When those peopl are getting vaccinated, it is creating awareness in neighbouring triabl villages, Singh said. It's already paying off, said the collector. In the past 10 days, there is a noticeable change in mindset. We did a survey in 47 villages where vaccination percentage was low. People in 30 of these villages are now ready for vaccination and said they would get vaccinated if camps are organised, he added. Six armed Maoists, including three women cadres and two division committee members, were killed in a gunfight with Andhra Pradesh police's crack Greyhounds unit inside the Teegalmetta forests of Visakhapatnam Agency early on Wednesday. There were around 25 members of the Galikonda area committee and the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army, the armed wing of the outfit at the site when the Greyhounds team moved in. A few of the ultras escaped with injuries, officials said. "We assure the best medical treatment for them if they surrender to the police, he said. The Lakhshadweep administration on Wednesday filled a statement in the Kerala high court opposing the anticipatory bail application filed by filmmaker ayesha sulthana who was booked under sedition charges by the police in the islands. In its statement, the administration submitted that the bail application is not maintainable as the petitioner has not pointed out any precise reason for any genuine and bonafide "reason to believe" that she will be arrested. It said the crime was registered on June 9 for the offences under IPC sections relating to sedition and hate speech on the basis of a petition lodged by a politician residing at Kavaratti. The allegation is that the filmaker, while participating in a debate telecast by a Malayalam news channel on June 7, made an assertion that the Centre has used a biological weapon against the people of Lakshadweep.
