
A man on Wednesday allegedly shot at his wife and later killed himself with his licensed gun after a verbal duel over his drinking habit. ...

08:10 PM, Apr 03, 2013

Even though the Uttar Pradesh government has been claiming that law and order situation in the state has improved, the truth remains that crimes against women have been on the upswing. The government has failed to ensure a safe environment for women and the girl students in the state. ...

11:00 AM, Apr 03, 2013

The Delhi Police on Saturday told a court here that the suicide notes of former air hostess Geetika Sharma and her mother should be considered as concrete evidence against former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda and his aide Aruna Chaddha. ...

05:37 PM, Mar 30, 2013

At least 12 people were killed and 31 injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan Friday as a convoy of security personnel near the US Consulate in Peshawar city was targeted police said. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a Frontier Constabulary convoy in a high security area of the city, Dawn reported. ...

11:58 AM, Mar 30, 2013

A 16-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by two youths on Tuesday, has set herself on fire in Bajrangarh village of the district. ...

03:27 AM, Mar 30, 2013

Superstition and blind faith can prove to be fatal. A family of five people in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan consumed poison and died in the belief that they would meet god. ...

12:39 PM, Mar 29, 2013

A 35-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after hacking his wife to death at Amrit Nagar locality Rhotak on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. ...

01:47 AM, Mar 29, 2013

The man, who had shot dead his wife on Tuesday at New Delhi's Karkardooma metro station, committed suicide on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Muradnagar. Pawan had been on the run since he shot at his wife and father-in-law, killing the woman and injuring the father-in-law. ...

01:09 PM, Mar 27, 2013

Key findings are expected to be presented at the Westminster Coroner's court for the first time in the Indian nurse suicide case. Jacintha Saldanha killed herself in December 2012, days after transferring a prank call to a hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated. ...

12:18 PM, Mar 26, 2013

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found in the locked bathroom of his luxury mansion near London over the weekend, died by hanging, British police said on Monday. An autopsy showed no signs of a violent struggle but further tests would be carried out, including toxicology and histology examinations, police said. ...

10:40 AM, Mar 26, 2013

Afghan police say eight suicide bombers have attacked one of their headquarters in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing five officers and wounding four. Nangarhar provincial police chief Mohammad Sharif Amin says one insurgent in a bomb-laden car detonated his vehicle in front of the Jalalabad Police Quick Reaction Force on Tuesday. ...

09:58 AM, Mar 26, 2013

British police on Sunday said they have no evidence to suggest third-party involvement in the death of Boris Berezovsky, the self-exiled Russian tycoon who went from Kremlin kingmaker to fiery critic. ...

08:10 AM, Mar 25, 2013

The death toll from a suicide bombing on a military check post in Pakistan's North Waziristan region has reached 17, the military said on Sunday. ...

05:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013

In a freak incident, a police officer in the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) shot himself dead at a restaurant in Thane on Saturday evening. The officer had gone to the Goa Portuguese Hotel with his family where he shot himself dead around 4.00 pm. The reason for his suicide is not clear. ...

11:26 AM, Mar 24, 2013

At least five soldiers were killed in a suicide attack Saturday night on an army check-post in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, an army statement said. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the mouthpiece of the Pakistan military, said that a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the check-post in Miran Shah, the capital of North Waziristan. ...

11:10 AM, Mar 24, 2013

A senior police officer attached with Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in front of his family members in a hotel at Thane on Saturday, police said. Though the motive behind Sanjay Banerjee (45), a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), taking the extreme step is being ascertained and police suspect that he was facing some domestic issues in recent months. ...

10:03 AM, Mar 24, 2013

In a freak incident, a police officer in the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) shot himself dead in front of his family at a restaurant in Thane on Saturday evening. The officer was dining out with his family when suddenly, he pulled out his service revolver and shot himself. The reason for his suicide is not clear. ...

07:00 PM, Mar 23, 2013

Pakistan Taliban on Saturday threatened to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf when he returns home to Pakistan. It said its suicide bombers and snipers will send Musharraf to "hell" if he comes back. ...

12:36 PM, Mar 23, 2013

A local court on Friday sent four persons to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with the gang rape of a college girl, who had committed suicide following the incident. The four persons were arrested on Thursday, a day after the girl committed suicide by setting herself on fire. ...

01:40 AM, Mar 23, 2013

A senior CID officer and an engineering student committed suicide in the Jharkhand capital on Thursday in two separate incidents, police said. Chandi Kumar Maitra, 59, a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) posted in criminal investigation department (CID) in Bokaro district committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his residence in Ranchi. He was scheduled to retire in July 2013. ...

04:58 AM, Mar 22, 2013