CM Siddaramaiah dismisses reports of bickering in ruling Congress
Bengaluru, Jun 27 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday dismissed the reports of bickering in the ruling Congress in the state.
Siddaramaiah also asked people to ignore Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna’s statement that there were many power centres in the ruling Congress in the state.
Rajanna on Thursday had also said that there will be a political development after September. The statement was perceived as an indication of a possible leadership change in Karnataka.
“Where’s internal bickering? All that Rajanna has said is that there are developments. He did not say that such and such things will happen,” Siddaramaiah told reporters here.
“What can be done if you write speculative reports? It’s better to ignore it,” the Chief Minister said.
He did not respond to the question on Rajanna’s statement that there are many power centres in Congress in Karnataka.
Rajanna had said, "During 2013-18 there was only one power centre. Now there are many – one, two, three.”
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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.
