14, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Women of Roopanagar, Mysuru, have formed a WhatsApp group called ‘Women Power Roopanagar’ and have been organising various virtual and other programmes for the benefit of the area residents and to strengthen a sense of community. Plastic and other dry waste collection for recycling Awareness messages were posted on various WhatsApp groups within Roopanagar…
MCC keeps migrants engaged with sports, yoga, music
June 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is adopting different ways and means to stop migrant workers presently lodged in shelter homes in city from leaving and keeping them free from stress and boredom by introducing them to yoga, sports, meditation and other recreational activities including music, dance, carom, paper-bag making, etc. The initiative is part…
Vaccination for street vendors and specially-abled from June 16 to 20
June 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its battle against the deadly COVID pandemic, the MCC will vaccinate all street vendors and specially-abled persons, who have registered with it. Announcing this yesterday, MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy said that registered street vendors will be vaccinated from June 16 to 20 at Town Hall, while the specially-abled will be…
HC stays Mysuru Mayoral poll in the wake of COVID curbs
June 11, 2021For now, Mayor’s post turns ‘many a slip between the cup and the lip’ for Congress Mysore/Mysuru: The High Court of Karnataka last evening stayed the election scheduled to be held on June 11 to the post of Mysuru Mayor as restrictions imposed to check the spread of COVID-19 are in place. The election has…
Focus on online property tax collection: MCC Commr. tells Revenue Officers
June 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) witnessing a downslide in revenue collection due to COVID crisis, new MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has asked the civic body’s revenue officials to focus more on online collection of property tax. Addressing a meeting of Revenue Section staff and officials from all the nine Zones of the…















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