More COVID-19 restrictions in Dakshina Kannada; DC revises timing for business of essential shops
No events including wedding ceremonies allowed after May 15
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. KV Rajendra on Thursday chopped down business hours for essential shops amidst the COVID-19 curfew in the district.
The Deputy Commissioner ordered that shops dealing with essential items will only be allowed to remain open between 6:00 am to 9:00 am where people can shop, while the shop owners have been instructed to close down the shops by 10:00 am. The public will only be allowed to shop till 9:00 am.
The DC warned those violating the guidelines will face action including seizure of their vehicles.
The order also stated that no events and functions including wedding ceremonies and birthday parties will be allowed in the district after May 15. It added the events to which the permission has already been granted also have been withdrawn and the families who have fixed the ceremonies have been instructed to postpone their scheduled events.
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UP Cong chief Ajay Rai hospitalised after fainting, stable
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was hospitalised here after he fell unconscious due to low sodium levels, party leaders said on Saturday.
They said he was admitted to Medanta Hospital on Friday evening and is stable.
"Ajay Rai was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow at around 6 pm on Friday after he fell unconscious as his sodium levels had dropped. He fell unconscious at his residence in Lucknow. For the entire day, he was engaged in party programmes and had also gone to the airport," Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi told PTI.
Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pande told PTI, "Now, he (Ajay Rai) is stable and I am also reaching Lucknow."
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI that Rai collapsed at his home on Friday evening and was subsequently admitted to the hospital's emergency ward.
Medical examinations revealed that Rai was suffering from a sodium deficiency and elevated blood pressure. Doctors administered immediate treatment and he is doing significantly better now, Kapoor said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his health. Rai is conversing with others and his condition is stable, he added.
In a post on X late Friday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Rai a speedy recovery.
Rai hails from Varanasi and had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Modi from the parliamentary constituency. The Congress appointed him as the Uttar Pradesh unit chief in 2023.
