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Hindustan Times
26-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
MBBS student dies by suicide in Udaipur over ‘mental harassment' by college staff, sparks protest
Protests broke out at a dental college campus in Udaipur after a student died by suicide, accusing the college staff of mental harassment. Students from the college staged a protest demanding action and accusing the administration of indulging in unfair practices.(X) Sweta Singh, who was pursuing Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree at the Pacific Dental College in Udaipur, was found dead in her hostel room on Thursday night, news agency PTI reported. She was a final-year BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgery) student from Jammu and Kashmir. The student was found around 11 pm by her roommate and rushed to the hospital, where she was declared dead. The hostel authorities and police were then alerted about the incident. Following the incident, students from the college staged a protest demanding action and accusing the administration of indulging in unfair practices. Suicide note claims harassment by staff A note recovered from her hostel room stated that she had been mentally harassed by the college staff members. It mentioned irregularities in the exam schedules, accused the college of arbitrarily failing students and making repeated monetary demands, India Today reported. The note further alleged that students who were unable to pay faced pressure by the college administration. In a video which has surfaced online, students from the college can be seen protesting the incident outside the college gate, while raising slogans and giving calls for justice. During the protest march, the students blocked the road outside the college, demanding action against the members of staff who had been mentioned in the note. The director of the college held talks with the students, assuring them of strict action against those found responsible, NDTV reported. 'The college management is also addressing the situation and will terminate the staff members involved,' the director said. Police personnel from the Sukher station also arrived at the college campus to try to disperse the gathering, the students continued their protest. The case is currently under investigation. SHO Sukher Police Station Ravindra Charan said the deceased's body has been transferred to a mortuary, and the post-mortem will be conducted after the arrival of her family members. Discussing suicides can be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. A few major suicide prevention helpline numbers in India are 011-23389090 from Sumaitri (Delhi-based) and 044-24640050 from Sneha Foundation (Chennai-based).
News18
26-07-2025
- Health
- News18
Road Blocked, Protest Rally Held As Udaipur's Medical College Faces Outrage Over Student Suicide
Last Updated: The students of the college carried out massive protest on the campus and also blocked a road outside, demanding action against the faculty members mentioned on the suicide note. A medical student allegedly took her own life in her hostel room in a private medical college in Rajasthan's Udaipur, officials said on Friday. The incident took place on Thursday night when a final-year BDS student from Jammu and Kashmir, Sweta Singh, was found hanging in her room. Her roommate allegedly discovered her hanging, after which she alerted the hostel authorities, and the police were called. The cops found a suicide note at the spot where the student allegedly accused the faculty of mentally harassing students and not conducting examinations on time, the officials said. As the incident came to light, the students carried out a protest march at the college and blocked a road outside, as they demanded action against the teachers who were mentioned in Sweta's note. The college director held talks with the students and assured them of taking strict action against those faculty members. 'The matter is being investigated by the police, and they will take appropriate action based on their findings. The college management is also addressing the situation and will terminate the staff members involved," the director told reporters, news agency PTI reported. SHO Sukher Police Station Ravindra Charan said that the student's body was shifted to a mortuary, and a postmortem will be conducted after the arrival of her family members. (With PTI inputs) view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
India Today
13-06-2025
- General
- India Today
Almost-intact Bhagavad Gita emerges from burnt debris at Air India crash site
In the wreckage of the Air India Flight 171 crash in Ahmedabad that killed 265 people, an almost-intact copy of the Bhagavad Gita was found. Despite the intense fire, the holy book remained largely undamaged.A Boeing 787 Dreamliner, operating as Flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after take-off on Thursday, killing 241 people onboard. Just one individual on board survived the crash. Parts of the wreckage rained down on a densely populated area, crashing directly into a hostel of a nearby medical from the 241 people on board the flight, 24 others who were in the medical college hostel where the aircraft went down also died. In the smouldering wreckage site, a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Hindu scripture, was recovered in the Minister Amit Shah, who visited the crash site on Thursday, said that efforts to save people from the crash failed as the temperature rose to extreme levels due to the burning of 1.25 lakh litres of fuel on the Bhagavad Gita copy was almost undamaged despite the intense blaze that melted much of the aircraft and other things onboard, reported Sweta Singh of Aajtak, India Today Digital's sister portal. The pages of the holy book appeared intact, with its text and images clearly visible. The jacketed cover, however, showed some signs of damage, which could be visually it belonged to a passenger... someone must have been reading it. That's why it's here. Despite the intense heat, it remained intact. Every single picture, including that of Swami Prabhupada (the founder of ISKCON) is still exactly the same," a rescue personnel at the crash site in Ahmedabad told might spot a faint smudge on a page somewhere, but the holy book looks almost intact, reported Aajtak's Sweta and images of the book were shared widely on social media. It sparked awe, with many attributing it to a survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national, escaped with minor Air India crash, one of the deadliest in India's aviation history, claimed around 265 lives, including that of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay investigations continue, with one black box recovered, the focus remains on determining the cause of the crash, while the Gita's survival stands as a coincidence amid the Reel
