Tag: Suicide

Paralakhemundi: Nearly a week after the successor of Gajapati dynasty of Pralakhemundi and former MP Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Deb was shifted to Chennai for treatment, his palace manager Anang Manjari Patra, who was at the centre of controversy over the deteriorating health condition of the king, allegedly committed suicide along with her two siblings at […]

Angul: In a tragic incident, a couple in Kathapala village under Chhendipada village committed suicide by consuming poison over a family dispute on Friday night. The deceased have been identified as Bibhuti Behera and his wife Hemalata. While Bibhuti died at the Chendipada hospital, his wife Hemalata died at Angul District Headquarters Hospital, sources said.

Bhubaneswar: Laxmisagar police on Tuesday filed two cases against Artha Tatwa (AT) chief Pradeep Sethy for attempting to commit suicide inside his cell in Jharpada jail on Saturday night. The police action followed after the jail authorities lodged an FIR with the police in this regard on Monday. Police sources said the cases have been […]

Bhubaneswar/Bengaluru: Karnataka-cadre Odia IPS officer Pranab Mohanty is in the dock after being accused of mentally harassing deputy superintendent of police (DSP) M K Ganapathi, who committed suicide last week. In an interview to a TV channel before committing suicide on July 7 in Bengaluru, Ganapathi had charged minister K J George and two senior […]

Cuttack: The post mortem of the body of home guard Kirtiranjan Masant, which was found on the banks of Satabdi river at Paschimakachha village last month, has confirmed that he had committed suicide, police said today. Masant had shot himself with his own pistol, police sources said attributing his suicide to a family dispute.He had […]

Baripada: Family disturbances led a woman to end her life along with her one and a half-year-old daughter by jumping to death in front of a train. The shocking incident occurred on Thursday evening near Kuchei railway station, close to Baripada. The bodies of the deceased were recovered near Palasabani village. The woman has been […]

Cuttack: In a shocking incident, the body of a Ravenshaw University student was found hanging in a mess in Jobra area here this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Somnath Palauri, a student of Information Technology and Management (ITM) of the varsity. According to reports, the police have seized a letter from the body […]

Puri: In a shocking incident, a woman poisoned her two sons and then attempted suicide leading to the death of her 9-year old son. According to sources, the woman mixed poison in her sons’ dinner on Monday night and also consumed poison herself. When the incident, which occurred in Baselisahi in Paikasahi area came to […]

Deogarh: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan attempted suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle on Monday morning. The jawan. identified as B.N Rao, has been admitted to Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla in Sambalpur district in a critical condition. “As per the FIR, CRPF ASI […]

An Assistant Conservator of Forest Officer (ACFO), of Paralakhemundi District Headquarters in Gajapati has died of severe burn injuries. He passed away during treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack on Tuesday. The deceased official has been identified as Soumyaranjan Mohapatra.

New York: Despite improved survival rates among cancer patients, those treated for head and neck cancers are at an increased risk of death by suicide, a new study has found. It found that head and neck cancer survivors are two times more likely to commit suicide than survivors of other cancers and four times more […]

London: People with diabetes are more at risk of deaths from alcohol-related factors, accidents or suicide, than non-diabetics, a study has found. The increased risk of death from these causes may be related to the mental health of patients, which may be adversely affected by the psychological burden of living with and self-treating this debilitating […]

New Delhi: In India, suicide is the leading cause of death in the 15-39-year age group with 37 per cent of the total global suicide deaths among women coming from the country, according to a new study. Conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Institute for Health […]

Vijayawada: Fed up with domestic problems, a woman committed suicide by jumping in a well along with two children in Andhra Pradeshs Chittoor district on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred in Peyanakandriga village in Chittoor rural ‘mandal’. The woman, identified only as Sarla by the police, jumped into the agricultural well holding in her […]

Lucknow: An Additional Superintendent of Uttar Pradesh Police’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) shot and killed himself inside his office on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Rajesh Sahini of the Provincial Police Service (PPS) posted at the ATS Headquarters in the posh Gomtinagar area here, shot himself in the head, said an officer. Additional Director General of Police […]