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Kashmir records
high suicide rate
What is India News Service,
Saturday, 25 December 2004, 2000 hrs IST
Call it a fallout of violence or a corollary of the events, trouble-torn Kashmir is fast becoming
a land of
suicides. Suicides and suicidal tendencies among Kashmiri male and female youth have reached a dangerous level in the valley.
Experts say if this rot is not stemmed, the situation will go out of control and Kashmir will turn into a land of suicides.
Conservative figures reveal that 20,000 people had attempted suicide during the 14 years of turmoil in the valley. About 3,000 of them had died. Around three suicide deaths and two attempted suicide cases are reported every week in urban areas while in rural areas most of the suicides go unreported.
\93I can call it a fallout of violence. In the 14 years of turmoil, the people have grown very weak economically and emotionally. The economic pressure coupled with the fear-factor has developed suicidal tendencies among the youth. With the result the suicidal deaths in Kashmir are increasing,\94 said Dr Bashir Ahmad Dabla, head of the Department of Sociology at University of Kashmir.
Kanchi Mutt Manager arrested:
The Sankararaman murder case took another decisive turn with the arrest tonight of the Manager of the Kanchi Sankara Mutt, Sundaresa
Iyer.
On Thursday, an apparent suicide by a real estate businessman and his family was
handed
over to the special team investigating murder charges against Shankaracharya. The junior Shankaracharya of Kanchi mutt, Vijayendra Saraswathi,
has been summoned to appear before the special team investigating the murder of Sankararaman.
Uma
back in BJP, expected to 'act responsibly': The BJP took the decision to revoke Uma Bharti's suspension after a lot of thought, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said on Friday. "It is a good thing that the suspension of Uma Bharti was revoked. A lot of thought went into the decision after her assurances of not repeating the behaviour she exhibited earlier (at the November 10 party meeting)," Mr Vajpayee told reporters upon his arrival here, a day before his
NGO opposes Rao\92s cremation near Hussain Sagar Lake:
Even as preparations are underway for the funeral of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on the shores of Hussain Sagar Lake, an NGO today opposed it on environmental grounds.
Paswan leads petition to PM on \91toothless\92 reservation Bill:
Dalit MPs cutting across party lines and ministers of the UPA government have petitioned prime minister Manmohan Singh against the "toothless" Reservation Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha. The
bill, seeking to consolidate reservation norms for SC/ST and OBCs given in different Office Memorandums into one Act, has come under fire for the absence of any penal provision for violation of reservation norms.
Over 30 FIRs for code violation in Bihar:
Even as RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav today refuted the charge that he had bribed voters in Bihar ahead of the February polls, the probe team submitted its \93factual\94 report on the alleged misuse of government machinery in the state.
"Zahira has tarnished image of Muslims": The Majlis-e-Shura, one of the apex decision-making bodies of Muslims,
on Friday declared Zahira Sheikh, prime witness in the Best Bakery carnage case, a "dissembler" and ousted her from the community for
"tarnishing its image".
EC asks states to prevent defacement of properties:
The Election Commission on Saturday directed authorities in Bihar, Jharkhand and Haryana to take effective steps to ensure that public and private properties are not defaced during the assembly polls in these states.
Homoeopathy
conference opens in Delhi: Dr Robin Murphy, homeopath from the US, said an allopathic doctor \93cuts, burns and poisons\94
by suppressing the symptoms of a disease rather than curing it, leading to serious side effects.
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States
Baba Thakur Singh of Damdami Taksal dead:
Baba Thakur Singh, who had taken over as the acting head of Damdami Taksal in June 1984 immediately after the infamous Operation Bluestar, died here today after a brief illness at a local private hospital. He was 89.
Wine and verse spell trouble for Big B:
Sikhs in Amritsar on Friday protested against a Bollywood film Ab Tumhare Hawale Wataon Saathiyon, which they say has shown disrespect to their religion.
Saffron brigade to take out Yatra despite ban:
Though the Sangh Parivar has decided to boycott the Datta Jayanthi celebrations, the State government is not ready to take chances with the law and order situation.
Cellphones, TV sets seized from Bihar jail:
Several mobile phones, colour television sets and liquor bottles were seized by police from inmates in an early morning raid at Purnea jail in Bihar, an official said.
Bail granted to IIT student in video clip case:
A Delhi court today granted bail to Ravi Raj, student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, who allegedly put the video clip involving two students of a public school here on the baazee.com for sale.
Ex-beauty queen's mother says cops tortured her, seeks CBI probe: The mother of main accused in the porn CD case Anara Gupta on saturday gave a petition to the National Commission for Women complaining that her daughter was being "framed" by police.
Van Gujjars allege harassment:
Scores of Van Gujjars took to the streets of Dehra Dun for a massive protest demonstration against the Uttaranchal government.
Starved, he roasted and ate a 2-yr-old:
Police have arrested a man they say kidnapped a two-year-old girl before roasting her on a fire and eating her because he was starving.
Neighbours
Death penalty for Pervez assailant:
A military court had handed down death sentence to a soldier and 10-year imprisonment to another for masterminding an assassination bid on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf last
year.
Five
killed as Pakistan districts merge: Five people were killed and 12 were injured on Friday when demonstrators clashed with police in Shahdadkot district, police and doctors said.
Aziz wants education system revamped:
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has stressed the need for a major revamp of the country's education system to meet the challenge of the biggest skills gap with which it faced today.
10,000 told to leave Lanka:
Sri Lanka said on Friday an estimated 10,000 illegal foreign workers have 17 days to leave voluntarily or face arrest.
View from abroad
Pakistan
places arms orders with US: Pakistan has already placed orders for three main items in a $1.2 billion arms package the United States.
Pakistani artefacts seized in US: The United States customs authorities have intercepted a container of valuable Pakistani artefacts destined for an art collector in New York.
Indian team visits Israel:
A high-level Indian delegation on Friday completed a secret visit to Israel focused on arms sales and the fight against terror, Haaretz newspaper reported in its online edition.
Overall
Suicide rate is high in Kashmir: The militancy is taking a toll in a
silent way.
Paswan is leading a pro-quota group: The minister is taking a petition to
the prime minister saying a bill on job reservation has turned out
"toothless".
Pakistan has placed orders for arms: It has told the US it wants arms
worth 1.2 billion dollars.
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