Tag: Kota

Blinkit Delivery Man Arrested For Supplying Cigarettes To Minor Students In Kota

January 12, 2025 admin

Kota: A delivery agent of a quick commerce platform has been arrested for allegedly delivering cigarettes to underaged coaching students in Kota’s Landmark City area, police said on Sunday. Satyaprakash Koli (48) was nabbed while he was supplying cigarettes to coaching students on Saturday evening, SP Kota city Amrita Duhan said. The arrest was made…

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Medical Aspirant Studying In Kota Found Dead On Tracks, Suicide Not Ruled Out

January 3, 2025 admin

The police are investigating the case. New Delhi: A coaching centre student from Maharashtra was found dead on railway tracks near Rajasthan’s Bundi. The police said he fell off a train and died. They said it can’t be said for certain at this stage of the investigation whether it was an accident or death by…

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50% Decline In Student Suicides In Kota Compared To Last Year

December 29, 2024 admin

Kota: The Kota district administration has claimed that there has been a 50 per cent decline in the number of suicides by students this year as compared to 2023 in this coaching hub of Rajasthan known for preparing students for IIT-JEE entrance tests. However, no specific breakdown of the numbers has been provided by the…

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16-Year-Old JEE Student From Bihar Found Hanging From Fan In Kota: Police

December 20, 2024 admin

The boy was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday, police said. Kota, Rajasthan: A 16-year-old boy from Bihar preparing for IIT-JEE was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room in the Vigyan Nagar police station area of Kota city on Friday, officials said. The incident occurred…

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After Student Suicides, Drug Abuse Sparks Concern In Kota

November 28, 2024 admin

Last year, Kota recorded an alarming 27 student suicides. Jaipur: Kota, the coaching capital of the country which has been making headlines for student suicides, now has another big problem to contend with – students getting hooked to drugs. Experts say the same academic pressure and loneliness – with most engineering and medical aspirants, only…

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Teacher Arrested For Attempting To Sexually Harass Student In Kota: Police

September 20, 2024 admin

The police on Friday produced the accused before a POCSO court. (Representational) Kota: A teacher in a government senior secondary school in a village here has been arrested for allegedly trying to harass a Class 12 girl sexually, police said on Friday. The accused was on Friday produced before a POCSO court that ordered to…

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Rajasthan Teacher Passes Obscene Comment On Girl, Villagers Thrash Him: Cops

September 17, 2024 admin

The incident occurred on during a sports event at the school, police said (Representational) Kota (Rajasthan): Police have detained the principal of a government school in Rajasthan’s Bundi district for allegedly passing lewd comments on a girl, officials said on Tuesday. The villagers held the principal captive in a room on the school premises and…

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Another Medical Exam NEET Aspirant Goes Missing From Rajasthan’s Kota

May 13, 2024 admin

He left a note behind in which he said that he couldn’t do well in the NEET exam. (Reprsentational) Kota: Nearly a week after a NEET aspirant left his PG room here with Rs 8,000 in his pocket, another 19-year-old preparing for the medical entrance exam in Kota has gone missing. Bihar native Aman Kumar…

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Kota Official To Students, Parents As Suicides Spike

April 30, 2024 admin

Kota: Kota District Collector Dr Ravinder Goswami wrote to the NEET and JEE aspirants and their parents on Tuesday, citing his own example of failing the Pre-Medical Test several years ago. His letters came in the wake of the rising cases of suicides, with two incidents taking place within three days. Mr Goswami, an MBBS…

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Drunk Man Rapes 10-Year-Old Daughter In Rajasthan, Arrested: Cops

March 15, 2024 admin

Both parents of the girl are daily wage labourers, cops said. (Representational) Kota: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father in Rajasthan’s Baran district, police said on Friday. SHO Rajendra Kumar Meena said the 33-year-old accused, a daily wage labourer, was arrested on Thursday and sent to judicial custody on Friday. The incident…

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