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Nepali student’s death: Odisha govt constitutes probe panel to salvage damage

A day after Nepali student’s death, allegedly by suicide, at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) here and forcible evacuation of students of the neighbouring country threatened to trigger a diplomatic row, a visibly embarrassed Odisha government constituted a high-level inquiry/fact-finding committee to probe the incident, which it described as the ‘most unfortunate’.

Two soldiers killed, one injured, one allegedly committed suicide

"White Knight Corps salutes and pays tribute to the supreme sacrifice of two gallant soldiers", the Army said while adding that search operations in the area were underway. It is yet to be confirmed whether the IED was planted by terrorists or men of the Pakistan agencies.

NHRC notice to state, Centre for ATR on suicide Odisha farmers

With farmers committing suicide allegedly due to crop loss and debt-related issues resurfacing across Odisha in the recent past, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Centre and State to furnish Action Taken Reports (ATRs) within six weeks to arrest the disturbing trend.

Married woman commits suicide at Mhow, MP

A married woman hung her four-year-old son and two-and-a-half-months old daughter and then committed suicide by hanging herself with a rope inside her house at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday.

Engage in dialogue to prevent suicide

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates around 726,000 suicides per year worldwide. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in India, in its latest report finds the total number of recorded suicides in India was 171,000 in 2022, compared to 135,000 in 2018.