21-year-old BCA student in Bengaluru allegedly commits suicide by jumping from college building
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old girl, who was a BCA (Aviation) student at Acharya Institute in Soladevanahalli, allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of the college building on Friday afternoon.
The reason for the actions of the student, identified as Laxmi Mitra, who is a native of Kerala, is yet to be ascertained as the police officers found no death note on her, Times of India has reported.
The police have said that the incident occurred at around 1:45 pm, with the other students in the college, who saw Laxmi jump from the fourth floor, informing the management immediately. Laxmi, seen lying in a pool of blood, was rushed to hospital but declared dead by the doctors.
The officers said that they have informed Laxmi’s parents about her suicide and were waiting for their arrival. They added that they would register a case based on the parents’ complaint and investigate the incident.
Laxmi’s body was shifted to the hospital mortuary. The hospital personnel have given the police the medico-legal case record, the officers added.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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'Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane...': Tharoor takes dig at failed US-Iran talks in Pakistan
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New Delhi (PTI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday took a swipe at the "failed" US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan with an Urdu couplet, saying only god knows now what will happen.
"Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane; Na woh mane, na ye mane (only god knows what will happen now as both sides did not agree)," Tharoor said on X, tagging a post-talks video clip of US Vice President J D Vance, who led the American delegation at the negotiations in Islamabad.
The United States and Iran failed to reach a peace deal at their historic 21-hour talks in Pakistan, leaving the fate of a tenuous two-week ceasefire in doubt, with both sides attempting to hold each other responsible for the collapse of the negotiations.
अब क्या होगा, ये रब जाने
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 13, 2026
ना वो माने, ना ये माने https://t.co/DYrXpa7C8h
Vance said the Iranian side did not accept Washington's terms for ending the war even as the US presented its "final and best offer".
Hours after the talks collapsed, US President Donald Trump said on social media that the negotiations with Tehran failed as "Iran is unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions".
Trump said the US Navy will actively interdict any vessel in international waters found to have paid tolls to Iran for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the head of the Iranian negotiation team, said it is for the US to decide whether it can "earn our trust or not".
The Iranian foreign ministry, without elaborating, said the US side resorted to "excessive" and "illegal demands".
The failure to reach an agreement has dimmed the prospect of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to stabilise the global energy marke
