Siddaramaiah visits Vartha Bharati Head office in Mangaluru
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Saturday visited the head office of Vartha Bharati in Mangaluru.
Speaking to the team of Vartha Bharati, Siddaramaiah lauded the efforts of the team and added that Vartha Bharati was carrying out objective and people-friendly journalism.
“Over the last two decades, Vartha Bharati has fulfilled its duties as a responsible and people-friendly media house. It has been the voice of the people and has been doing what a media house should ideally be doing,” he said.
Chief Editor Abdussalam Puthige gave a tour of Vartha Bharati’s office and later briefed him about the reach and performances of online and print editions of Vartha Bharati .
The Community Media Trust’s Trustee Yaseen Malpe presented a memento to Siddaramaiah while Mangaluru Bureau Chief B N Pushparaj welcomed him with a bouquet.
Deputy Leader of Opposition UT Khader, former ministers Ramanath Rai, Abhaychandra Jain, former MLA Vasant Bangera, JR Lobo, former Mayor Shashidhar Hegde, Congress DK Minority Wing’s Chairman Shahul Hameed, Corporator Abdul Rawoof, Abdul Latif, Congress leaders GA Bava, Luqman Bantwal, Pratibha Kulai, Kavita Sanil and others were present during Siddaramaiah visit to Vartha Bharati office.
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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.
