Kochi under heavy police security blanket
The Hindu
People urged to stay indoors in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases
The Kochi City police have made it clear that the restrictions accompanying the nine-day State-wide lockdown that kicked in on Saturday will be enforced strictly even as surveillance along city borders was beefed up considerably. Inspector General of Police and District Police Chief (Kochi City) C.H. Nagaraju said as much while urging people to stay indoors as much as possible in view of the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases, and that even for purchase of essential commodities only one person from the family should step out of home. “Those found violating the COVID protocol will be slapped with provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, Kerala Epidemic Disease Ordinance, and relevant sections of the IPC,” he said.More Related News
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.