Karnataka impose weekend curfew in eight border districts including Dakshina Kannada
Night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am imposed across state
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced a weekend curfew in the districts bordering with Kerala and Maharashtra and night curfew across the state in the wake of the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the neighboring states.
Speaking to reporters, the new CM of the state announced the fresh regulations on Friday afternoon. The weekend curfew in border districts will come into force starting Friday night and will be in place till Monday morning.
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The night curfew across the state will be in force from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am in the morning.
The weekend curfew will be imposed in Dakshina Kannada Chamarajanagar, Mysore, and Kodagu (Coorg), Belgavi, Vijaypura, Bidar, and Kalaburagi.
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Low visibility prevents PM’s helicopter from landing in Taherpur, Modi returns to Kolkata airport
Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said.
The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport, he said.
Till reports last received, the Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister reached Kolkata at around 10.40 am and took a chopper onward to Taherpur in Nadia district, where he is scheduled to hold an administrative programme to launch highway projects in West Bengal, followed by a political rally of the BJP, titled Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha, which he is supposed to address.
