Congress workers in Udupi block roads to protest CBI raids on DKShi; several leaders detained
Udupi: Condemning the CBI raids on KPCC President D K Shivakumar’s residence and offices, the Udupi District Congress staged a protest march and blocked the roads at Ajjarakaadu, on Tuesday morning here.
Hundreds of activists participated in the protest march, which commenced from Congress Bhavan at Brahmagiri and stopped at Ajjarakaadu, where the protesters blocked the roads and expressed their anger against the BJP led Central and State government. Several Congress leaders were detained by the police during the protest.
Congress leaders Kishan Hegde Kolkebail, Harish Kini, Prakyath Shetty, Krishnamurthy Acharya, Jyoti Hebbar, Veronica Cornelio, Yatish Karkera, Kushal Shetty, Janardhan Bhandarkar, Bhaskar Rao Kidiyur, Geeta Vaghle, Ismail Athradi, Shabbir Ahmed, Azeez Hejamadi were present at the protest.
Police superintendent Kumara Chandra, DYSP Jai Shankar, Police personnel Manjunath Gowda, Manjunath, and Tahsildar Pradeep Kurdekar were present at the venue to monitor the situation.
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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.
