Bengaluru: While advocating a “duck and fight” strategy, Health Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar yesterday said the Government does not have any intentions of enforcing a lockdown despite increasing number of Covid cases. “The Government does not have any intention to clamp a lockdown. Lockdown was imposed in the State when there were no vaccines and…
Corona Curfew: From Apr. 10 to 20; 10 pm to 5 am
April 9, 2021No curbs on essential services Bengaluru: Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a meeting of Chief Ministers of 11 States, which are becoming super-spreaders of COVID-19 pandemic in the last 15-20 days, Government of Karnataka has decided to impose Corona Curfew in Mysuru, Bengaluru, Uttara Kannada, Mangaluru, Kalaburagi, Bidar, Tumakuru, Udupi-Manipal from Apr. 10…
Mysuru’s critical SARI patient recovers from COVID-19
April 28, 2020Likely to be discharged from hospital today Mysore/Mysuru: In a positive development, P-273, a 72-year-old male from Nazarbad and the first Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) case who was tested positive for Coronavirus in Mysuru has been declared fit for discharge and is likely to be released from the designated COVID-19 Hospital on KRS Road this evening…
Lockdown shadow looms large over Mysore Varsity Centenary Convocation
April 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The unprecedented COVID-19 nationwide lockdown seems to have cast a dark shadow on the University of Mysore’s Centenary Convocation. After having planned the milestone event for March or April 2020, the University had started correspondence with the President’s Office and the PMO for getting their dates to address the Centenary Convocation. Even the Governor,…
Amusement Industry’s clarion call for survival
April 28, 2020Seeks urgent stimulus to sail out from COVID-19 impact Mysore/Mysuru: Indian Association of Amusement Parks and Industries (IAAPI), an apex body representing the interests of Amusement Parks, Theme Parks, Water Parks and Indoor Amusement Centre in India, is seeking an urgent stimulus package for Amusement Industry to sail out from the COVID-19 impact as it…
Migrant workers in K.R. Nagar return to native places
April 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A total of 74 migrant workers in K.R. Nagar taluk of the district, most of whom were from North Karnataka, who were stranded at their workplace due to the nationwide lockdown, returned to their native places in KSRTC buses on Sunday, thanks to the efforts of the District Administration. With the Union Government easing…
Doorstep Thermal Screening Drive against Pandemic in Mysuru
April 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As per directions from the Central Government, the Mysuru District Administration, jointly with Health and Family Welfare Department, has launched a drive to conduct Thermal Screening of all those living in hotspot areas across the district since Apr.24. A total of 28 areas, including 13 in city, have been declared as hotspots within the…
INS seeks two-year tax holiday for Newspaper establishments
April 26, 2020Newspapers have lost Rs. 4,000-5,000 crore in 2 months, says Indian Newspaper Society New Delhi: In a second letter to Information and Broadcasting Secretary Ravi Mittal, Indian Newspaper Society (INS) President Shailesh Gupta has urged the Government to immediately announce a two-year tax holiday for Newspaper establishments and to increase official advertisement rates and budget…
Chamundeshwari Constituency farmers donate vegetables, food grains
April 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The farmers of various Gram Panchayats in Chamundeshwari Constituency, under the leadership of MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), donated a large quantity of food grains and vegetables to be distributed among the needy and the same was handed over to the District Administration yesterday by MLA G.T. Devegowda and District Minister S.T. Somashekar at Jayapura…
MLA Ramdas holds meeting with Corona volunteers
April 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. MLA S.A. Ramdas held a meeting with Corona volunteers of his Constituency who are striving hard day and night delivering food packets to the needy and poor during the COVID-19 lockdown, at the ground behind CADA Office on Sayyaji Rao Road here on Wednesday. Addressing the volunteers, Ramdas said that 25 volunteers have…
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