Quarantine rule

Minister skips

Bengaluru: Union minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda was at the centre of a controversy on Monday after he did not undergo quarantine on arrival from Delhi by a flight here as stipulated, but defended it, saying he came under the exempted category being in-charge of pharmaceuticals, an essential sector. The Karnataka government came to his defence and said the Centre had issued orders exempting such people handling essential sectors from quarantine norms.