Nalin Kumar Kateel assures all students of Dakshina Kannada stuck in Ukraine will return safe
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP and BJP Karnataka Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday visited the families of two Mangaluru students who were stuck in Ukraine but were later evacuated to Romania.
Speaking to the families of the students Anusha and Sakshi Sudhakar here in Bejai, Kateel added that all the other students will also be evacuated and that he is in constant touch with the students in Ukraine.
According to the government data, 12 out of 18 students of Dakshina Kannada who are stuck in Ukraine, are from Mangaluru.
“Some of them have been evacuated and have already left for India while some are still stuck in bunkers,” Kateel said adding that the government will take every necessary action to ensure the safe evacuation of all the students.
Urging the families to stay strong, Kateel also expressed condolences to the family of Naveen, a Karnataka student who was killed in Ukraine on Tuesday.
Kateel stated that Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai has appointed the nodal officer for further enquiries. He added that the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, and Minister of External Affairs Jai Shankar are also doing the needful in bringing the Indian students back home.
Vedavyaasa Kamath, Member of Legislative Assembly, Jagadeesh Shenava, Vijay Kumar Shetty, and others were present during Kateel’s visit to the families of students.
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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.
