After the rising suicide cases among students in Rajasthan's Kota, state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday formed a committee that would submit a report on students' suicide.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday ordered officials to form a committee to provide suggestions to prevent suicide cases among the students and asked them to submit the report within 15 days.
Expressing concern over increasing cases of suicides by students in Kota, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said that a meeting with the managements of coaching institutes has been called this evening at his residence for discussions.
"It is a matter of concern that 20 students committed suicide in the last eight months in Kota. I myself wanted to become a doctor in my childhood, used to study till 2-3 in the night, but did not succeed. However, I did not lose courage. I changed my path, became a social worker, entered po
A new report has sounded an alarm over an increase in suicide cases, especially among the older population in the US, as nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022.
In a special mention about the issue told the Rajya Sabha that there have been 10, 732 suicide cases of students below the age of 18 years in 2021 only showing a growth of 4.5 per cent from 2020.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday instructed higher-level officials to conduct a probe into the suicide case of a minor, who ended her life after being troubled by molestation in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district.
When the NCPCR chairman came to know about the matter, he visited there and met with the family members, police and the other persons concerned on Wednesday.
The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Tuesday while acquitting former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and one other in air hostess Geetika Sharma's suicide case said that the possibility of Geetika Sharma committing suicide due to other reasons also cannot be ruled out.
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday acquitted former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and one other in the air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case.