Man kills self by jumping off fifth floor of hospitalOctober 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 20-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital, police said Thursday. According to police, the victim, Ravi, tried to end his life twice.
Authorities say man helped brother beat ex-wife's family to death at home in central Ill.October 8th, 2009 2nd man charged in slaying of Ill. familyLINCOLN, Ill.
Man hangs self day after lover jumps to deathOctober 7th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A 25-year-old teacher hung himself here Wednesday evening, officials said. The incident comes a day after a girl who college authorities said was the man's lover committed suicide by jumping off the fourth floor of her college building.
Unemployed man kills wife, daughter before poisoning selfSeptember 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 38-year-old unemployed man allegedly strangled his wife to death and then poisoned his 11-year-old daughter before consuming the toxin at his south Delhi home early Wednesday, police here said. Arvind Kumar, who was found screaming for help in the basement of his under construction house in southwest Delhi's Mahipalpur locality, had only Monday brought back his wife from her parents' home and his daughter from her Mount Abu hostel Tuesday.
Montana girl pleads guilty to trying to poison father's Jell-O after fight over missed curfewSeptember 3rd, 2009 Montana girl admits trying to poison dad's Jell-OLIVINGSTON, Mont. — A 15-year-old Montana girl has admitted trying to poison her father using Jell-O laced with lamp oil.
Penury drove Australian to kill himself in PatnaJuly 16th, 2009 PATNA - Nearly 45 days after an Australian tourist Osborne Michael David was found dead in a guest house here, the police said that he had not been murdered or suffered a drug overdose as suspected, but had killed himself due to penury. An Australian tourist whose body was found in a guest house committed suicide by consuming rat poison.
Trooper kills wife, baby, himselfJuly 14th, 2009 AGARTALA - A trooper of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) strangled his wife and 46-day-old daughter to death and then committed suicide, police said Tuesday. Ashutosh Debnath, 32, a rifleman, killed his wife Gopa Debnath, 26, and daughter Laxmi late Monday at Amtali in west Tripura, a police spokesman said.
Married man commits suicide after separation from girlfriendJuly 1st, 2009 KOLKATA - A 28-year-old married man committed suicide in Malda district of West Bengal after being separated from his girlfriend, police said. He had left home to search for her.
When a suspicious wife found hubby's lover was a manJune 22nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A woman who suspected her husband of having an affair was left gob-smacked when she found out that her rival to be a man. According to Sin Chew Daily, the 30-year-old woman had hired a private detective to tail her husband after she felt that his attitude had changed towards her.
Philippine boy accidentally kills dad on Father's DayJune 22nd, 2009 MANILA - A 6-year-old boy accidentally shot dead his father and injured his mother in a Father's Day tragedy in the Philippines, police said Monday. Police officer Hermogenes Capili said the victim, Apolonio Pacioles, 45, was a soldier who had just come home after fighting Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines.
Andhra mulls tough law to tackle acid attacks on womenJune 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Alarmed over the increasing acid attacks on women, the Andhra Pradesh government is mulling special legislation to deal with such crimes and ensure stringent punishment to the guilty. A day after two women were injured in acid attacks, Home Minister P.Sabita Indra Reddy told reporters Friday that she would hold talks with the central home minister in this regard.
Uttar Pradesh top cop visits family of murdered Dalit businessmanJune 5th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - A day after a Dalit businessman was murdered by his wife's lover and friends, the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh visited the scene of the crime and delivered a cheque of Rs.150,000 to the family of the victim. "I am here to execute the new directives of the state chief minister that the director general of police will personally visit the spot to show the state's concern for the death of any Dalit in the state.
House fire in Calif. desert town kills father, 2 boys; 10-year-old girl in critical conditionJune 1st, 2009 Calif. house fire kills dad, 2 boys; girl injuredHESPERIA, Calif. — A father and his two sons have been killed in an early morning house fire that also critically injured the boys' 10-year-old sister.
Carla Bruni's ex-lover joins Nicolas Sarkozy's 'kitchen cabinet'May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Raphakl Enthoven, the ex-lover of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and father of her seven-year-old son, Aurilien, has joined an informal "kitchen cabinet" of left-wing advisers around Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president. Enthoven, a philosophy professor, visits the Elysie Palace almost regularly and likes setting the world to rights in intimate gatherings with "Sarko" around the dinner table.
Sheriff: Fla. father kills wife, 2 sons, himself in apparent domestic dispute; teen escapesMay 4th, 2009 Sheriff: Fla. father kills wife, 2 sons, himselfLAKELAND, Fla.