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Why are student suicides on the rise? Ask any teen applying for CLAT, JEE, NEET, you’ll know

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Noted Hindu seer Narendra Giri found dead in suspected suicide, ‘sacked disciple’ under lens

PM Modi was among those who condoled Mahant Narendra Giri’s death. UP CM Yogi Adityanath said it is an ‘irreparable loss to spiritual world’. 

17-year-old Tamil Nadu student dies by suicide day after appearing for NEET

The girl is the 16th medical aspirant from Tamil Nadu whose death is linked to NEET. Police says she told her parents she was concerned about the outcome of the test.

Fresh FIR lodged against ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and his wife Nutan Thakur

The couple has been accused of assaulting police, obstructing govt work when security personnel went to arrest Thakur on serious charges of ‘abetting’ suicide of rape victim, friend.

Prisoners are twice as likely to die by suicide. Existing laws do little to help them

A lack of psychiatrists, psychologists, technology, and dysfunctional state machinery is contributing to worsening mental health conditions in prisons.

Delhi’s ‘Baba ka Dhaba’ owner attempts suicide, admitted to Safdarjung Hospital

Police said 81-year-old Kanta Prasad had taken alcohol and sleeping pills. After shooting to fame last year, Prasad opened a restaurant but shut it due to losses and returned to his ‘dhaba’.

Woman, 5 daughters commit suicide by jumping in front of moving train in Chhattisgarh

According to the police, the woman had a quarrel with her husband. After the tiff, the mother along with her daughters, all between 10 and 18 years, took the extreme step.

3 days after man handling Yogi govt’s social media ends life, colleagues booked for abetment

The employee, Parth Srivastava, hanged himself in Lucknow Wednesday. Based on his father's complaint that some colleagues forced him to commit suicide, a case was registered.

787 suicides reported in armed forces since 2014, most from Army, govt data shows

According to Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, the Army reported 591 suicide cases, Navy 36, while the Indian Air Force had 160 between 2014 and 2021 (till 22 March).

Wrestler Ritika Phogat, cousin of Geeta and Babita Phogat, allegedly commits suicide

The 17-year-old wrestler allegedly hanged herself on 15 March after getting upset over losing to her rival by one point in the final bout of a championship, said Station House Officer.

On Camera

No insult to Ayurveda. AIIMS an attempt to bring good standards of medical education—Amrit Kaur

On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.