Bangalore Student Suicide

A first year BSc nursing student, Thamari Chelvan, was found hanging in his college's hostel room on the morning of 28th January in Bengaluru. Chelvan is still unconscious and hospitalized in Manipal hospital.

A 24-year-old IAS aspirant allegedly committed suicide, with the police stating that he was upset over a 'goof-up' in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) results published in Bangalore.

Two Pre-University students in Karnataka ended their lives after failing to clear the second year exam results of which were announced on Wednesday, police said.

Close on the heels of a Manipuri student who was found dead in "mysterious circumstances" in his college hostel last month, another student from the north-eastern state allegedly committed suicide in Bangalore by hanging.

Afraid that his parents would scold him for scoring low marks in his final exam, a 15-year-old boy committed suicide at his residence in K R Puram on Tuesday, police said. The boy, an eighth standard student of Sarvodaya School, hanged himself from the ceiling fan using a rope, they said.

A father forced his daughter to beg on streets for not studying well, another girl committed suicide as a question paper leak led to an exam being rescheduled and a school-going boy was brutally murdered -the week began on a horrible note for students in Karnataka.

A student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a private college hostel on Monday, the police said. Sonesh, a first year BBM student, hailed from West Bengal.

A 17-year-old student from Bangalore committed suicide by coming before a running train in Belgaum on Monday.

A 22-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as R H Devaraju.

Friends and relatives of Pranay Singh, a second semester B E (E&C) student of PES Institute of Technology, staged a protest in the college campus on Wednesday. Pranay had committed suicide in his hostel room on Tuesday, as he allegedly could not handle the academic pressure.The students were upset over media reports in Patna which claimed Pranay wa...

A first-year law student from Pune committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in a private lodge here on Friday, police said.

A case of abetment to suicide has been booked against a 22-year-old youth, whose girlfriend reportedly committed suicide after reading his status update on Facebook describing their break up.

With a 23-year-old Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, student committing suicide after her boyfriend quietly dumped her by updating his status on a social networking site, the need to discuss the minutiae of Facebook break-up etiquette has become more pressing. Of late, incidents of couples washing their dirty linen on social networkin...

With 727 friends on Facebook, Malini Murmu was like any other college student who logged on often to the social network.

Students of M S Ramaiah Medical College were aghast to find a fellow student hanging from the ceiling fan at their hostel at around 8 pm last night.Durgi Shekawat, a second year MBBS student, allegedly committed suicide after she was suspended earlier in the day by the college authorities for cheating during an exam. A final year student from the c...

A first year BSc nursing student, Thamari Chelvan, was found hanging in his college's hostel room on the morning of 28th January in Bengaluru. Chelvan is still unconscious and hospitalized in Manipal hospital.

A 24-year-old IAS aspirant allegedly committed suicide, with the police stating that he was upset over a 'goof-up' in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) results published in Bangalore.

Two Pre-University students in Karnataka ended their lives after failing to clear the second year exam results of which were announced on Wednesday, police said.

Close on the heels of a Manipuri student who was found dead in "mysterious circumstances" in his college hostel last month, another student from the north-eastern state allegedly committed suicide in Bangalore by hanging.

Afraid that his parents would scold him for scoring low marks in his final exam, a 15-year-old boy committed suicide at his residence in K R Puram on Tuesday, police said. The boy, an eighth standard student of Sarvodaya School, hanged himself from the ceiling fan using a rope, they said.

A father forced his daughter to beg on streets for not studying well, another girl committed suicide as a question paper leak led to an exam being rescheduled and a school-going boy was brutally murdered -the week began on a horrible note for students in Karnataka.

A student allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of a private college hostel on Monday, the police said. Sonesh, a first year BBM student, hailed from West Bengal.

A 17-year-old student from Bangalore committed suicide by coming before a running train in Belgaum on Monday.

A 22-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel on Monday, police said. The deceased was identified as R H Devaraju.

Friends and relatives of Pranay Singh, a second semester B E (E&C) student of PES Institute of Technology, staged a protest in the college campus on Wednesday. Pranay had committed suicide in his hostel room on Tuesday, as he allegedly could not handle the academic pressure.The students were upset over media reports in Patna which claimed Pranay wa...

A first-year law student from Pune committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in a private lodge here on Friday, police said.

A case of abetment to suicide has been booked against a 22-year-old youth, whose girlfriend reportedly committed suicide after reading his status update on Facebook describing their break up.

With a 23-year-old Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, student committing suicide after her boyfriend quietly dumped her by updating his status on a social networking site, the need to discuss the minutiae of Facebook break-up etiquette has become more pressing. Of late, incidents of couples washing their dirty linen on social networkin...

With 727 friends on Facebook, Malini Murmu was like any other college student who logged on often to the social network.

Students of M S Ramaiah Medical College were aghast to find a fellow student hanging from the ceiling fan at their hostel at around 8 pm last night.Durgi Shekawat, a second year MBBS student, allegedly committed suicide after she was suspended earlier in the day by the college authorities for cheating during an exam. A final year student from the c...