The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that no law student across India can be stopped from appearing in examinations on account of attendance shortage. In its judgement, the Court directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to review and amend its existing attendance regulations for legal educ
BRS working president and Telangana minister KTR expressed grief over the suicide of a 10th-grade student at Government Gurukul School, Vangara, and criticised Congress for not taking accountability for this incident.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Ghanshyam said, "The girl lived in government quarters... An MBBS second-year student has committed suicide. The family members have submitted a petition. Postmortem has been conducted."
According to the World Health Organisation, more than 100 crore people are suffering from mental disorders across the world. WHO further stated that seven out of ten people are struggling with a mental health issue.
The police have registered a case and are investigating the matter: Medipally police, A police official says, "We have registered a case and are investigating the matter. More details will be provided later."
This came as the Court disposed of two petitions filed by the Aman Satya Kachroo Trust, which had challenged the University Grants Commission's (UGC) decision to award the National Ragging Prevention Programme contract to the Centre for Youth (C4Y) Society.
The victim had attempted self-immolation on July 12 on the college campus, sustaining over 90 per cent burn injuries, and succumbed to her injuries at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on July 14.
According to officials, a case of Unnatural Death (UD) has been registered at the Gunupur Police Station. The student's body was reportedly found inside the university hostel.
The father of the victim who died from self-immolation in Odisha's Balasore on Tuesday claimed that his daughter did not die by suicide but was murdered.
A 19-year-old B.Tech student, Paruchuri Pragathi, took her own life by hanging herself from a clothesline in her hostel room at GIET Engineering College in Rajahmundry, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, on June 3, 2025.
In the wake of the Supreme Court expressing concern over the increasing number of student suicides in Rajasthan's Kota, Deputy Chief Minister Premchand Bairwa reaffirmed the state government's commitment to addressing the issue, stating that several measures have been initiated to curb such