Suicide: News
13 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshUP: Man kills self after 'harassment' by retired IAS officer
A former sugar mill manager Vijay Singh, 51, allegedly shot himself after being pressured by his brother-in-law and retired IAS officer Vinod Kumar Pawar to get demonetized currency notes worth Rs. 10cr exchanged in Badhev village in Shamli district (Muzaffarnagar), police said.
13 Jul 2018
Delhi PoliceBurari: Final autopsy rules out foul play,confirms death by hanging
More than 10 days after the Burari deaths, police confirmed yesterday that all 11 people died by hanging.
12 Jul 2018
FacebookDepressed Agra youth live-streams suicide as 2,750 people watch
The tale of this 24-year-old Agra youth brings to the fore two burning issues: depression and apathy.
12 Jul 2018
PatnaScreenwriter of Nana Patekar's 'Ab Tak Chhappan' allegedly commits suicide
32-year-old Ravishankar Alok, who was involved in the writing of Nana Patekar's movie 'Ab Tak Chhappan', reportedly committed suicide on Wednesday at around 2 PM.
11 Jul 2018
Delhi PoliceBurari deaths: Post-mortem confirms suicide by hanging, but questions remain
Post-mortem reports of 10 people who were found dead in Burari has confirmed they committed suicide by hanging, police said today.
09 Jul 2018
Union Public Service CommissionDelhi: Civil services aspirant attempts suicide at Karol Bagh metro-station
A 23-year-old civil services aspirant allegedly attempted suicide by jumping in front of a metro train at Delhi's Karol Bagh metro station.
09 Jul 2018
Burari DeathsBurari deaths: One family member tried stopping "ritual" while hanging
A week after the mysterious Burari deaths, police have revealed that at least one of the 11 people tried saving himself and raising an alarm while he was hanging.
08 Jul 2018
Uttar PradeshWoman jumps from Noida's TGIP-mall after boyfriend refuses to meet
A 25-year-old woman identified as Shivani jumped from the third floor of The Great India Palace mall in Noida on Saturday, allegedly as she was upset with her boyfriend.
07 Jul 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Sacked, drunken man threatens to commit suicide
A drunken man created some high-voltage drama for Mumbai Fire Brigade in the wee hours of Friday, as he threatened to jump off from atop the Doordarshan Tower at Worli.
07 Jul 2018
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Delhi Metro: Man jumps in front of moving train, rescued
A 57-year-old man today lost consciousness and fell on the tracks at the JLN Stadium metro station in Delhi.
06 Jul 2018
Burari DeathsFemale 'tantrik' confesses to involvement in Burari family's death
In the latest development in the Burari mass-suicide/murder case in Delhi, a female occult practitioner by the name of Maa Geeta has been detained in connection to the deaths.
05 Jul 2018
MaharashtraThane: Man kills wife suspecting fidelity; hangs himself
A 30-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and committed suicide at Padlein Daighar area of Thane, police said.
05 Jul 2018
Delhi PoliceBurari: Family rehearsed "ritual" for days, didn't expect to die
Police probing the mysterious Burari deaths have revealed that the apparent mass suicides were the culmination of a week-long "thanksgiving" ritual by the family, who were certain they would survive it.
04 Jul 2018
Madhya PradeshMP: BJP-youth shoots self to prove his love for female-friend
A 30-year-old leader of the BJP's youth wing is in a critical condition after he allegedly shot himself outside the residence of his female friend to prove his love for her, police said today.
03 Jul 2018
Shashi TharoorSunanda Pushkar death: Shashi Tharoor moves court for anticipatory bail
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused of abetting Sunanda Pushkar's suicide, today moved Delhi's Patiala House Court seeking anticipatory bail.
01 Jul 2018
GujaratGujarat: Couple jumps to death into canal with 2 kids
A couple has allegedly killed themselves along with their children by jumping into a canal near Jamiyatpura village in Gandhinagar's Adalaj taluka in Gujarat.
01 Jul 2018
MurderDelhi: 11 family members found dead, some blindfolded, some gagged
In a shocking case, eleven members of a family were mysteriously found dead inside their home in Delhi's Burari today.
30 Jun 2018
HaryanaHaryana: 21-year-old student commits suicide over exam result
A 21-year-old student today allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself as she was reportedly upset over her exam result, police said.
28 Jun 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Man, woman found hanging from tree; suicide suspected
A 28-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide today apparently over their failed love affair in Maharashtra's Boisar area.
27 Jun 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaSenior not responsible if employee kills themselves over workload: SC
In a potentially significant decision, the SC has ruled that seniors in the workplace cannot be held guilty of abetment if their juniors commit suicide due to work stress.
24 Jun 2018
KeralaKerala: Football fan, missing since Argentina's defeat, found dead
The body of a 30-year-old Argentina football team fan was recovered from a river in Kerala on Sunday, two days after he left home upset over poor showing of the South American team in the World Cup.
23 Jun 2018
MumbaiMumbai: Family of four commits suicide over financial woes
Four members of a Mumbai family allegedly committed suicide today by consuming insecticide at their house in Government Colony in suburban Bandra.
23 Jun 2018
GhaziabadGhaziabad: Depressed after wife's demise, retired judge allegedly shoots self
A retired additional district judge allegedly shot himself in the mouth with his licensed gun, on Friday morning at his Ghaziabad home.
16 Jun 2018
MaharashtraNashik: 'Harassed' over loan repayment, couple commits suicide
A couple allegedly committed suicide at their residence in Ambad locality in Nashik, due to "harassment" by five moneylenders.
15 Jun 2018
IndiaNEET-aspirant kills himself in Kota, over 10 suicides this year
Kota, India's coaching capital, has claimed yet another life. Eighteen-year-old Karan Kumar Ghasi of Barmer hanged himself to death in his PG room today.
15 Jun 2018
VogueAlia Bhatt's sister reveals she is battling depression since childhood
In the wake of the recent suicides of chef and anchor Anthony Bourdain and designer Kate Spade, Alia Bhatt's sister Shaheen Bhatt has opened up about her own lifelong battle with depression.
12 Jun 2018
MaharashtraMP: Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, guru to top-politicians, shoots himself to death
Self-styled spiritual guru Bhaiyyuji Maharaj, consultant to top politicians like former Maharashtra CMs Vilasrao Deshmukh and Sushil Kumar Shinde, shot himself to death at his Indore home today.
12 Jun 2018
RajasthanRajasthan: Former BJP councilor commits suicide over quarrel with son
A 47-year-old former BJP municipal councilor in Rajasthan committed suicide after reportedly having a quarrel with her son.
12 Jun 2018
West BengalWest Bengal: Woman hangs self, streams act on Facebook Live
A woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself and streamed the entire episode on Facebook Live in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, the police said yesterday.
11 Jun 2018
GujaratLesbian couple commits suicide after throwing baby in Sabarmati river
A lesbian couple allegedly committed suicide after throwing a child of one of them in the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad in Gujarat today.
09 Jun 2018
MaharashtraDepressed over low score in Class-10, Nashik girl kills self
Apparently not satisfied with her Class 10 marks, a 16-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide in Nashik.
09 Jun 2018
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)IIT-D alumnus, suffering from depression, commits suicide on campus
Anshum Gupta, a former student of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, jumped from the seventh floor of a campus building on Friday.
08 Jun 2018
FranceEmmy Award-winning CNN host Anthony Bourdain kills himself in France
Anthony Bourdain, the Emmy award-winning, world-traveling CNN host, committed suicide this morning, the network said. He was 61.
07 Jun 2018
Tamil NaduTN: After Anitha, Prateebha, another girl ends life over NEET-failure
Deeply upset over her failure to clear the NEET examination, another girl allegedly committed suicide in Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu.
06 Jun 2018
Ivanka TrumpKate Spade, designer of popular handbags, found dead in NY-home
Fashion designer Kate Spade, whose handbags had defined the journey of a generation of American women into adulthood, was found dead in her New York home yesterday morning.
02 Jun 2018
IndiaAttempting suicide is no longer a criminal offense in India
On May 29, Union Health Ministry notified Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, that decriminalizes suicide attempt in India. The law was passed in Parliament, a year ago.
30 May 2018
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Family of UP cop who 'shot himself' refutes suicide claims
After Uttar Pradesh police officer Rajesh Sahani allegedly shot himself with his service revolver in Lucknow Tuesday, his friends and family have demanded a CBI probe into his death, refuting claims that he committed suicide.
09 May 2018
DelhiDelhi: Class-10 candidate hangs herself after falling prey to ATM-fraud
A 16-year-old girl hung herself to death yesterday after being duped of Rs. 29,000 by two men at a Dwarka ATM.
05 May 2018
Tamil NaduDomestic-quarrel gone wrong: Sons died, mother hospitalized after consuming poison
In a shocking incident, two boys- aged 13 and 11, passed away in Tamil Nadu's Velipalyam area on Friday.
04 May 2018
Delhi Police69-year-old Delhi builder allegedly commits suicide to avoid getting handcuffed
A 69-year-old Delhi builder allegedly jumped to his death from the terrace of his Vasant Vihar house, to avoid a police team that had come to interrogate him regarding a cheating case lodged against him.