Biocon chief questions source of reports claiming that she had offered to repair roads in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Wednesday questioned the source of reports claiming that she had offered to repair roads in Bengaluru.
She expressed amusement at what she termed "fabricated news."
Shaw was responding to a news article about former Union Minister P Chidambaram’s post on 'X', in which he noted with interest her supposed offer to fund the development of some roads in Bengaluru and highlighted execution issues in public works.
"Kiran Shaw offers to fund Bengaluru road repair, P Chidambaram responds. I am watching with amusement how the media fabricates news. Please ask them to share their source of this info about my offer to repair roads," she posted on 'X'.
Shaw has been critical of Bengaluru’s infrastructure issues on social media and has repeatedly urged the state government to intervene.
On Tuesday, she met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar to greet them on the occasion of Deepavali and assured her cooperation for Bengaluru’s development.
Earlier, Chidambaram had posted, "I noted with interest Mrs Kiran Mazumdar Shaw's offer to fund the development of some roads in Bengaluru. A great offer! Congratulations."
He added, "The problem with our public works is not the lack of public money; the problem is in the execution of the work."
Chidambaram suggested that governments could tweak Shaw’s idea, with public funds and tenders used to select contractors, who would then work under the supervision of a willing company or industrialist.
"The contractor will execute the public work, say a road. However, the supervising company or industrialist will be responsible for the quality and timely execution of the work. Any penalties or cost overruns will be borne by the supervising company or industrialist," he said.
He added that Chennai or Bengaluru could be suitable locations to pilot the idea, tagging Shivakumar and Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin in his post.
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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.
