Karnataka: 15 suffer burns as fire breaks out at KPCL power plant, two serious
Bengaluru: At least 15 people sustained burns, two of them seriously, when a fire broke out due to an oil spill in the power generation unit of the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited at Yelahanka in the city on Friday morning, the KPCL said.
All the 15 people have been hospitalised, the company said in a statement.
"Two employees sustained major injuries in the fire, while the remaining 13 employees suffered minor injuries...there are no fatalities," the KPCL said.
According to the KPCL, the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has been entrusted with the responsibility for the construction and pilot testing of the project, which is nearing completion.
The project was to be handed over to the corporation for further running and maintenance once the clinical trials were successful, the company said.
While conducting trials on October 2, the fire was caused by an oil spill in the bearing. The fire was extinguished and the situation was brought under control, the KPCL added.
"It was not a blast as has been projected but a fire incident caused by the leakage of fuel in the power plant," a police officer told PTI.
Firefighters inside the plant brought the fire under control, he added.
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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.
