Mangaluru: Although permission had been granted for the public to visit temples, mosques, churches, and other religious centres after the second wave lockdown was lifted, there had been restrictions on service-oriented activities. Now, the state government is gearing to lift the restrictions on July 25, where all religious centres will be granted permission to begin service-oriented activities following the pandemic guidelines. 

An official order has been released by the State government, in this regard. The permission order addresses the provision that allows only service-oriented activities and does not include temple fairs, festivals, processions, and large gatherings, the order released by N. Manjunath Prasad, the Principal Secretary of the State Government’s Department of Revenue informed. 

In the wake of the meeting with Chief Minister Yediyurappa to request commencement of religious services in the temples and the state government’s consequent decision to permit undertaking of religious services across the state from July 25, the Muzrai and Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister, Kota Shrinivas Poojari took to Twitter and thanked the Chief Minister.

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Chennai (PTI): Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match here on Friday.

CSK made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Prashant Veer in place of Matt Short.

CSK had lost to Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in the opening match while Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by three wickets.

Teams:

Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (w), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Matt Henry, and Khaleel Ahmed.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, and Yuzvendra Chahal.