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    • Posts Tagged ‘suicides’

    'Declining Faith' a Reason for Rising Suicides in Kashmir

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    SRINAGAR: Declining religious values, lack of religious education and conflict related stress are the main reasons behind Kashmir's alarming rise in suicide cases, a study has said. “I am not referring to the decline in the practice of religion but faith,” says a noted Kashmiri psychiatrist, Dr Arshad Hussain, whose study has revealed that the decline of religious values among Kashmiri Muslims is a major factor that has prompted people to take the extreme step. “During the study, I found that despite suffering...

    Posted 37 days ago.

    Another Woman in South Kashmir Ends Life

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    SRINAGAR: An unidentified woman killed herself by consuming poison at her residence in south Kashmir, the second such incident in past 24 hours, police said on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday , a 70-year-old woman hanged herself in the neighbouring area of Yaripora. It was not immediately clear why she took this extreme step, they said, adding police has registered a case and initiated proceedings. Suicide is a taboo subject in the devoutly Muslim state, so many suicide deaths are never reported. But the few figures...

    Posted 45 days ago.

    Kashmir soldier goes the 'Sholay way' for asking leave

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    SRINAGAR, Sept 15: In a typical style of Dharmendra in bollywood blockbuster movie Sholay, in which he climbs on top of a structure threatening suicide if Basanti (Hema Malini) didn't marry him, an Army soldier went atop a water tank Saturday evening and threatened to jump if he was not permitted to go home on leave. Lance Naik B B Pathak of Signal Regiment climbed atop the tank near an Army area in Birma Pull belt of Udhampur district, officials said. He was under stress due to some domestic problem, they...

    Posted 248 days ago.

    Minors commit suicide in Kashmir, pushes toll up

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    SRINAGAR, Aug 23: Two minor girls allegedly committed suicide today in Kashmir valley, while a youth was battling for his life after making a similar attempt, police said. The number of such cases is rising in Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region, although Islam strongly forbids suicide. An 11-year-old girl consumed some poisonous substance at her Cheek-Rambipora residence in Kulgam, 70 kms from here, and died on the way to hospital, a police spokesman said. Another girl, aged 15 years, also consumed a poisonous...

    Posted 272 days ago.

    Teen hangs herself in Kashmir, pushes suicide toll up

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    SRINAGAR, June 28: A teenage girl died on Thursday when she hanged herself at her home, the third such incident in past three days in Kashmir, where suicide rate has gone alarmingly high. Earlier this week a girl and a women died when they separately consumed poisonous substance in Kulgam and Dardgund areas of South Kashmir. The number of such cases is rising in Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region, although Islam strongly forbids suicide. The fresh incident took place in Heerpora area of Shopian where a 13-year-old...

    Posted 328 days ago.

    Two ladies die, suicides picking up in Kashmir

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    SRINAGAR, June 26: Two people died by suicide in separate places in South Kashmir Kulgam's district, police said Tuesday. "A girl (name with held) of Qoimoh committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home," a police spokesperson said. In another incident, a lady (name with held) of Dardgund in the same district committed suicide by taking poison and died on the way to hospital, the spokesperson said. Police have registered cases and are investigating into the incidents, Suicide cases are...

    Posted 330 days ago.