Decision soon on Karnataka-Kerala border reopening in DK dist: Minister
Mangaluru: An early decision will be made on re-opening of state borders with Kerala in Dakshina Kannada District, closed due to COVID-19 lockdown, for regular movement with the approval of the Karnataka government, district-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said on Tuesday.
The district administration will hold discussions with the state government on the issue as there was consistent demand for opening the border roads at Talapady and Jalsur for travel.
Poojary said at present the roads have been kept open for pedestrians, two-wheelers, and those with passes for emergency movement.
The complete re-opening will be made effective only after getting permission from the government.
DK deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said the districts' borders with Kerala at 21 places had been closed earlier as per the government orders and any fresh decision will depend on its stance.
Hundreds of people living on both sides of the border employed in the two districts of Kasaragod and DK are having a difficult time with the closure of the border for months.
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
