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Schools where you enrol just to bunk…and go to coaching class instead. Inside India’s ‘dummy schools’

Despite violating regulations of education boards, dummy schooling has become popular among entrance exam aspirants. Coaching industry stakeholders say schools don't meet students' needs.

Kota is facing test for survival. It’s competing against edtech & struggling to lose ‘suicide city’ tag

Kota’s journey to becoming India’s most prominent coaching hub began in 1991. The coaching industry here and its related businesses have been valued at approximately Rs 6,000-10,000 cr.

How deleted WhatsApp messages on Ganesh Chaturthi led to a Muslim school principal’s arrest in Kota

Complainant says FIR was filed on advice of Rajasthan education minister’s assistant. School principal's family members argue he isn’t familiar with WhatsApp, deleted texts by mistake.

Face of Rajasthan’s coaching hub is changing. Everyone’s rushing to Sikar after NEET success

For decades, Kota coaching institutes were the ‘gold standard’ for competitive exam preparation. Now Sikar, the city known for its havelis, forts, and the Khatu Shyam temple, is emerging as Rajasthan's Coaching Nagri or Shiksha ki Kashi.

‘No abnormality’ in NEET results, but analysis shows coaching hubs like Kota, Sikar bred more toppers

An analysis of NEET 2024 results by IIT Madras showed an upward trend in number of top scorers from the heavily frequented coaching hubs of the country, compared to last year.

18-year-old NEET-UG aspirant jumps to death in Kota a day after results declared

This is the 10th case of suspected suicide by a student in Kota, the country's coaching hub, since January this year.

14 children suffer burn injuries due to electrocution during Mahashivratri procession in Kota

The children, aged 10-16 years, were electrocuted from a high-tension power line passing overhead in the Sakatoura area under the Kunhari police station.

BTech student hangs himself, third such suicide in 2 weeks in Rajasthan’s Kota

DSP Dharmveer Singh said Noor Mohammed, 27, studied in coaching institutes from 2016 to 2019 and after being admitted to SRM University, he used to take online classes at his PG.

12-year-old boy dies after neck slit by Chinese kite string in Kota, 5 others injured

The 'glass-coated' kite string, also known as Chinese strings, was banned by the district collectors of Kota, Bundi and Jhalawar ahead of the Makar Sankranti festival.

16-year-old NEET aspirant from Jharkhand dies by suicide in Kota, 23rd case this year

No suicide note was recovered from the girl's room and the police are investigating the reason behind the suicide.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.