Tag: Suicide

Cuttack: To fulfil a challenge of the online Blue Whale game, a student of a girls’ college here was found rubbing green chilli in her eyes. The incident came to light after the girl captured a video of the event and shared the same with her friends. According to reports, the girl, residing in the […]

An undertrial prisoner allegedly attempted suicide by slitting his throat in Samagola Sub-Jail near Kujang on Tuesday. The prisoner, identified as Gopinath Swain, was lodged in the Sub-Jail four days ago for allegedly burning a girl alive.

Bolangir: Two minor girls allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves in separate incidents in Dunguripada village under Town police limits of Bolangir district on Sunday. A class IX girl of Navajeevan Bidyapitha School was found hanging from the ceiling of a house in the morning. A similar case was reported in the afternoon when the […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the suicide of a Class 10 girl in Dhanakauda of Sambalpur district, Odisha DGP KB Singh on Wednesday issued a letter to top police officials of the State asking them to take steps for removal of Blue Whale game from social media. The girl’s mother had suspected her daughter to have been playing […]

Sambalpur: Following the suicide of a Class 10 girl in Dhanakauda of Sambalpur district, the Dhanupali police has registered an unnatural death case and started an investigation into it. While online game Blue Whale is suspected to be the reason the girl, Suhani Rout, took such an extreme step, Sambalpur SP Sanjeev Arora has ruled […]

New Delhi: University of Hyderabad student Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit and the action by the university authorities of expelling him and four other students from hostel did trigger his suicide, said an inquiry commission formed to probe the murder case. The report stated that Vemula committed suicide of his own volition and absolved […]

Keonjhar: A trivial family feud ended in a tragedy when a woman committed suicide after killing her 11-month old baby at Machhgad village under Patana police station in the district on Friday night. Sasmita Behera had a quarrel with her husband last night over some family issues. After heated arguments, she was allegedly beaten up […]

Bhubaneswar: A woman today jumped into Bramhani river along with her five-year-old daughter in Kendrapara district over suspected family feud. The mother-daughter duo was fished out by fire brigade officials with the help of locals and rushed to the nearby hospital but declared dead on arrival. The woman, from Sorisada village under Aul block, allegedly […]

Balasore: Two tribal girls were allegedly raped by a person near Debgiri forests under Soro police limits in the district on Thursday. Following the incident, one of the victims attempted suicide and was hospitalised. The incident came to light only after the victims lodged a complaint with Soro police. As per reports, the accused Sashadhar […]

Baripada: A constable of Basanda police station in Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Baisinga forest on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Ganeswar Marandi, was a resident of Badasahi Aguada village. He was reportedly suspended for dereliction of duty in May. However, police are yet to […]

Koraput: A woman allegedly killed her co-wife over a family dispute and committed suicide at Aminguda village under Sadar police limits in Koraput district last night. Police sources, the first wife Mukta hacked the second wife to death with an axe while the latter was asleep. Later, she fled away and ended her life by […]

Jharsuguda: In a tragic incident, a couple allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Machida village here on Thursday, after their families put pressure on them to discontinue their relationship. According to sources, Ramesh Pradhan of Machida village in the district was involved in an extramarital affair with another married woman Sujata Sunani of Hemagiri […]

Puri: A family quarrel over a very trivial matter ended in a tragedy after a college-going girl committed suicide by jumping in front of a speeding train while her mother was also crushed under the wheel of same train while trying to rescue her at Nuapatana village near Biraharekrushnapur in the district today. Twenty-year old […]

Bhubaneswar: Shocking but true. A man attempted to commit suicide on Friday after he allegedly failed to secure a ration card under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in Gop block in Puri district. According to reports, Benudhar Mallick of Jagsahi village under Erabanga panchayat climbed atop a tree on the Block office premises and […]

A recent string of live-streamed tragedies has reignited a debate about the increasing violence in this Internet age where we have developed a tendency to broadcast every act of ours and go live. Here’s a list of five such reported shocking cases in less than two months: March 2017, Miami A 14-year-old girl streamed her […]