Karnataka had ignored requests from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to open the border for people in Kasaragod who need urgent medical help at the nearest hospitals Mangaluru and Manipal.
The Karnataka Government has announced that every single citizen under home quarantine in the state will have to upload their 'selfies' on a government app every hour
In the wake of rising number of coronavirus cases in neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka has fortified all its entry/exit points in order to prevent influx from Kerala
"We have arrested two miscreants and their motorcycle has also been seized. They have been booked under Section 353 of IPC (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty). It's a non-bailable offence", said Bengaluru police.
The Kodagu district administration has also asked all the people who had travelled in KSRTC Bus No. KA-19-F-3170 from Bengaluru to Madikeri to report to the nearest hospital, as the suspect who had travelled from Dubai, reached Madikeri in that KSRTC bus.