New Delhi: A Chinese website has accused Dalai Lama of policies that are Nazi-like. It also accused Lama of deaths of 30 Tibetans who set themselves on fire protesting against the Chinese government. The commentary on China Tibet Online, also carried on Saturday by the official Xinhua News Agency, is one of the strongest reactions from Beijing to a string of protests in ethnic Tibetan areas of China. About 30...
07:01 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Beijing: China on Saturday refuted Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticism over deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, amid tense stand off in the region over a spate of suicides by Buddhist monks and anti-regime protests. The People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC), denied HRW criticism that "police dominate criminal justice system, which relies disproportionately on defendants' confessions." "Weak courts and tight limits on the...
07:34 PM, Jan 28, 2012
HYDERABAD: A software engineer ended his life reportedly depressed over failure to reduce his weight even after medical treatment at Miyapur. The depression resulted in the engineer suffering from severe headache since the past few days, police said. The software engineer immolated himself while his wife had gone to her parent's house for delivery of their first child. The deceased, K Chandrasekhar (35) was working as a software engineer in...
09:14 AM, Jan 05, 2012
Paliganj (Bihar): Anna Hazare's movement so far has been by and large peaceful with the 74-year-old anti-corruption crusader has been appealing to his supporters to abstain from violence. But one of his supporters has immolated himself in Delhi to support the agitation. "My son has five children. He was the bread winner of our family. What will we do now?" said Dinesh Yadav's mother Janki Devi. Dinesh Yadav died in...
10:05 AM, Aug 26, 2011
New Delhi: Uncle of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the NSG commando killed by terrorists during the 26/11 attacks who attempted self-immolation on Thursday outside Parliament, died on Friday night. The 56-year-old K Mohanan suffered 98 percent burns when he set himself on fire. Although it was not clear why he took the drastic step, some reports say he was disturbed over his nephew's death. He was apparently also upset with the...
11:06 AM, Feb 05, 2011
New Delhi: Uncle of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the NSG commando killed by terrorists during the 26/11 attacks, attempted to set himself on fire in front of Parliament on Thursday. He has been admitted to the RML hospital in the capital with 70 per cent burns. Reports suggest he was upset by the pace of the probe into the attacks that killed his nephew. K Mohanan, a native of Kozhikode in...
09:41 PM, Feb 03, 2011
A police officer said Siripur Yadaiah, who sustained 80 percent burns ...
10:03 AM, Feb 21, 2010
The place of the incident has become a pilgrimage for villagers. ...
12:05 AM, Oct 16, 2009
The villagers now want a temple to be built on the name of the saint. ...
01:53 AM, Oct 15, 2009
Avtar Das claimed that he was taking "Samadhi" for people's welfare. ...
07:13 PM, Oct 14, 2009
AIADMK activist set himself on fire protesting against the Lanka-Tamil issue. ...
01:47 AM, Apr 24, 2009
The petrol-soaked woman was had forgotten to bring a lighter or a match. ...
11:13 PM, Apr 09, 2009
Karnan (35), hails from Villuppuram district of Tamil Nadu. ...
03:07 AM, Mar 10, 2009
Abhishek Kumar from Jharkhand set himself on fire on Saturday afternoon. ...
05:57 PM, Feb 14, 2009
Muthukumaran set himself ablaze on Thursday ''to express solidarity with the Sri Lankan Tamils.'' ...
07:41 PM, Jan 31, 2009
The protesters stoned a bank building and broke windowpanes, the police said. ...
09:00 PM, Jan 29, 2009
He was trying to draw attention to the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka. ...
03:26 PM, Jan 29, 2009
Dalit woman, whose son was accused of eloping with girl of another caste, was burnt to death. ...
09:19 PM, Sep 22, 2007
Later on the day, Mulayam announced a compensation of Rs 2 crore for the aggrieved farmers of the region. ...
09:02 PM, Feb 18, 2007
The sister of a dead soldier who tried to immolate herself at a press conference, has been allotted the petrol pump. ...
03:50 PM, Dec 23, 2006
