Kundapura: Car overturns near Thekkatte, six students including driver seriously injured
Kundapur: Six students including the driver were seriously injured after a car they were traveling on overturned and fell into a drain on the National Highway-66 near Thekkatte on Monday.
According to police, the injured were students pursuing law and engineering at Pune in Maharashtra.
A group of 12 students had started a tour across the country in two cars on January 31. The accident occurred while they were returning to Pune after visiting the Tirupati temple.
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In the afternoon, the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle near Kannukere in Thekkatte. The car jumped the divider and plunged into a drain on the opposite side of the road.
It is learnt that six students, including the driver, were inside the car at the time of the accident. Locals rushed to the spot, rescued the injured from the vehicle, and shifted them to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Kota Police Station officer Praveen Kumar R. visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
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French President Macron concludes Mumbai visit
Mumbai (PTI): French President Emmanuel Macron, along with First Lady Brigitte Macron, left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding his engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They were seen off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
On Tuesday, Macron held discussions with Modi as part of efforts to further strengthen India-France strategic ties.
During the Mumbai visit, the French president and his wife also met some of India's top filmmakers and actors, and had an animated exchange with them about cinema, culture and collaboration.
President Macron is on an official visit to India from February 17 to 19 at the invitation of PM Modi to participate in the AI Impact Summit hosted by India in the national capital Delhi, besides the bilateral summit in Mumbai.
PM Modi will inaugurate the summit on February 19. As many as 20 heads of states, including French President Macron, will be present at the inaugural session, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said.
