BJP leader dies in car-bike accident
Shankaranarayana, May.9: A BJP leader died after the bike he was riding hit by a car near Balkattu bridge on Kundapur-Siddapur state highway in Amparu village here on Wednesday, May 9.
The deceased has been identified as former gram panchayat member Mahesh Hegde (56). He was the husband of Kundapur taluk panchayat member Shrilatha Shetty.
Occupant of the car Shankar Shetty and the driver of the car sustained serious injuries and were admitted in Manipal hospital.
Hegde was returning to his house on his bike after taking part in election campaign of Kundapur BJP candidate Halady Shrinivas Shetty. A car moving from the opposite direction rammed into his bike near Balkattu bridge. Later the car hit a nearby jackfruit tree and fell into a drain.
Mahesh Hegde was rushed into a hospital but he breathed his last on the way. On getting information, Haladi Shrinivas Shetty immediately visited the hospital.
A case has been filed at Shankaranarayana police station.
Due to untimely death of Mahesh Hegde, Halady cancelled the foot march organised on Wednesday and Thursday, sources said.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases. Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
