Nit Student Dies

A female student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna was found hanging inside her hostel room on the campus located in Bihta on the outskirts of the Bihar capital, police said on Saturday.

A day after a first-year M Tech student of the National Institute of Technology in Hamirpur was found dead in his hostel room due to a suspected drug overdose, another NIT student was arrested on Tuesday after Charas was seized from his possession.

Ninety-eight students died by suicide in the past five years in higher education institutions, including central universities, IITs, IIMs, NITs and IISERs, according to the Union Ministry of Education.

A female student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna was found hanging inside her hostel room on the campus located in Bihta on the outskirts of the Bihar capital, police said on Saturday.

A day after a first-year M Tech student of the National Institute of Technology in Hamirpur was found dead in his hostel room due to a suspected drug overdose, another NIT student was arrested on Tuesday after Charas was seized from his possession.

Ninety-eight students died by suicide in the past five years in higher education institutions, including central universities, IITs, IIMs, NITs and IISERs, according to the Union Ministry of Education.