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  Man sets himself ablaze outside Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai: Maha DyCM Fadnavis terms it unfortunate

  India | August 23, 2022 16:50 IST

  A 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 | October 02, 2019 23:44 IST

  A 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 | March 09, 2014 18:15 IST

  Beijing: 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 | November 07, 2011 20:29 IST

  Tokyo, 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.