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Gujarat cancels NIOS chief Saroj Sharma’s appointment as IITE V-C amid probe over driver’s suicide

The notification did not offer any reason for the abrupt cancellation after nearly a month. Before his death, Sharma's staff driver Ram Kumar accused her of caste-based discrimination.

UP teen suicides case ‘closed’, but victim’s kin doubt autopsy report, mothers of accused want CBI probe

The fathers of both girls whose bodies were founding hanging from a tree claim some injuries not mentioned in autopsy report. Dy Chief Medical Officer Deepak Kataria denies claim.

Daily wagers worst affected by suicide, numbers for housewives twice that of farmers — NCRB data

Self-employed & unemployed individuals and students also among groups with high numbers of suicide cases according to NCRB data for years 2018-2022.

‘It’s good for selfies’ — 20-yr-old woman told mom before fatal fall from MPs’ building in Delhi

Ayushi Kumar fell to death from terrace of building that serves as MPs' quarters on 20 August. Parents say she visited the terrace multiple times in the past.

Dalit youth found hanging in UP, family alleges murder but police suspect suicide

18-year-old Jalaun resident Pawan Kumar left home after dinner Monday night but never returned. Family says an upper caste man killed him after an argument rooted in caste identity.

Suffocated in a self-made gas chamber—triple suicide story of a Delhi mother & 2 daughters

Depressed and ailing, three women in Delhi's Vasant Vihar area were found dead in a house with windows covered in plastic and four suicide notes detailing their financial troubles.

‘Nothing improbable’ about conversion, says Madras HC, orders CBI probe into girl’s suicide

The court pulled up police for dismissing claims that forced conversion attempts by missionary school had led to Class 12 girl’s suicide, saying allegations needed further investigation.

Many more people commit suicide due to bad marriage than divorce, NCRB data shows

NCRB's Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report shows there were over 37,000 suicides for marriage-related reasons from 2016 to 2020, but only 7% of them were due to divorce.

10.1% who killed themselves in 2019 were unemployed, Maharashtra tops suicide chart — NCRB data

A total of 1,39,123 suicides were reported in India in 2019, of which 2,851 or 2% killed themselves due to unemployment. The highest number of these deaths were in Karnataka.

‘We didn’t do enough’ — AIIMS faculty and students say after suicides by doctors

Since 5 June, AIIMS has seen six suicides — 3 of them were doctors. Resident doctors say mental health issues can compound continuous academic pressure.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.