COVID-19 second wave: Section 144 imposed in Dakshina Kannada
Religious events, meets prohibited until further notice
Mangaluru: To contain the spread of COVID-19’s second wave in the district, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner on Tuesday issued an order imposing prohibitory orders under section 144(3) across the district.
According to the order, section 144(3) was imposed in the district on Monday, March 29, and will be in place until further notice.
The order states that no religious events like Ugadi, Shab-e-Baraat, Holi, Good Friday, were allowed to be organized at public places, grounds, or at religious places.
It further added that other events like Conferences, Get-togethers and other religious events were not allowed to be organized until further notice.
There is a restriction of assembly of more than five people at a place across the district.
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9 killed, 15 injured as bus catches fire in Haryana
Gurugram(PTI): At least nine people were burnt alive and 15 injured when a moving bus caught fire near Tauru in Haryana's Nuh district in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred around 2 am on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway. The bus was carrying around 60 people, all residents of Punjab's Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana, who were returning from pilgrim towns of Mathura and Vrindavan. All of them are relatives, police said.
"Nine people -- six women and three men -- were killed in the accident. Fifteen people were injured and have been hospitalised. All the injured are stable," said Inspector Jitendra Kumar, Station House Officer, Sadar Tauru.
"The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. A probe is underway," he said.
A local resident said that after noticing the fire, some people chased the bus on a motorcycle and asked the driver to stop. The locals also informed the police and fire department.
