Udupi: Minister Laxmi Hebalker stops car, helps student injured in road accident
Udupi: Laxmi Hebbalkar, the Minister of Women and Child Development and Udupi district in-charge, demonstrated an act of compassion on Saturday by assisting in transporting an injured student to the hospital after an accident near Kaup Cross.
The Minister was visiting the district to attend the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Belapu Vasaya Cooperative Society in Uchila, Paniyuru, and the inauguration of the Cooperative Mahal. While en route to Udupi, she witnessed a student being struck by an unidentified vehicle while crossing National Highway 66 near Kapu Cross.
The Minister stopped her car, provided first aid to the injured student, and arranged for an available auto nearby to take the student to the hospital.
The public has expressed appreciation for the Minister's humanitarian act.
Similarly, last Monday, Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar helped transport two seriously injured youths involved in a road accident on the outskirts of Chamarajanagar to the hospital.
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Two Naxalites gunned down in encounter with cops in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, police said.
The exchange of fire broke out in a forest along the Indravati river in the morning when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a senior police official said.
After guns fell silent, bodies of two Naxalites, clad in uniform, along with a Self-Loading Rifle, an Insas rifle and a 12-bore rifle were recovered from the spot, he said.
Search operation was still underway, he added.
With this action, at least 25 Maoists have been killed in separate encounters in the state so far this year.
Earlier, 14 Maoists were gunned down in two encounters on January 3 in the Bastar region, which comprises seven districts, including Bijapur.
Last year, 285 Maoists were killed in various encounters with security forces in Chhattisgarh.
The Centre has set a deadline of March 31 this year to eradicate Left-Wing Extremism from the country.
