Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday that police officer Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department.
Many factors lead to suicidal thoughts -- family issues, unemployment, financial troubles, mental health, drug addictions, pressures from school/college or work. On World Mental Health Day, October 10, Anna Chandy lists the warning signs.
A prominent Indian diaspora body has urged various agencies of the US government, universities and student associations to work towards addressing the spike in the deaths of Indian-origin students in the US in recent months.
It was unthinkable that the probe was handed over to police and not the CBI, Rajkhowa said.
Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh Monday filed a petition before the Supreme Court and claimed that Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh 'pressurised' to probe the role of certain Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and to 'somehow implicate' them in the case of death of MP Mohan Delkar but he 'did not succumb' to the pressure.
'The fact that a rural Kashmiri boy was brainwashed into killing himself and others means there is an active programme that exists which does such recruiting and there will potentially be other such individuals out there,' warns Aakar Patel.
Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, a noted psychiatrist in Chennai, speaks with Shobha Warrier about the recent spate of youth suicides.
Facing heat over Assistant Police Inspector Vaze's alleged link to Hiran's mysterious death, the government earlier in the day announced his transfer from the Mumbai crime branch.
Senior India hockey player Birendra Lakra was on Tuesday accused of involvement in the murder of his childhood friend Anand Toppo by the father of the deceased.
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The police are assessing the actor's financial status and business dealings to identify the cause of his depression.
The Supreme Court on Monday told Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin that he cannot compare himself to media personnel to seek the relief of clubbing of multiple first information reports (FIRs) lodged against him for his 'eradicate Sanatan dharma' remarks.
A 19-year-old engineering student allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a local train after being fed up of ragging by his college-mates for the past two months, the police said on Sunday.
At least seven youths have committed suicide in the last three days in support of forming Telangana state.
A model and actress was found dead at her rented apartment in Mumbai's Versova area, police said on Sunday.
Compassion and concern from family and friends can help prevent the suicide of a loved one.
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has urged Union agriculture minister and Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar to resign from the Union cabinet and come to Maharashtra to protect the interest of farmers reeling under drought.
As China grappled to deal with recurring suicides of Tibetan Buddhist monks calling for return of The Dalai Lama, its official media accused the spiritual leader of trying to build a cult similar to that of "Falun Gong", which Beijing managed to contain years ago.
Kumar became CBI director in 2008, succeeding Vijay Shanker, in the midst of the agency's probe into the Aarushi Talwar murder case that hogged the headlines.
Beyond a point, competition is boring. The fun is in the doing, irrespective of outcome. By the time I was in college, I knew I valued awareness more than success, notes Shyam G Menon.
'On October 12-13, he started shivering from fear in his tent.' 'That was the time he wrote a letter to my mother to conduct Ganeshji's Atharvashirsha.' 'The moment he finished writing that letter, he told us, he felt serene calmness.'
Former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, who is accused of abetting the suicide of his former employee Geetika Sharma, remained elusive for the fourth day on Saturday. Raids were conducted in several parts of Delhi, Haryana and Siliguri to trace Kanda but the efforts proved futile, a senior police official said.
Kesarwani was suspended shortly after the Samajwadi Party government assumed power.
A day before he committed suicide, former Corporate Affair DG B K Bansal had visited the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters to submit Income Tax certificate showing that his son Yogesh had disclosed over Rs 2.38 crore of unaccounted income to tax authorities.
"It (suicide) is haram (forbidden) in Islam. Islam has strictly prohibited such a step," the state's grand mufti Bashir-ud-Din said in a fatwa, a copy of which was faxed to PTI in Srinagar.
This was the third such incident since the publication of the complete draft of the NRC on July 30.
"There are 99 per cent chances that he committed suicide," Nithiyanandam said.
Considered a chilling chapter in the history of Delhi crime, the docudrama by Leena Yadav travels back in 2018 when 11 members of a family residing in the Burari locality were found hanging dead in their house leaving behind eerie handwritten notes prompting all sorts of theories and speculation.
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The National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday sought a report from Maharashtra government on a report of seven farmers committing suicide in 72 hours in Vidarbha.
The brother of Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur attempted suicide in south-east Delhi on Wednesday, alleging that he was being 'harassed' by investigating agencies.Ananth Brahmachari consumed poison and was found unconscious in Jangpura locality on Wednesday afternoon, police sources said.He was rushed to AIIMS where he is currently undergoing treatment, they said.investigating agencies in connection with his sister's alleged association in terrorist acts.
In a bizarre case, a foul-mouthed parrot may provide key evidence in the murder trial of a woman accused of killing her husband in the United States.
The second-year BSc (Honours) in Mathematics student had returned from Delhi in March this year after those staying in the hostel were asked to go home by the college authorities in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Investigations into the death of Air Works technician Bharat Borge, who found pebbles in Anil Ambani's chopper, is likely to be closed soon in the absence of any evidence to suggest that he committed suicide. Two persons, both Air Works employees, were arrested for planting the pebbles.
Suraj Pancholi was arrested yesterday after being booked under IPC Section 306 for allegedly abetting Jiah's suicide, a week after she ended her life at her Juhu home.
After students and youth, journalists have also joined the list of those committing suicide in support of a separate Telangana state.
Vigesh in a suicide note wrote 'once you enter it, you would not be able to come out'.
An Indian-origin nurse, who was found dead after a hoax call to a United Kingdom hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate, left a note blaming the two Australian DJs behind the prank for her tragic death.
Pakistan, which is witnessing an influx of Tehreek-i-Taliban terrorists in significant numbers in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's tribal districts, is also facing a threat from the Islamic State (ISIS) which is trying to establish a foothold in the country, the ministry of interior has said.
Suraj Pancholi, son of an actor couple, was on Monday arrested for allegedly driving his girl friend and Bollywood actress Jiah Khan to suicide, on the basis of a note left behind by her which mentioned that she was "heartbroken" in her relationship with Suraj and fed up with his "womanising".
