Student Suicide

President Seeks Report On Suicide Of Students In Telangana

Telangana News | ANI | Wednesday August 14, 2019

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday sought a report from the Telangana government on the suicide committed by 27 students following the intermediate examination results.

21-Year-Old Student Allegedly Jumps To Death From Building In Mumbai

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Monday June 17, 2019

A 21-year-old physiotherapy student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a building in Mumbai's Dadar on Monday, the police said.

3 Tamil Nadu Student Suicides In 2 Days, They Failed NEET Exam

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday June 7, 2019

Three girl students have committed suicide in Tamil Nadu in the last two days after failing to crack the medical entrance exam NEET. The suicides - after the results were declared on Wednesday - have prompted the opposition parties in Tamil Nadu to strongly pitch for exempting the state from the test, a two-year-old demand.

Tamil Nadu Student Commits Suicide After Failing To Clear NEET

Tamil Nadu News | ANI | Friday June 7, 2019

A girl student, named Monisha, from Tamil Nadu's Viluppuram committed suicide after failing to clear the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination here on Thursday.

Fail, Pass, Fail Again: Telangana Board On Girl Who Committed Suicide

Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday June 2, 2019

BIE earlier declared that re-evaluation of over 3.8 lakh answer scripts led to revisions in results of only 1,137 students; none of whom, authorities said, were among the 23 students who committed suicide in April

Correct Score: 99, Result: 0. 25 Student Suicides After Telangana Exam Blunder

Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Stela Dey | Tuesday April 30, 2019

Telangana BJP chief K Laxman is sitting on an indefinite hunger strike to build pressure for a judicial investigation into a high number of student suicides - 25 in the last 10 days - after an equally high number of students failed in the state board's intermediate exam conducted by a private agency.

Indian Student Who Committed Suicide In UK Had Depressive Illness: Report

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Friday February 15, 2019

An Indian-origin student who hanged herself on the grounds of her school in London two years ago died as a consequence of a depressive illness, an inquest into her death concluded this week.

IIT Hyderabad Student Dies After Falling From Campus Building

Hyderabad News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 2, 2019

A 22-year-old student of IIT Hyderabad died Friday after allegedly falling from the seventh floor of a building on the campus, police said Friday.

IIT-Madras Student Commits Suicide In Hostel Room

Chennai News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 29, 2019

A student of IIT-Madras allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room on Monday, police said.

Management Student Found Dead In Gurgaon Institute, Suicide Suspected

Gurgaon News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday January 20, 2019

A postgraduate student of Management Development Institute (MDI) was found dead on Saturday in the campus of the institute under mysterious circumstances, the police said.

"No Failure Permanent": Rahul Gandhi To Students Amid Kota Suicide Cases

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 2, 2019

Congress president Rahul Gandhi today expressed his concern over the growing number of student suicides in Rajasthan's Kota, known for its numerous coaching centres prepping students for the highly competitive entrance exams for engineering and medical institutes.

IIT Aspirant Found Dead In Kota Hostel, Third Suicide In 5 Days

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday December 26, 2018

A 17-year-old has committed suicide in Rajasthan's Kota, known for its numerous coaching centres prepping students for the highly competitive entrance exams for engineering and medical institutes. This is the third suicide in the last five days.

Student, 20, Found Hanging In UP's Teerthanker University Hostel

Cities | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 28, 2018

A 20-year-old woman BBA student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling in the girls' hostel of the Teerthankar Mahaveer University Tuesday, police said.

20-Year-Old NIT Student Commits Suicide, Professor Blamed For Death

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

A 20-year old student of the National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K) jumped to death from his department building, sparking off a protest by other students who alleged constant nagging by a professor forced him to take his life, the police said.

"His Soul Was Calling Me": Engineering Student Allegedly Commits Suicide

Nagpur News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Tuesday October 16, 2018

An 18-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide at his home in Maharashtra's Nagpur. Saurabh Nagpurkar was suffering from "psychological distress", the police said. In his one-page suicide note, Saurabh referred to an accident he had reportedly witnessed two months ago and wrote that "the soul of a young boy who he saw dying in the a...