S Nirmala from Pedda Harivanam, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, tops first year intermediate board exams with 95.7%. Despite parents’ child marriage plans, she aims to be an IPS officer, advocating against child marriages, empowering girls’ dreams.

Rewa ASP said that a parallel pit was in the process of being dug so that the trapped six-year-old could be brought out safely.

Congress candidate Mrinal Hebbalkar, who has been nominated from the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat, is the son of Karnataka Women and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.