Pramod Mutalik, Chaitra Kundapur barred from entering Kalaburagi district, DC issues order
Kalaburagi: Deputy Commissioner of Kalaburagi District Yeshwanth V Gurukar, on Saturday issued an order barring entry of Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Mutalik and Chaitra Kundapur from February 27 – March 3. The DC issued the orders exercising powers vested to him under sections 132, 143, and 144 of Cr.PC 1973.
Additionally, the DC has also barred Sri Siddalinga Swamiji of Karuneshwar Mutt from entering the Aland Taluk from February 27 – March 3.
The decision comes in the wake of the Sandal and Shab-e-Baraat ceremony at the Ladle Mashak Dargah in Aland. Citing Mahashivratri to be falling on the same day, Siddalinga Swamiji had called for Aland Chalo demonstration for purification of Shivalinga in the Dargah.
The DC’s order said the move to bar them from entering the district and Taluk was in the interest of maintaining peace and harmony in the district. It further added that the decision was taken after the District Superintendent of Police submitted a report to DC for barring Chaitra Kundapur, Pramod Mutalik from entering the district, and Swamiji from entering the Taluk.
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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.
