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Maharashtra doctor dies by suicide, alleges cop raped her repeatedly

A woman doctor working at a government hospital in Maharashtra's Satara district has died by suicide, leaving a note on her palm, accusing two cops of rape and mental harassment, police said on Friday. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the Satara superintendent of police, ordering immediate suspension of the police officers named in the suicide note. The 28-year-old doctor, who hailed from Beed district and worked at a government hospital in Phaltan tehsil, was found hanging in a hotel room at Phaltan late on Thursday night, an official said. Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, has directed that strict action be taken against the accused, an official release said. In a suicide note written on her palm, the doctor alleged that she had been raped and mentally harassed by two personnel of the Satara police over the last five months. She wrote that sub-inspector Gopal Badane raped and sexually harassed her on multiple occasions, and another policeman Prashant Bankar .

Kerala farmer's suicide: Congress, BJP stage protest demanding action

Congress and BJP workers on Tuesday staged protests in front of the mini civil station at Agali here over the death of a farmer, who died by suicide, on his agricultural land in this north Kerala. The protesters alleged that procedural lapses and delay by revenue officials in providing 'thandaper' (land record number) for his farmland despite repeated visits to the village office forced Krishnaswamy, the farmer, to take the extreme step. The 53-year-old farmer, a native of Kavundikkal in Attappadi, was found hanging from a tree in his farmland on Monday. His family had also alleged that Krishnaswamy took his life after being exhausted by officials not providing thandaper "for his three acres of land". They said that he had been visiting the office for the past six months and he was upset over the delay. Congress workers, who gathered in large numbers in front of the civil station, squatted on the road holding party flags and raised slogans against the government and officials. Th

Ola Electric mourns engineer's death, says 'he never raised any complaints'

Ola Electric added that Aravind never "raised any complaints" about his employment or harassment, and his role did not involve direct interaction with the company's top management

Bhavish Aggarwal, Ola Electric execs booked after employee's suicide

Bengaluru police have booked Ola Electric chief Bhavish Aggarwal and other executives in the suicide case of employee K Aravind, whose family has alleged workplace harassment and withheld dues

After family's consent, Haryana IPS officer's autopsy begins at PGIMER

Ending impasse over the autopsy of Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who allegedly committed suicide here on October 7, his family has given consent to conduct post-mortem of the deceased, a police official said on Wednesday. The development came a day after Chandigarh Police moved court to seek direction to his family to identify the body for post-mortem examination. The family has agreed to the post-mortem and it will be conducted at PGIMER soon, the official said. On police's plea, a local court had issued a notice to Kumar's wife and IAS officer Amneet P Kumar to file a reply either personally or through counsel on October 15, failing which the application will be decided on merit. Kumar, 52, allegedly shot himself dead on October 7. However, a post-mortem could not be conducted as his family refused to give consent insisting that action be taken against the Haryana officers who have been named in his 'final note'. The Haryana government had on Tuesday sent DGP Shatrujeet Kap

Datanomics: Share of govt servants in suicides remains nearly 1%

Official data show that suicides in India rose by 23 per cent over five years till 2023, with most victims being men across professions

Haryana cop's death about all Dalits; PM, CM should act immediately: Rahul

Opposition leaders on Monday intensified their attack on the Haryana government over IPS officer Y Puran Kumar's alleged suicide, demanding swift action on his "final note" and the police complaint filed by his wife against the officers accused of harassing him. With Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announcing that he would meet the officer's family on Tuesday, politics over the incident is set to heat up, even as there was no breakthrough in the impasse over Kumar's family not consenting to his autopsy and cremation on Monday -- seven days after the alleged suicide. In an eight-page final note purportedly left behind by Kumar, he accused eight senior IPS officers, including Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and now-transferred Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya, of "blatant caste-based discrimination, targeted mental harassment, public humiliation and atrocities." The IPS officer's wife -- senior IAS officer Amneet P Kumar -- has demanded that Kapur and Bijarniya be named in the FIR for allegedly

Suicides by housewives high in states where domestic violence is normalised

Societal acceptance of abuse, rather than its actual frequency, may shape how women respond to distress

Singer Zubeen Garg poisoned in Singapore, claims arrested bandmate

In a shocking claim regarding the death of Zubeen Garg, his band member Shekhar Jyoti Goswami has alleged that the singer was poisoned by his manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta. Sharma was heard shouting 'Jabo de, jabo de' (let him go, let him go) when Garg was gasping for breath, almost drowning in the sea off Singapore, the accompanying drummer said in the 'Detailed Grounds of Arrest' or remand note of the singer's manager. According to the highly sensitive document, accessed by PTI, Goswami also claimed that there was a "conspiracy" to portray Garg's death as an accident. Garg died under mysterious circumstances in Singapore on September 19 while swimming in the sea. He had gone to the Southeast Asian nation to attend the 4th edition of the NorthEast India Festival, organised by Mahanta and his company. Meanwhile, Garg's wife Garima returned the post-mortem examination report of her husband to police, saying it is not her "personal document" and ..

Suicides by daily-wage earners up 45% in 5 years, says NCRB report

NCRB's Crime in India 2023 report shows suicides by daily wage earners surged 45 per cent since 2019 to 47,170, making them the largest group affected by economic distress

Maharashtra tops abetment of suicide cases in 2023, murder cases fall: NCRB

Maharashtra topped in recording abetment of suicide cases across the country with 1,389 offences in which 1,480 people died in 2023, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. Madhya Pradesh was on the second spot with 1,153 abetment of suicide cases in which 1,211 persons killed themselves, while Uttar Pradesh was on the third spot with 1,075 cases and 1,186 victims, data in the report showed. As per the data published by the New Delhi-headquartered NCRB, a Union home ministry unit, Maharashtra was on the second spot with 5,96,103 cases in 2023, which included offences registered under the IPC (replaced by BNS in July 2024) and special local laws (SLLs). Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 7,93,020 cases. While the IPC pertains to the central law, SLL covers crimes under various state-specific legislations such as the Gambling Act. Maharashtra had registered 5,40,800 cases in 2021 and 5,57,012 in 2022 (under IPC and SLL). Among the total number of cases

'I don't want to be a doctor': Maharashtra teen dies after NEET success

The victim, identified as Anurag Anil Borkar from Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, reportedly left a suicide note saying he did not want to pursue a career in medicine

Suicide is now the top cause of death among Indians aged 15 to 29

Govt data shows nearly 1 in 6 deaths in the 15-29 age group is by suicide, overtaking accidents and illness as the leading killer of young Indians

AI chatbots give inconsistent responses on suicide-related queries: Study

A study of how three popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance. But they are inconsistent in their replies to less extreme prompts that could still harm people. The study in the medical journal Psychiatric Services, published Tuesday by the American Psychiatric Association, found a need for further refinement in OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude. The research - conducted by the RAND Corporation and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health - raises concerns about how a growing number of people, including children, rely on AI chatbots for mental health support, and seeks to set benchmarks for how companies answer these questions. We need some guardrails, said the study's lead author, Ryan McBain, a senior policy researcher at RAND. One of the things that's ambiguous about chatbots is whether ..

HC suspends conviction of scientist in wife's suicide case for vaccine work

Uttarakhand HC allows Akash Yadav to resume duties at Indian Immunologicals Ltd, citing his essential role in national vaccine development; suspends his conviction in wife's abetment to suicide case

Datanomics: Study pressure? School students account for most suicides

Both the total number and rate of suicides per 100,000 population in India have risen since 2020

SC flags suicide cases at IIT Kharagpur, Sharda; seeks swift investigation

The Supreme Court on Monday raised questions over the instances of suicides particularly at IIT Kharagpur besides Sharda University in Greater Noida directing the investigation in both cases to "proceed expeditiously". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan has been hearing a matter over suicide deaths at educational institutions. On the incident over the suicide of a fourth year mechanical engineering student, the bench asked the IIT Kharagpur counsel, "What is wrong with your IIT Kharagpur? Why students are committing suicide? Have you given a thought to this problem? What steps have you taken?" After dealing with a similar incident at Sharda University involving a female student, the bench ordered, "Let the investigation in both the incidents proceed further expeditiously in accordance with law and in the right direction." Senior advocate Aparna Bhat, who is assisting the top court as an amicus curiae, apprised the bench about the status of investigations in both ...

SC urges coaching centres to appoint counsellors, train staff for students

The Supreme Court issues 15 guidelines to safeguard students' mental health, including mandatory appointments of trained professionals and staff training on mental health support

Smartphones before 13? Study warns of long-term mental health issues

New research finds children who get smartphones before 13 face higher risks of anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts

Elderly Ludhiana couple dies by suicide after alleged harassment over EMIs

Despite repaying over 55 loan EMIs, the Ludhiana couple consumed poison after alleged threats and humiliation by bank staff; suicide video and note name officials, FIR registered under BNS