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Chennai: Father of NEET aspirant who died by suicide kills self

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He allegedly killed himself after he returned home from finishing his son's cremation rituals, police said. 19-year-old Jegadeshwaran and his father P Selvasekar (48). CHENNAI: The father of the 19-year-old boy who died by suicide allegedly after failing to clear the NEET exam twice, died by suicide early Monday morning. The police said that the man must have been depressed by the loss of his son. P Selvasekar (48), a resident of Kurinji Nagar in Chromepet, ran a photo studio in the locality. His son S Jegadeeswaran was living with him. He had separated from his wife a few years ago. He allegedly killed himself after he returned home from finishing his son’s cremation rituals, police said. His body was sent to Chromepet Government Hospital for a postmortem. A case has been registered and an investigation is on. Selvasekar’s son Jegadeeswaran passed Class 12 from a CBSE school in Pallavaram in 2022. He appeared twice for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (medical entrance e...

Chennai's Stanley Medical College doctors to perform surgery on Nanguneri caste atrocity victim

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These experts will be staying in Tirunelveli hospital for about 10 days:  Ma Subramanian Ministers Ma Subramanian and N Kayalvizhi Selvaraj calling on the victims at Tirunelveli multispeciality hospital  TIRUNELVELI: After visiting the two victims of the Nanguneri caste atrocity at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TvMCH), Health Minister Ma Subramanian said the severely-injured 17-year-old boy has to go through surgery on his hand for which a team of super speciality doctors would be brought from Stanley Medical College, Chennai. Addressing reporters on Sunday, he said, instead of taking the boy to Chennai, doctors from Chennai would be called to Tirunelveli for the surgery. “These doctors are experts in performing hand surgeries and they are capable of even successfully reattaching a completely separated hand. They will stay at the government hospital for about 10 days. The TvMCH administration has already spoken to Stanley hospital dean Balaji in this connection. After...

7 CMC Vellore students suspended over ragging, sexual abuse allegations

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 Allegations against the seven students include physical and sexual abuse of juniors by parading them half-naked and making them mimic sexual acts The prestigious Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore has suspended seven students for ragging their juniors, the college authorities said. Allegations against the seven students include physical and sexual abuse of juniors by parading them half-naked and making them mimic sexual acts. The college on Wednesday said that a committee has been set up to investigate the allegations and that the students were suspended till the probe is complete. A video of the incident surfaced on social media. A person claiming to be a first-year student also posted a textual account on community platform Reddit of the ragging along with detailed allegations of physical and sexual abuse freshers were facing in the men’s hostel since March. Read more