Karnataka: Four young girls hospitalised after miscreants throw chemical-laced colours during Holi
Gadag: In a disturbing incident, four schoolgirls were hospitalised after a group of miscreants threw chemical-laced colours at them during Holi celebrations in Suvarnagiri Tanda near Lakshmeshwara, Gadag district, on Friday, the first day of the festival.
The group, which included some schoolboys from the same locality, targeted ten girls who were on their way to Uma Vidyalaya High School in Lakshmeshwara by bus. Despite the girls pleading that they had exams to attend, the youths disregarded their requests and doused them with adulterated colours, sources told The New Indian Express.
Additionally, they threw a mixture of water, egg, manure, and some juice at the girls, causing severe discomfort.
The girls, studying in Class 8 and 9, began vomiting, prompting the bus driver to halt and transfer them to another vehicle for immediate assistance. Upon reaching Lakshmeshwara, the condition of four girls deteriorated, and they developed breathing difficulties, the report added.
Their teachers rushed them to a nearby government hospital for urgent medical attention.
Authorities have since detained two boys in connection with the incident. Senior police officials visited the hospital and assured the victims' families that strict action would be taken against those responsible.
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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.
