Women Commit Suicide

The BNS Bill provides for several changes in the existing provisions, including that of defamation and attempt to commit suicide, and expands the scope of offences against women pertaining to sexual intercourse by employing "deceitful means".

In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old allegedly committed suicide a few hours after being beaten and forced to drink urine by three people, including two women, in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh.

Two women allegedly committed suicide and the daughter of one of them was poisoned to death, the police said on Monday.

Three elderly women, who have come to be known as the "dadis of Shaheen Bagh" for leading the anti-CAA agitation there, and the mother of Rohith Vemula, a hyderabad University student who allegedly committed suicide in 2016, hoisted the tricolour at the protest venue on Sunday to mark the country's 71st Republic Day.

A 33-year-old woman Accounts Officer of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited] (BHEL) allegedly committed suicide over ''harassment'' by a top official and six other colleagues, police said.

A 13-year-old girl who was gang-raped allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police said on Saturday, with family members claiming that the minor was upset over the accused not being arrested and some women in the neighbourhood taunting her.

A 22-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after jumping from a building in southwest Delhi's RK Puram area, the police said today.

The father of two young Saudi women whose bodies were found bound together in New York last October has dismissed a police assessment that they committed suicide and said marks he saw on their faces indicate they were beaten before their deaths.

One of the women's father has filed a complaint with the police alleging the other woman kidnapped and forced his daughter to marry her.

Anirban Das Blah, a celebrity manager accused in the #MeToo movement in India, tried to commit suicide in Navi Mumbai late last night, the police said today.

"When any young woman tries to enter Sabarimala, our activists will commit suicide," a Shiv Sena activist said.

An Army Major has been charged for allegedly raping his domestic help in southwest Delhi on a day in July her husband committed suicide, the police said Sunday.

A man who was on the run after brutally attacking his live-in partner committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district on Sunday, police said.

A family of 11 were found dead at their home in north Delhi's Burari this morning. Ten of the people -- among whom were two teenagers and six women -- were found hanging. The body of another woman, a 77-year-old, was found in another room. She had been strangled. On the basis of ligature marks, the police have filed a case of murder. It is suspecte...

Kate Spade, a designer best known for her simple, colorful handbags, which became favored accessories of professional women in the 1990s, was found dead June 5 at her home in Manhattan. She was 55.

The BNS Bill provides for several changes in the existing provisions, including that of defamation and attempt to commit suicide, and expands the scope of offences against women pertaining to sexual intercourse by employing "deceitful means".

In a shocking incident, a 19-year-old allegedly committed suicide a few hours after being beaten and forced to drink urine by three people, including two women, in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh.

Two women allegedly committed suicide and the daughter of one of them was poisoned to death, the police said on Monday.

Three elderly women, who have come to be known as the "dadis of Shaheen Bagh" for leading the anti-CAA agitation there, and the mother of Rohith Vemula, a hyderabad University student who allegedly committed suicide in 2016, hoisted the tricolour at the protest venue on Sunday to mark the country's 71st Republic Day.

A 33-year-old woman Accounts Officer of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited] (BHEL) allegedly committed suicide over ''harassment'' by a top official and six other colleagues, police said.

A 13-year-old girl who was gang-raped allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, police said on Saturday, with family members claiming that the minor was upset over the accused not being arrested and some women in the neighbourhood taunting her.

A 22-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide after jumping from a building in southwest Delhi's RK Puram area, the police said today.

The father of two young Saudi women whose bodies were found bound together in New York last October has dismissed a police assessment that they committed suicide and said marks he saw on their faces indicate they were beaten before their deaths.

One of the women's father has filed a complaint with the police alleging the other woman kidnapped and forced his daughter to marry her.

Anirban Das Blah, a celebrity manager accused in the #MeToo movement in India, tried to commit suicide in Navi Mumbai late last night, the police said today.

"When any young woman tries to enter Sabarimala, our activists will commit suicide," a Shiv Sena activist said.

An Army Major has been charged for allegedly raping his domestic help in southwest Delhi on a day in July her husband committed suicide, the police said Sunday.

A man who was on the run after brutally attacking his live-in partner committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district on Sunday, police said.

A family of 11 were found dead at their home in north Delhi's Burari this morning. Ten of the people -- among whom were two teenagers and six women -- were found hanging. The body of another woman, a 77-year-old, was found in another room. She had been strangled. On the basis of ligature marks, the police have filed a case of murder. It is suspecte...

Kate Spade, a designer best known for her simple, colorful handbags, which became favored accessories of professional women in the 1990s, was found dead June 5 at her home in Manhattan. She was 55.