Boy dies imitating TV suicide scene (Lead)
February 9th, 2012 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy died here when he reportedly tried to imitate a suicide scene he had seen in a movie, police said Thursday.The Class 5 ... Read more...
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Mamata dismisses farmer suicide reports as ‘malicious campaign’
January 31st, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) Dismissing reports of farmers committing suicide due to agricultural mismanagement as a "malicious political campaign", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday reiterated that only ... Read more...
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Four of a family commit suicide in Secunderabad
January 28th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Secunderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Unable to cope with financial problems, four members of a family committed suicide here, police said Saturday.The bodies of K. Balaji, his wife and parents were ... Read more...
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Husband, wife commit suicide
January 25th, 2012 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 24 (IANS) Apparently depressed over frequent spats due to financial problems, a 50-year old man and his wife committed suicide by setting themselves ablaze in Rajasthan's churu district, ... Read more...
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Chris Martin turns mentor for Professor Green
January 21st, 2012 - 6:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 21 (IANS) British rapper Professor Green has found a mentor in Coldplay frontman Chris Martin."Chris (Martin) is clearly a brilliant mind. He took us out to dinner ... Read more...
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Karat assails Mamata regime over ‘misrule’, farmers’ suicides
January 20th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat Friday lambasted the eight-month old Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal for being "extremely intolerant to criticism" and for its ... Read more...
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GTA a blunder, Darjeeling on the boil: CPI-M
January 8th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal), Jan 8 (IANS) Terming the creation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) a "blunder", the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Sunday Darjeeling was ... Read more...
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‘India can be world leader in handmade textiles’
January 5th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) India's handmade textiles industry can spin magic yarns for both domestic buyers and connoisseurs across the globe but government policies are coming in the way ... Read more...
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Many deaths in hooch tragedy due to government’s negligence: Left
December 17th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front Chairman Biman Bose Saturday lashed out at the state government for neglecting the victims of the hooch tragedy, saying that many ... Read more...
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Italian gunman kills two immigrants before killing himself
December 14th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by BNO News
FLORENCE, ITALY (BNO NEWS) -- An Italian man killed two Senegalese street vendors on Tuesday and wounded three other Senegalese immigrants before killing himself in the Italian city of Florence, police said.The ... Read more...
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British policeman kills wife, girl after sack
December 10th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 10 (IANS) A British police officer murdered his wife and six-year-old daughter before committing suicide himself following his sacking from a high-flying job.Toby Day, 37, suffered a breakdown ... Read more...
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Kashmir woman’s death: Family alleges domestic violence
December 8th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 8 (IANS) The family of a woman found dead mysteriously at her in-law's house last month and civil society members staged another silent protest here Thursday, seeking ... Read more...
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Pawar slap: Anna admits reaction violent, justifies attack
December 6th, 2011 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), Dec 6 (IANS) Anna Hazare, while admitting Tuesday that he "committed violence" when he asked if union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's attacker slapped him only once, hit ... Read more...
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Man hangs children, commits suicide
December 6th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Dec 6 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a father of four hanged his children before committing suicide Tuesday following a tiff with his wife here, police said. One child ... Read more...
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Engineering student kills self
November 5th, 2011 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 5 (IANS) In the second such incident in two days, a 20-year-old engineering student committed suicide by hanging herself in her home here Saturday, police said.Mala Singh, a ... Read more...
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Employer’s plea to quash suicide abetment charges rejected
October 28th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a man seeking quashing of a trial court order for framing of charges against him for ... Read more...
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If PM decides, Telangana state likely by New Year: Advani
October 20th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday said if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi take a decision, ... Read more...
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Woman kills three kids, commits suicide
October 19th, 2011 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
Allahabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Apparently distraught over her strained relations with her husband, a woman in this Uttar Pradesh district has killed her three minor children before committing suicide, police ... Read more...
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UPA betrayed people of Telangana: Advani
October 18th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday charged the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of betraying people of Telangana by going back ... Read more...
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IAS aspirant kills self over failed affair
October 18th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) A 25-year-old Indian Administrative Service (IAS) aspirant committed suicide here over a failed relationship, police said Tuesday.Amit Singh, who hails from Agra, was preparing for ... Read more...
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Of loss, and love for a 30,000-member ‘green family’ (Feature)
October 17th, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) The death of his wife and his young son left him completely shattered and he even contemplated suicide. But today, Bhaiyaram, 40, a farmer in Uttar ... Read more...
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Techie, wife commit suicide after ‘happy life together’
October 8th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 8 (IANS) A 39-year-old techie working for a Florida-based company and his wife hanged themselves in their flat here, saying they were committing suicide because they had "lived ... Read more...
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Thai flood worst in decades, says PM; toll 252
October 7th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Oct 7 (IANS) Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Friday called the flood, which has been ravaging the country's north for more than two months, as the worst in decades.... Read more...
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Depressed student commits suicide in Bhopal
September 23rd, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Sep 23 (IANS) A third-year engineering student of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) here allegedly committed suicide in his college hostel room, police said Friday.Manish Soni, a ... Read more...
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Chinese woman hammers nails into boy’s head
September 14th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 14 (IANS) A woman in China hammered two nails into the head of her boyfriend's son before committing suicide.The 10-year-old boy, Ming Ming, is in coma after surgery ... Read more...
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Seven more Vidarbha farmers commit suicide in last 48 hours
September 8th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) With seven cotton growers committing suicide in the past two days, a total 514 farmers have so far killed themselves in 2011 alone in the Vidarbha ... Read more...
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Five farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
September 2nd, 2011 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 2 (IANS) With five cotton growers committing suicide Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting ... Read more...
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Kerr launches anti-suicide campaign
August 29th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 29 (IANS) Supermodel Miranda Kerr has launched a TV campaign in an effort to prevent youngsters from committing suicide.Orlando Bloom's wife was left devastated when her cousin took ... Read more...
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Crop fails, farmer kills himself
August 24th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) Crop failure and a crushing debt burden led to a young farmer committing suicide in Orissa's Bargarh district, an official said Wednesday.Dayanidhi Bhue, 30, a resident ... Read more...
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50-year-old commits suicide over sleeping disorder
August 11th, 2011 - 1:35 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Depressed over his sleeping disorder, a 50-year-old business man allegedly committed suicide Wednesday morning in his residence in upscale Greater Kailash-II, police said.Kulbeer Singh shot ... Read more...
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Workers in China’s Apple factories forced to sign ‘no suicide’ pledge
May 2nd, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, May 2 (ANI): Workers in China's Apple iPad and iPhone factories were forced to sign pledges that they would not attempt to kill themselves, an investigation has revealed.An investigation of the ... Read more...
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US Army declares Wikileaks suspect Manning mentally fit to stand trial
April 30th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): The US Army has declared that Bradley Manning, the prime suspect in the leaking of classified US documents to the WikiLeaks whistleblowing website, is mentally competent to stand ... Read more...
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Happiest places have the highest suicide rates
April 25th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, April 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For years observers have been baffled as to why places identified as ‘happiest’ to live in often have highest rates of suicide. Previous studies have shown ... Read more...
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Two Indian farmers commit suicide every hour: CPI-M leader
April 24th, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 24 (IANS) Two farmers are committing suicide every hour in India while the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is busy serving the interests of foreign and domestic corporates, ... Read more...
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Man ‘tricks’ girlfriend into committing suicide
April 18th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, April 18 (IANS) Seeking to teach her a lesson for dumping him earlier, a 30-year-old man persuaded his girlfriend to commit suicide alongwith him. He then made her consume ... Read more...
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