Tamil Nadu Self Immolation

An elderly DMK worker on Saturday set himself on fire near the party office in Salem district in protest against "Hindi imposition", the police said.

A sub-inspector of the Chennai traffic police has been moved out of duty after a 21-year-old cab driver attempted suicide by immolating himself on the IT Corridor after the cop allegedly hit him for not fastening his seat belt

On Monday, a labourer in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district poured kerosene on himself and his wife and two children, and set them afire. Burdened by debt, the labourer Isaki Muthu had alleged harassment by a loan shark and police inaction. Now, a mobile phone conversation recording - which NDTV cannot verify - has surfaced which raises suspicion th...

A loan shark in Tamil Nadu was arrested on Tuesday after a labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them on fire, killing his wife and two daughters. The man remains in a critical condition with serious burns after self-immolating on Monday, an official said.

A man from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday tried to immolate himself in the toilet of the Trivandrum-Netravathi Express train in Kerala, suffering 40 percent burns, authorities said.

A girl studying in class VI today died after she set herself ablaze in the toilet of her school, police said.

A fisherman, who immolated himself in Tamil Nadu raising the cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka, has died. Mani, a native of Cuddalore district attempted to kill himself by pouring petrol outside the District Collector's office. Although he was brought to Chennai for better treatment, he could not be saved.

As UNHRC is set to take up the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, a 41-year-old man in Tamil Nadu today attempted self immolation and various pro- Tamil groups staged protests demanding action against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes.

An elderly DMK worker on Saturday set himself on fire near the party office in Salem district in protest against "Hindi imposition", the police said.

A sub-inspector of the Chennai traffic police has been moved out of duty after a 21-year-old cab driver attempted suicide by immolating himself on the IT Corridor after the cop allegedly hit him for not fastening his seat belt

On Monday, a labourer in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district poured kerosene on himself and his wife and two children, and set them afire. Burdened by debt, the labourer Isaki Muthu had alleged harassment by a loan shark and police inaction. Now, a mobile phone conversation recording - which NDTV cannot verify - has surfaced which raises suspicion th...

A loan shark in Tamil Nadu was arrested on Tuesday after a labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them on fire, killing his wife and two daughters. The man remains in a critical condition with serious burns after self-immolating on Monday, an official said.

A man from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday tried to immolate himself in the toilet of the Trivandrum-Netravathi Express train in Kerala, suffering 40 percent burns, authorities said.

A girl studying in class VI today died after she set herself ablaze in the toilet of her school, police said.

A fisherman, who immolated himself in Tamil Nadu raising the cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka, has died. Mani, a native of Cuddalore district attempted to kill himself by pouring petrol outside the District Collector's office. Although he was brought to Chennai for better treatment, he could not be saved.

As UNHRC is set to take up the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, a 41-year-old man in Tamil Nadu today attempted self immolation and various pro- Tamil groups staged protests demanding action against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes.