Suspended cop takes senior ‘hostage’ in Hyderabad
September 12th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Sep 12 (IANS) A suspended head constable took a senior police official 'hostage' here Wednesday, sending shock waves across the police establishment.Giriprasad Sharma, a suspended head constable with the ... Read more...
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Chinese woman kills mother-in-law, toddler
September 12th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) A Chinese woman has been charged with killing her mother-in-law and her three-year-old son after she was upset over her divorce, and then trying to commit ... Read more...
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NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra over farm suicides
September 12th, 2012 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a reply from the Maharashtra government over seven farm suicides that took place last week within a ... Read more...
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Youth kills girl friend, commits suicide
September 11th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 10 (IANS) A youth in Rajasthan's Sikar district Monday shot dead his 20-year old girlfriend and then himself over their strained relationship, police said.The girl was being pressurized ... Read more...
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Dog dies saving drunken owner from train
September 8th, 2012 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A dog was run over by a train moments after it managed to pull its drunken suicidal owner off railway tracks in a Kazakh city.According ... Read more...
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Court rejects Aruna Chaddha’s bail plea
September 7th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A Delhi court Friday rejected the bail plea of Aruna Chaddha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide.District Judge S.K. Sarvaria dismissed the ... Read more...
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Russian teenager attempts ‘bank robbery’ for suicide
September 7th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A teenage girl tried to 'rob' a bank in a region in western Russia so that she could afford to leave her native city and ... Read more...
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Woman ‘commits suicide’ by jumping into crocodile pit
September 6th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 6 (IANS) A Thai woman who was suffering from depression is believed to have committed suicide by jumping into a crocodile pit.Tiphawan Prakarn told her husband that she ... Read more...
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15 killed in Syria car bombing
September 2nd, 2012 - 9:14 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, Sep 2 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed in Syria Saturday when a booby-trapped car exploded at a restive suburb of Damascus in the evening, Xinhua reported.It was ... Read more...
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Youth falls from Delhi shopping mall, critical
August 31st, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A 25-year-old youth was critically injured after he accidentally fell from the second floor of a shopping mall in the capital Friday, police said.The incident ... Read more...
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Mother, daughters jump to death in Kolkata
August 31st, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 31 (IANS) A 75-year-old woman and her two daughters jumped to their death from a high rise building in Kolkata's South City, police said Friday."Amita Mukherjee and her ... Read more...
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Kanda admitted to hospital, condition stable (Second Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, who was admitted to jail hospital Thursday for high blood pressure, is stable but still hospitalised, police said.Kanda's condition ... Read more...
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Kanda admitted to jail hospital (Lead)
August 30th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, arrested and sent to 14 days in judicial custody for abetting suicide of 23-year-old former air hostess Geetika Sharma, ... Read more...
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Chaddha’s judicial custody extended till Sep 11
August 30th, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Thursday extended till Sep 11 the judicial custody of Aruna Chaddha, an accused in former flight attendant Geetika Sharma's suicide.Additional Chief Metropolitan ... Read more...
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Scott’s family sets up scholarship fund
August 28th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 28 (IANS) Family members of late filmmaker Tony Scott have set up a Tony Scott Scholarship Fund in his name.The "Top Gun" director, who committed suicide Aug ... Read more...
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Geetika case politically motivated, Kanda tells court (Second Lead)
August 28th, 2012 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his employee and former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, told a court here Tuesday that the case ... Read more...
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Kanda sent to judicial custody (Lead)
August 28th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday sent Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of his employee and former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, ... Read more...
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Tony Scott laid to rest
August 26th, 2012 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 26 (IANS) "Top Gun" director Tony Scott, who committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, was laid to rest in a private funeral.Tony, brother of well-known Hollywood ... Read more...
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Suicide notes written on day of Geetika’s death: Police
August 24th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The two suicide notes recovered from the house of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma here were written on the day she hung herself earlier ... Read more...
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Kanda booked under fresh charges
August 21st, 2012 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Delhi Police Tuesday slapped fresh charges against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, who is accused of abeeting the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma."We ... Read more...
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Geetika was exploited: Women’s panel
August 21st, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Geetika Sharma, a former flight attendant who committed suicide here, was exploited by her employer, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said Tuesday, promising to ... Read more...
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Police search Kanda’s farmhouse for evidence
August 20th, 2012 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 20 (IANS) Delhi Police Monday searched the farmhouse of former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, and took ... Read more...
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Cancer patient commits suicide
August 18th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 18 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman, suffering from stomach cancer, committed suicide by immolating herself in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, police said Saturday.Arpana Mandal allegedly set herself on fire in ... Read more...
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Former Haryana minister Kanda surrenders, arrested (Lead)
August 18th, 2012 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, surrendered early Saturday at a police station here, ... Read more...
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Kanda surrenders
August 18th, 2012 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight attendant Geetika Sharma, surrendered early Saturday at a police station here, ... Read more...
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Court denies anticipatory bail to Kanda (Second lead)
August 17th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused of abetting the suicide of former flight ... Read more...
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Haryana not protecting Kanda: Hooda
August 16th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 16 (IANS) On the defensive over the actions of Gopal Goyal Kanda, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Thursday said his government was not protecting the former minister, ... Read more...
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Study reveals that recession is to be blamed for 1,000 Suicides
August 15th, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Study has discovered that 1000 suicides in England are caused by recession and probably the issue of unemployment. This was a statistic representing the evaluation between the ... Read more...
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Three striking nurses threaten suicide in Kerala
August 15th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 15 (IANS) As the country celebrated Independence Day, three nurses on strike Wednesday threatened to commit suicide by jumping off their hospital's terrace.The three nurses readied to make ... Read more...
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Russian internet blacklist to be kept secret
August 14th, 2012 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian public will not be informed about websites that are included in an upcoming governmental blacklist of internet destinations, a newspaper said.Declassifying the websites ... Read more...
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Eloping couple commit suicide in Rajasthan
August 11th, 2012 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 10 (IANS) A young couple in Rajasthan is suspected to have committed suicide by jumping into a pond Friday, two days after they eloped after facing objections to ... Read more...
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Financial loss forces woman to attempt suicide
August 10th, 2012 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 58-year-old woman, suspected to have suffered financial loss after her house was sealed by civic officials, tried to commit suicide here by taking an ... Read more...
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Crime against children rising in the country
August 8th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Crimes against children, including murder, rape and kidnapping, have risen across the country over the last three years, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday.Replying to ... Read more...
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Man stabs son, commits suicide in Rajasthan
August 6th, 2012 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 6 (IANS) A man stabbed his 15-year-old son to death while he was sleeping, and then committed suicide by jumping into a well in Rajasthan's Baran district, police ... Read more...
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Fiza Mohammed commits suicide
August 6th, 2012 - 1:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 6 (IANS) Fiza Mohammed, aka Anuradha Bali, who got married to and was later divorced by former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan under controversial circumstances, has committed ... Read more...
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