Self Immolations
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Man sets himself ablaze outside Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai: Maha DyCM Fadnavis terms it unfortunate
India | Aug 23, 2022, 04:50 PM ISTA man from Osmanabad district in Maharashtra tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire outside the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai on Tuesday morning, a police official said. Police personnel on duty in the area doused the flames and rushed him to a hospital, he said.
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Man, who immolated himself at police station, dies
India | Oct 02, 2019, 11:44 PM ISTA 44-year-old man, who allegedly set himself on fire inside a police station in Shivajinagar area, died at a hospital on Wednesday. Three persons were arrested for alleged abetment of suicide following the death of Abdul Hamid Jamadar, resident of Bainganwadi in Shivaji Nagar.
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No locals committed self-immolations in Tibet: Official
World | Mar 09, 2014, 06:15 PM ISTBeijing: A senior Chinese official from Tibet today refuted reports that 120 self-immolations opposing the Chinese rule happened in the Himalayan region in recent times. No local residents, monks or nuns in southwest China's Tibet
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'Cultural Genocide' Behind Self-Immolations : Dalai Lama
World | Nov 07, 2011, 08:29 PM ISTTokyo, Nov 7: The Dalai Lama today said Tibetans faced “cultural genocide” under hardline Chinese rule that he blamed for a recent wave of self-immolations in China's southwest.“Chinese communist propaganda create a very rosy picture.