Standalone liquor stores to open across Karnataka from Monday

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Standalone liquor stores to open across Karnataka from Monday (4th May) except in containment zones. The timings will be between 9 am to 7 pm, H Nagesh, State Excise Minister said on Saturday. He said that bars across the city and liquor stores located in market complexes, malls will remain closed.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday clarified that liquor stores will be allowed to open in both Orange and Green Zones. The MHA also added that in the Red Zones also liquor stores are allowed, as long as they are standalone shops and not part of a market complex or a mall.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases crossed the 600 mark in Karnataka on Saturday as 12 new cases were added, while two deaths took the total fatalities in the state to 25.

Total positive cases are 601, out of which 271 patients were discharged.

Of the 12 new cases, four are from Bengaluru Urban, two each from Vijayapura and Tumakuru and one each from Bidar, Chikkaballapura, Belagavi and Bagalkot, Kumar said, adding that the two deaths were in Bidar and Bengaluru.