Puttur: Chaos at CM Siddaramaiah’s event; Over 11 people fall ill amid overcrowding
Puttur: Overcrowding at a public event attended by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Puttur led to a commotion, leaving more than 11 people unwell.
The incident occurred during the Ashoka Janamana–2025 programme organised at the Kombettu Grounds under the leadership of MLA Ashok Rai. Due to the presence of a crowd far exceeding the venue’s capacity, several attendees reportedly felt suffocated and fell ill.
The affected individuals were immediately shifted to the Puttur Taluk Government Hospital for treatment, according to local sources.
The event, marking the 13th year of the Janamana initiative, held during Diwali and involving the distribution of clothes, was organised by the Rai Estate Education and Charitable Trust under the direction of MLA Ashok Rai.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
