NEET aspirant kills self in hostel room in KotaA 19-year-old NEET aspirant, Mohammed Jaid, from Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his...
24 Jan, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
Record student suicides push Kota's coaching centres to train hostel wardens, staffTo address the increasing number of student suicides in Kota, India, wardens and staff members of hostels will receive professional trainin...
15 Sep, 2023, 10.53 AM IST
'Darwaze pe dastak', food vigil by mess workers: Kota police's new attempt at checking student suicidesIn an effort to prevent student suicides, the coaching hub of Kota in India is involving wardens, mess workers, and tiffin service provider...
03 Sep, 2023, 04.38 PM IST
Kota suicides: Senior govt official holds meeting with collector, coaching institutesA day after two NEET aspirants committed suicide in Kota, a senior official of Rajasthan government held a meeting with Kota collector and ...
28 Aug, 2023, 05.44 PM IST
After spring-loaded fans, Kota hostels use nets to make balconies and lobbies 'suicide proof'Hostel owners in Kota, a coaching hub in India, are installing "anti-suicide nets" in balconies and lobbies to prevent students from taking...
27 Aug, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
Kota admin orders 'anti-suicide device' on ceiling fans to stop student suicidesAuthorities in Kota, a coaching hub in India, have ordered hostels to install a spring device on ceiling fans to prevent students from taki...
18 Aug, 2023, 06.13 PM IST
Another NEET aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, fourth case this monthThe latest incident is suspectedly the fourth suicide case by a coaching student in Kota this month and the ninth this year so far. The las...
25 May, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
As edtech firms venture into offline classes, hiring war for star teachers is intensifying(Unacademy did not respond to ET’s emailed queries on compensation.) It’s a figure that is emblematic of the peak the scramble for “star te...
18 Jun, 2022, 11.41 PM IST
Rajasthan: Covid protocol in place, Kota coaching institutes all set to reopen from September 1At the hostels and messes, biometric attendance will be replaced with registers which will have a column for categorising students with inf...
28 Aug, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
Kota’s coaching institutes have a new rival: Edtech giant Byju's test prep ambitionsEducation sector analysts that ET consulted say Kota institutes have been steadily losing market share to players such as Aakash, FIITJEE a...
08 Aug, 2021, 09.20 AM IST
At-home hunger strikes, sloganeering from terraces - protests move indoors, online during lockdownSeveral protests and mass movements across Delhi and the country were at their peak when the coronavirus threat slowly crept in, throwing n...
05 May, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
WudStay: Teaching Hospitality to HotelsWudStay is competing on multiple fronts, where at one end it is competing with players like Oyo and on the other battling world's second mo...
04 Aug, 2016, 03.50 PM IST
Kota coaching centres taking on young students to train them for the IIT JEEFamilies in Gujarat, Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are sending 11-year-old children to Kota for combined coaching and schooli...
09 May, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
Railway Budget 2013: Full text of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's speechBansal, on Tuesday, presented his maiden Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha announcing a slew of measures to improve passenger experience and ...
26 Feb, 2013, 03.04 PM IST