Bengaluru: The Karnataka state government extended the night curfew by one hour. As per the new order, the night curfew will be from 9 pm to 5 am. Earlier, the night curfew began from 10 pm.
‘Night curfew will now be imposed from 9 pm till 5 am daily. At present, the same used to be in place only from 10 pm,’ Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
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Meanwhile, prohibitory order Section 144(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) will be imposed in the state capital, Bengaluru till August 16. The government also announced weekend curfew in 8 districts including Belagavi, Bidar, Vijayapura, Kalaburagi which share borders with Maharashtra and Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu, Mysuru, and Chamarajanagar which share border with Kerala.
Karnataka has intensified Covid testing at inter-state borders with Kerala and Maharashtra to prevent the spread of infection.
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