Siddaramaiah to meet President, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will meet President Droupadi Murmu and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Tuesday.
"Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is on a visit to Delhi, will meet the President at 11:20 am and the Union Finance Minister at 4:50 pm today," his office said in a statement.
Siddaramaiah on Monday had said he is meeting the President to discuss the bills that are pending for approval.
Speaking to reporters in Raichur, he had said that he had also sought for appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister to discuss regarding the additional memorandum he had submitted to the 16th Finance Commission recently.
Among the bills that are pending before the President include the 'Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (Amendment) Bill, 2025, reserving 4 percent of contracts in (civil) works valued up to Rs 2 crore, and goods/services contracts up to Rs 1 crore for Muslims.
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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.
