Mysore/Mysuru: While circles, squares and other rangoli and geometrical designs are drawn outside shops, supermarkets, open markets, pharmacies and such other places with public presence to maintain social distancing in India’s fight against the Coronavirus, the prominent landmarks, hotels, monuments, Statue Circles and Streets wore a deserted look on the sixth day of the 21-day…
Mysuru City Corporation to distribute Ration Packets to poor
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will take measures to distribute Ration Packets for the poor during the lockdown period. Realising that the poor and the needy, BPL and Antyodaya Card holders have no access to Fair Price Shops, the MCC will start the initiative to supply Ration Packets to them so that the essentials…
Mysuru APMC brokers distribute vegetables for free at Janatanagar
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Not for commission but out of compassion… As we all know commission is the term synonym with brokers. But APMC brokers in city have spoken out the language of compassion, loud and clear. The APMC Brokers Association distributed vegetables free of cost on some roads in Janatanagar yesterday that were hit by the lockdown….
Holidays for teachers extended till Apr. 11
March 31, 2020Summer holidays from Apr. 12 Mysore/Mysuru: Holidays for all school teachers which was announced till Mar. 31 to prevent the spread of Coronavirus has been extended up to Apr. 11 and summer holidays will commence from Apr. 12. The teaching and non-teaching staff have been instructed to provide their mobile phone numbers and their home…
Seven markets at various places in Mysuru from today
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to prevent rush at vegetable market at Dasara Exhibition Grounds and also to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to decentralise the vegetable market to seven different locations in city and appoint officials in-charge of them. The markets will function from 6 pm today. The…
Lockdown in Mysuru: Migrant workers halt endless journey, finally get food and shelter
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Why does one leave his or her village or town? For better prospects, for a better life for themselves and their families perhaps right? So has been the case for many migrant labourers across the nation who have moved to cities with better infrastructure in search of jobs and better education and life for…
Combating COVID-19 in Mysuru: Frontline healthcare professionals need protection
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Healthcare staff including doctors, nurses and Class 4 workers in Mysuru have reiterated their demand for Personal Protection Equipment as they are on the frontline in containing the deadly COVID-19. All the positive cases of COVID-19 are admitted and treated in K.R. Hospital and District Hospital in the city. There is lack of PPEs…
Hospital staff face ‘social boycott’ from villagers
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. Hospital staff, especially D Group employees are facing a ‘social boycott’ from their native villagers fearing Coronavirus spread. D Group workers maintain cleanliness in the K.R. Hospital. When some of these workers returned to their native villages in Mysuru district after completing their daily duty, reportedly they were not allowed inside their villages…
Corona effect: People shun Govt. Hospital in Mandya while private clinics remain closed
March 31, 2020Mandya: As the Mandya District Administration has opened a separate screening and treatment centre inside the Government Hospital in Mandya, people suffering from other ailments have stopped going to the hospital itself fearing Coronavirus spread. Earlier, a large number of patients used to visit Mandya Government Hospital every day, but now, due to the fear…
La Tomatina in Namma Mysuru!?
March 31, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: La Tomatina is a festival held in Spain on the last Wednesday of August every year but looks like it is being held in Namma Mysuru five months in advance. No it is not the festival in which participants throw tomatoes at each other in a tomato fight purely for entertainment but it is…
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