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20 days after coming to Kota, NEET aspirant hangs self; 13th suicide this year
April 30, 2025 2:53 am
A native of Bihar's Katihar, Tameem Iqbal was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room in Talwandi area on Monday sometime after midnight, the police said
Student suicides grow in Kota, Rajasthan Cabinet approves Bill to regulate coaching centres
March 09, 2025 7:02 am
The Bill proposes a penalty of Rs 2 lakh on coaching centres for violation of certain sections, Rs 5 lakh for a subsequent offence, and then eventually cancellation of the centre’s registration if there is a repeat violation.
Students from Gujarat, Assam found dead in 2 more suicides in Kota
January 23, 2025 2:03 pm
According to Jawahar Nagar SHO Ram Laxman Gurjar, she was living in Kota for the last six months and preparing for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).
19-year-old Haryana student dies by suicide in Kota, 1st case in 2025
January 09, 2025 5:45 am
The deceased, identified as Neeraj Jat, from Mahendragarh in Haryana, was found hanging in his hostel room in the Rajiv Gandhi Nagar area, police said.
Kota has brought down suicides. Now can it get back the students?
January 06, 2025 10:12 am
By most accounts, Kota’s coaching industry is hurting – the number of students is down from 2.5-2.75 lakh to 2 lakh, and the 4,000-odd hostels are operating at 60-70% occupancy. To check this, the city has spurred into action.
NEET-UG student from UP dies by suicide in Kota, 16th case this year
October 18, 2024 12:05 am
A suicide note was recovered from his room which read: “Mummy-Papa khush rahiye, main ab aap par bojh nhi ban na chahata”
Father blames NEET 'scam' as aspirant dies by suicide in Kota
September 06, 2024 9:14 am
This is the 15th case of suicide by a student in the coaching hub Kota this year since January. Twenty-six cases of death by suicide were reported in 2023.
Not Rajasthan (Kota), these are the states with highest student suicides
August 29, 2024 9:11 am
Maharashtra has the highest number of student suicides, making up 14 per cent of the total, which is the highest percentage among the listed states.
NET, NEET and Kota suicides: We aren’t talking about the root cause
June 29, 2024 3:17 pm
We can move forward only when we accept that there is something more to life than becoming a doctor/engineer with a huge salary package, and above all, the deeper riddles of life and society cannot be reduced into the form of MCQs
Kota police ropes in Meta to prevent suicide among coaching students
May 28, 2024 9:25 pm
Since the collaboration a week back, the police claim they have already prevented a student from Jhunjhunu from committing suicide in this coaching hub.
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