Kanpur: A 38-year-old man, who allegedly set himself ablaze outside Maharajpur police station in Kanpur on July 14 after arriving to seek action in a marital dispute, succumbed to his injuries at the Trauma Centre in Lucknow late Sunday. Four policemen, including the station house officer (SHO), had also suffered burns while trying to save…
Kanpur: A 32-year-old man allegedly set himself ablaze outside Maharajpur police station in Kanpur on Tuesday after arriving to seek action in a marital dispute, leaving himself critically injured and four policemen, including the station house officer (SHO), with burn injuries while trying to save him.Additional deputy commissioner of police (east) Shiva Singh said Mahesh…
Berhampur: A 23-year-old woman, who set herself on fire at her in-law’s house on Thursday, unable to take the sexual abuse by her father for the last three years, succumbed to burn injuries at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Saturday night.Police had on Saturday arrested her father, a physical education teacher in a govt…
A Tibetan man set himself on fire outside UN HQ in Manhattan (Screengrab from video on X) A man carrying a Tibetan flag set himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday evening in an apparent act of protest, according to officials and local media reports.The protester was…
Berhampur: A case was registered on Saturday against a female constable and her brother for allegedly setting fire to her husband near Bijipur police quarters under Berhampur Town police station limits late on Friday evening.The injured, Asutosh Mrudungia (31), worked as a motor vehicles department constable at Chhatrapur. He sustained around 80% burn injuries and…
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday heavily criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, claiming its policies have driven citizens to the brink of despair, with some resorting to desperate acts like self-immolation. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (File) In a statement issued on…
Jaisalmer: High drama unfolded in Barmer Tuesday when Sheo MLA Ravindrasingh Bhati poured petrol over himself and attempted self-immolation during a protest march linked to the ongoing agitation over employment and workers’ rights at the Giral Lignite Mines in Sheo assembly constituency.The incident occurred after police stopped Bhati and hundreds of protesters from proceeding towards…
