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  NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota a day before exam, 14th case this year

  Rajasthan | May 04, 2025 10:14 IST

  According to officials, the minor girl, under 18 years of age and a resident of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, had been living with her parents in the Parshavnath area of Kota and was preparing for the NEET-UG exam.

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  Woman dies by suicide after jumping from 21st floor of Noida high-rise

  Uttar Pradesh | April 19, 2025 13:30 IST

  According to police reports, the 21-year-old woman jumped from the balcony of her flat in the residential complexc and died on the spot due to the impact.

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  Maharashtra: Over 21,000 farmers die by suicide in last 24 years, says report

  Maharashtra | April 04, 2025 17:27 IST

  Maharashtra farmers suicide: As per the report, out of the total suicides in 24 years, around 9,970 cases were eligible (for government compensation), 10,963 were ineligible, while 319 cases are pending for inquiry. Assistance has been given in 9,740 cases.

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  Rajasthan: JEE aspirant dies after jumping in front of train in Kota, 10th suicide case this year

  Rajasthan | April 01, 2025 0:02 IST

  Kanpur native Ujjawal Mishra was supposed to leave for Lucknow where he was allotted a centre to sit for the engineering entrance exam, Deputy Superintendent of Police (GRP-Kota) Shankar Lal.

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  Rising suicides to lucrative offers: How Rajasthan govt's new bill will regulate coaching centres

  Explainers | March 20, 2025 13:30 IST

  Rajasthan coaching centres: Following the central government's guidelines to all states and Union Territories in January 2024, the Rajasthan government decided to bring the bill.

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  Class-10 student allegedly jumps in front of train in UP’s Amroha, dies

  Uttar Pradesh | December 29, 2024 11:59 IST

  The body of the student was found by passers-by, who informed the police. The Government Railway Police (GRP) said that her body has been sent for an autopsy.

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  'Sorry papa...': 20-year-old NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, second suicide case in 48 hours

  Rajasthan | May 01, 2024 7:39 IST

  More than two lakh students move to Kota annually to prepare for competitive exams such as JEE for engineering and NEET for admission to medical colleges. In 2023, 26 coaching students died by suicide in Kota.

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  Kota suicide case: Rajasthan govt shouldn't ban coaching institutes, says BJP's Rajyavardhan Rathore

  Rajasthan | September 04, 2023 13:19 IST

  Kota suicide cases: Two students, preparing for competitive exams in Kota, allegedly died by suicide on Sunday (August 27), in a span of four hours. According to authorities, 22 students have ended their lives so far in 2023- the highest for any year. Last year, the figure was 15.

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  Plea filed in Supreme Court seeking 'National Commission for Men' | HERE is the reason WHY

  India | March 15, 2023 14:46 IST

  National Commission for Men: Out of these, 81,063 people who ended their lives were married men, while 28,680 were married women, the petition said.

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  'Where our institutions are going wrong..': CJI expresses concern over student suicide

  India | February 25, 2023 14:37 IST

  Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud questioned the education institutions as the student suicide trend is on the rise in India.

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  India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year

  India | September 05, 2022 12:03 IST

  It was in 1984 that the number of suicide deaths crossed the 50,000-mark for the first time in the country and it crossed the 75,000-mark in 1991.

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  WHO calls for strategy to prevent a suicide every 40 seconds

  World | October 09, 2019 23:07 IST

  Ahead of the World Mental Health Day, to be observed on Thursday, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, said the region's member states are taking important steps to address the issue.

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  Man gets five-year jail for abetting wife’s suicide over dowry

  May 14, 2019 12:17 IST

  The woman’s father-in-law Balbir Singh and mother-in-law Nirmala Devi were acquitted due to the lack of evidence, the prosecution said.

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  Mysterious case of MP’s 'suicide village' Badi!

  India | May 06, 2016 10:21 IST

  Badi (Madhya Pradesh): There have been large numbers of suicide cases in the Badi village of Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district. This village is officially one of the country's 250 most backward districts and has reported

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  India has highest number of suicide cases: WHO report

  India | October 27, 2014 14:21 IST

  New Delhi: India has seen the highest number of suicide cases in the world, according to a new database released by the World Health Organisation (WHO).It said that the suicide rate is almost similar to

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  Steady rise in suicides in Gujarat, claims Congress

  Politics | October 17, 2012 7:34 IST

  Ahmedabad, Oct 17 : Opposition Congress on Tuesday alleged there was a drastic rise in number of suicides in Gujarat in the past decade.“37,248 people have committed suicides in Gujarat over last ten years. Everyday,