India, July 13 -- A 20-year-old student preparing for the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) to get admission to any undergraduate medical course died by suicide on Saturday night in Rajasthan's Sikar, said officials. This takes the toll of such cases to 18 this year across the state- 16 of them in Kota and one each in Sikar and Jodhpur.

According to police, the victim, a native of Rajasthan's Balotra, took admission to a reputed coaching centre in Sikar only three days ago. "He had been staying in a hostel in the district's Udhyog Nagar area. On Saturday, he died by suicide in his room," said the sub inspector (SI) of Udhyog Nagar police station, Rohitansh Kumar.

"His friends knocked on the door late at night. When he did not re...