Kolkata: An IIT-Kharagpur student, who hailed from Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging inside his room, police said on Friday. “Gangireddy Hanimi Reddy, the second-year M.Tech student, was found hanging on Wednesday night. Initial probe suggests suicide but only the autopsy report can reveal how he actually died,” a senior police[Read More…]
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Diabetes linked to deaths from alcohol, accidents, suicide: Study
London: People with diabetes are more at risk of deaths from alcohol-related factors, accidents or suicide, than non-diabetics, a study has found. The increased risk of death from these causes may be related to the mental health of patients, which may be adversely affected by the psychological burden of living[Read More…]
Woman kills self after husband dies in Bihar
Patna: A young woman committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a reputed private hospital here on Thursday after her husband died there, police said. According to police, Sanoj Kumar, husband of Priti Devi, was admitted to the hospital with infection in his liver four days ago but his[Read More…]
Suicide a leading death cause in India: Study
In India, suicide is the leading cause of death in the 15-39-year age group with 37 per cent of the total global suicide deaths among women coming from the country, according to a new study. Conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and[Read More…]
Kerala Floods: Man commits suicide after seeing damaged house
Shocked to see his flood-ravaged house, a man committed suicide near Ernakulam in Kerala, police said on Wednesday. Rocky, a casual labourer, left with his family after their house was submerged in water and took shelter in a relief camp. According to the police, he left the relief camp to clean up his[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Momo Suicide Challenge claims first life in India, class-10 student hangs herself
After the horrifying Blue Whale Challenge, the Momo challenge has recently surfaced on internet and is proving to be deadly as the so-called game has started to claim lives of teenagers across the world, including India. Untill last week, there were no reports of Momo Challenge being played in India[Read More…]
Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s aide commits suicide
A Personal Assistant of Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar committed suicide early Monday at his residence in south Delhi, police said. The official, Kundan Singh, aged 30, was staying with his family in Laxmibai Nagar near Sarojini Nagar. “His family informed police around 2 a.m. that he had hanged himself[Read More…]
Army jawan kills self after being rejected by a girl’s parents
Hyderabad: Depressed over being rejected by a girl’s parents, an Army jawan committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in Telangana‘s Gadwal town on Tuesday, police said. The railway police found the body of Vinod Kumar, 25, on the tracks early morning. The jawan had come on leave[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: 16 year old commits suicide after gang raped, accused detained
Three men accused of raping a 16-year-old girl have been detained in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, after since the minor victim committed suicide. A case has been registered and all the three accused have been arrested by the police. Further investigation is underway in the matter. Witnessing the increasing number of[Read More…]
Some people attempt suicide to grab attention of authorities, says Madras High Court
Chennai: Making it clear that attempting suicide is an offence under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Madras High Court has observed that some people do it to grab the attention of authorities. The court said that people should approach the court rather than resorting to such practices which are not[Read More…]
Air hostess Anissia Singhvi’s husband arrested a day after her death
New Delhi: A day after an air hostess fell to her death in south Delhi, police arrested her husband on Monday after questioning him. Anissa Batra’s family maintained that it was a case of murder even as police registered a suicide case on Sunday. The 39-year-old fell from the terrace[Read More…]
Republican lawmaker commits suicide amid sexual molestation allegations
A Republican lawmaker has committed suicide after denying accusations of sexually molesting a teenage girl, police said. Dan Johnson, 56, shot himself on a bridge in Mount Washington, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, according to WDRB-TV in Louisville. The gun was recovered by the police, reports Xinhua news agency. Second phase[Read More…]
CBI books Karnataka minister, two others in DSP suicide case
The CBI has registered a case of abetment of suicide against Karnataka Minister KJ George and two senior Karnataka police officials in connection with the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy. Apart from George, who was then the state Home Minister and is now holding the portfolio of[Read More…]
‘Nowadays, I am afraid to be happy’: 19-yr-old wrote on WhatsApp before committing suicide
A 19-year-old final year engineering student hanged herself to death after posting a depressing message on WhatsApp status. “Nowadays, I am afraid to be happy. I don’t know y ppl dnt want to look at me ven I’m happy in ma life (sic). Every moment in my life is gng[Read More…]
Unable to pay for treatment, mother threw infant into well in TN
In a shocking incident, a 32-year-old woman threw her six-month-old son into a well and jumped to death as she was unable to pay for her child’s treatment. The child was suffering from suspected dengue. The incident happened in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district, reported in Hindustan Times. P Anbukodi and[Read More…]
Demonetisation was suicide; govt have nothing to say now: Arun Shourie
Former union minister, Arun Shourie has likened demonetisation with suicide and slammed Narendra Modi government over sliding economic growth and increasing job losses. He also called the Modi government as “government of two-and-a-half persons”. “This is a government by ‘ilhaam’ (revelation). The Prime Minister has the ‘ilhaam’ one night that[Read More…]
Unemployed, couple ends life in Mumbai’s Malad
Caught in the vicious circle of unemployment, a Mumbai-based couple committed suicide on Friday evening. They were residents of Malad area, who ended their lives by hanging themselves from the ceiling of their house at around 8.30 pm. They have been identified as Dhanraj (24) and Kajal (19). The bodies[Read More…]
S.Anitha, girl who filed case against NEET, commits suicide
S.Anitha, the state board student who filed a case in the Supreme Court against National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions, has allegedly committed suicide at her house at Kuzhumur village near Sendurai on Friday. The 17-year old Dalit girl, who was a daughter of a daily wage[Read More…]
TN: Girl ends life after teacher humiliates her for staining uniform with menstrual blood
A 12-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu allegedly killed herself on Monday after her teacher scolded her in class for staining her uniform with menstrual blood. The girl jumped off a 25-foot-high building in her hometown in Tirunelveli, over 600 km from Chennai. She was studying in class 7. She had[Read More…]
Vyapam accused Praveen Yadav commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena
One of the accused in the Vyapam scam allegedly committed suicide at his residence in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Wednesday. He has been identified as Praveen Yadav. The scam is related to alleged irregularities and corrupt practices in entrance tests organised by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, also[Read More…]
Linkin Park’s lead singer Chester Bennington commits suicide
Linkin Park’s lead singer Chester Bennington has committed suicide by hanging himself. The famed singer was found dead in Los Angeles, on Thursday. He was 41. Chester’s body was found before 9 am in the morning. The case is being probed as a suicide but no confirmations have been made[Read More…]
Pune: 25 year old techie commits suicide, says no job security in IT
Identified as Gopikrishna Durgaprasad, a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh who started working in Pune three days ago, jumped to his death in the early hours of Wednesday. The assistant police inspector (API) Dilip Jaisingkar of Vimantal police station confirmed the news. A note is found by the police officials, written[Read More…]
Tired of fighting case for 16 years, ex-Tata Finance chief committed suicide, claims his lawyer
In a shocking revelation, former Tata Finance chief Dilip Pendse’s lawyer has claimed that the corporate honcho may have killed himself as he was “depressed about fighting a court case for 16 years to prove he had no role in the alleged irregularities” in the company over which he was[Read More…]
Another farmer hangs himself in Madhya Pradesh, suicide toll reaches 13
A 60-year old farmer allegedly hanged himself on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh. Pyare Lal Oud of Pipiliya Vyas village hanged himself from the branch of a tree in his field in Neemuch district. The recent death took the death toll of agriculture-related suicides in Madhya Pradesh to 13 since the[Read More…]
Another farmer commits suicide in MP, seventh in week
In another unfortunate incident, a farmer killed himself in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district on Thursday morning. This is the seventh such suicide case in seven days in a region that is rocked by aggressive farmer protests over plummeting crop prices. The farmer Narmada Prasad was an inhabitant of Hoshangabad’s Babai[Read More…]