shocking incidents, three distressed farmers unable to bear the burden of crop loss and loan debt today committed suicide by consuming poison in three villages taking the total farmers' suicide in Orissa to 15 during the last one month.Report reaching here today said while one farmer in Kaseipali village under Loisinga block in Bolangir district committed suicide, another also took the extreme step...
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Yet another person commited suicide in the Kashmir valley, where holding of seminar and concerns expressed by social and religious organisation could not stop the trend.Official sources said here today 37-year-old Tariq Ahmad Bhat commited suicide in his Sheheen Colony Zakoora house.An average of two persons commit or attempt suicide in the Kashmir valley everyday despite a fatwa issued by the Muslim...
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say suicide car bomber has attacked police station in NW Pakistan, killing 2 people, AS < ');" class="size11 blue"> RatePolice say suicide car bomber has attacked police station in NW Pakistan, killing 2 people, ASPolice say suicide car bomber has attacked police station in NW Pakistan, killing 2 people.| Police say suicide car bomber has attacked police station in NW Pakistan, killing 2 people, A...
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Nine people were booked for abetment of suicide after the bodies of a property dealer and his five-year-old son were found Saturday in a farmhouse in this Madhya Pradesh capital, police said Sunday.According to police, Jai Prakash Singh shot dead his son and then committed suicide in a farmhouse near Hataikheda."On the basis of the suicide note left by Singh, cases have been registered against nine...
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Committing suicide is a crime, both legally and morally and those who are doing so are cowards. Even life insurance companies do not answer claims for suicides. So, if this is true, the government should not try to buy these deaths.in Orissa, has gone up to seven and it is spreading like a disease. The political parties, instead of trying to resolve the issue, are trying their level best to get mileage...
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international assisted-suicide movement has many faces. America's "Dr. Death," Jack Kevorkian, probably comes most readily to mind. The activist groups, Compassion & Choices and Final Exit Network, are also well known. Then there is Australia's "Dr. Death," Philip Nitschke, who travels the world teaching people how to commit suicide with helium or animal-euthanasia drugs obtained from Mexico.On Sunday,...
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disastisfaction over the reply of Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout on the farmers' suicide in Orissa, the members of the Opposition Congress and the BJP today walked out of the House.Dr Rout, replying to the admissibility of an adjournment motion on the suicide of farmers in Orissa due to crop failure, said the allegation of the Opposition on the suicide of farmers was not based on fact.The Opposition,...
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Swiss gov't wants restrictions on assisted suicide < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateThe Swiss government has proposed restricting or even banning organized assisted suicide in a bid to cut down on 'suicide tourism.'Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says the cabinet wants groups that help people commit suicide — like Dignitas — to follow strict guidelines or risk prosecution. The new rules include...
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Walks to remember those who lost their lives to suicide are held nationwide. Here, friends remember Kenny Baker in May 2009.-- When Lori Zeller lost her sister to suicide in 1991, she began a life of activism.At 22, Zeller started a support group in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for loved ones left behind after a suicide. She talked to friends and co-workers about suicide prevention and signed numerous petitions...
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Seven farmers from Vidarbha region committed suicide in 24 hours till Wednesday evening.The seven farmers, including one woman, had availed of loans from banks or private moneylenders and they were unable to repay the same due to crop failure.While four of the victims ended their lives by consuming pesticide, the woman farmer set herself ablaze at her residence, late on Tuesday.Collector of Yavatmal...
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