People stage a march demanding justice for Angel Chakma and protesting discrimination against people from Northeast India, in Agartala on December 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI “I am not Chinese… I am an Indian.” These were the last words of 24-year-old Angel Chakma, a student from Tripura who was violently attacked by a racist … Read more
A 26-year-old woman was burnt to death by her husband in Nallakunta on Wednesday (December 24, 2025), allegedly after a domestic dispute. The incident taking place in front of their children, police said. The accused was identified as 31-year-old Venkatesh, while the deceased was 26-year-old Triveni. The Nallakunta Police Inspector, K. Maruthi Prasad, said the … Read more
File photo of Punjab and Haryana High Court | Photo Credit: PTI The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the life imprisonment of former Himachal Pradesh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zahur Haider Zaidi in the 2017 custodial death case of an accused in the gang rape and murder of a girl in the … Read more
The Madanayakanahalli police have booked an inspector attached to the Vivek Nagar police station and three other police officers after a 22-year-old man, whom they had enrolled in a rehabilitation centre in Adakamaranahalli, died under suspicious circumstances. The case, registered as murder, has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) due to its complexity … Read more
Juliette Parkin,in Brightonand Hsin-Yi Lo,South East Family handout Ellame Ford-Dunn was found dead in the grounds of Worthing Hospital in March 2022 An NHS trust has been fined £200,000 for failing to provide “safe care and treatment” for a 16-year-old girl who died on hospital grounds after fleeing her ward. Ellame Ford-Dunn, from Upper Beeding, … Read more
A hospital trust has been fined more than £500,000 and a ward manager given a six-month suspended sentenced over the death of a 22-year-old woman on a mental health unit. Alice Figueiredo was being treated at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford when she took her own life using bin bags from a shared toilet, having previously … Read more
In a reported case of murder for gain, two night watchmen were hacked to death inside Nachadai Thavirtharuliyaswamy temple at Devadanam near Rajapalayam on Monday (November 10, 2025) night. The deceased were identified as Petchimuthu, 55, and Sankarapandian, 60. The crime came to light when the temple, administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments … Read more
Alison Holt,social affairs editor and James Melley,senior producer Family handout Alice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following their 22-year-old daughter’s death Warning: This article contains upsetting details and references to serious self-harm and death Just four months after a young woman died in a London mental health unit, another patient tried to harm … Read more
A 28-year-old government doctor, Dr. Sampada Mundhe, ended her life in Satara after writing her final words on her palm. Her suicide note accused Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane of rape and Prashant Bankar of harassment, also alleging pressure to issue fake medical certificates under political influence, even naming a Member of Parliament. The case has … Read more
Alison Holt,Social affairs editor and James Melley,Senior social affairs producer Family handout Cerys Lupton-Jones died in May 2022 Warning: The following article contains details about suicide which some may find distressing Cerys Lupton-Jones pauses between two doorways. One door leads into a side room in the Manchester mental health unit where she’s a patient. The … Read more