Delhi records highest suicides in India, most victims married; Bengaluru second highest: Crime dataDelhi reported the highest number of suicides in 2024 with 2,905 cases, though this marks a decline from previous years. Family-related iss...
08 May, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
Need to create jobs in rural areas to reduce migration of youth, farmers : Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari stressed the need for rural employment to stop migration to cities. He highlighted the plight of farmers and w...
22 Apr, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Digital addiction claims 20,000 children's lives a year, says TMC's Derek O'Brien; urges government actionDerek O'Brien, a Trinamool Congress MP, highlighted the growing digital addiction among young people in the Rajya Sabha. He warned of sever...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
Financial distress drives Delhi suicides; over half of victims in 2023 earned less than Rs 1 lakh annuallyFinancial distress is a significant factor in suicides in Delhi, with over half of victims in 2023 earning less than Rs 1 lakh annually. Th...
29 Oct, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
Alarming gap between Lancet & NCRB suicide dataExperts mainly attribute the lower figures provided by NCRB to under-reporting and the fact that NCRB draws its data from First Information...
14 Sep, 2018, 08.46 AM IST
Non-fulfilment of promise by Govt led to farmers' suicide: CongressThe deaths, he said, were not a result of drought but because of their bumper crop not getting the right price and the hardships caused to ...
20 Mar, 2017, 01.50 PM IST
Govt should focus on farmers’ issues, not on compensation: SCThe bench, which also comprised Justice N.V. Ramana, observed that farmers continued to face problems as pressing issues facing them remain...
04 Mar, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
18 Delhi cops committed suicide in last two-and-half years: GovernmentNine police officials allegedly committed suicide in 2013, followed by seven in 2014 and two in 2015 (till June 30), Lok Sabha was told.
09 Dec, 2015, 03.01 PM IST
5,650 farmers, 6,750 agri labourers committed suicide in 2014As many as 5,650 farmers and 6,750 agricultural labourers committed suicides in 2014, according to National Crime Records Bureau report.
01 Dec, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
NDA gives same reasons for farmer suicides as UPACrop failure and indebtedness often drive farmers to suicide, but love affairs and dowry dispute are also among the reasons cited in Parlia...
28 Jul, 2015, 03.22 AM IST
Number of suicides down due to govt's efforts: BJPBJP claimed the number of farmer suicides has come down due to government's efforts and said Radha Mohan Singh's remarks had been taken out...
26 Jul, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Farmer suicide: FM Arun Jaitley defends Agri Minister Radha Mohan Singh, cites UPA repliesFM Jaitley dug out written replies in Parliament during the UPA regime, listing out 'love affair' as one of the several reasons for suicide...
25 Jul, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
Storm over Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh's reply on farmer suicideIn a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said the causes of suicides by farmers due to agrarian reasons include indebtedness, crop fail...
24 Jul, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
Farmer suicides register over 50 per cent drop, as data collection methodology changesThe new method records only those suicides that have farm distress or related reasons as the cause. Earlier any suicide by a farmer for any...
18 Jul, 2015, 11.43 AM IST
Getting sucidal thoughts? There's an app to your rescueThe Broome Hope app allows people to recognize warning signs of suicide and start a conversation.
18 Feb, 2015, 03.13 PM IST
Fewer number of farmers committed suicide in 2012Fewer number of farmers committed suicide in India in 2012 compared to the preceding year, though number of such incidents was higher in st...
13 Dec, 2013, 05.45 PM IST
- 2.90 lakh farmers committed suicide during 1995-2011: Government
A total of 290,740 farmers have committed suicide during 1995-2001 due to various reasons.
31 Aug, 2012, 05.23 PM IST