Reports "the Annamalai police have arrested Raghuraman, a lecturer of the Annamalai University, on charges of abetting suicide by Chetna, a university student who killed herself in her hostel room."

Taiwan's crude death rate from suicide hit an all-time high of 18.8 per 100,000 people last year, the National Suicide Prevention Center (NSPC) under the Department of Health (DOH) reported.

Suicide scenes in movies can influence those facing serious depression to take similar action, according to experts. Read more of this article found in the Malaysian The Star Online.

The Hindu Times offers this news item that reports "many in Chennai seem to have collapsed under stress or failure in exams and succumbed to the urge to take their own lives."

Reports that a young teenager hanged herself from the door frame of her class at the Pune Municipal Corporation’s Baburao Sanas Girls’ High School in Mangalwar Peth.

Four debt-ridden farmers allegedly committed suicide in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Read for details.

The Hindu reports that a 66-year-old doctor, a city-based eminent ENT surgeon, allegedly committed suicide by slashing his wrist at his residence in south Mumbai.

The Times of India reports that "a student of Holkar Science College here has allegedly committed suicide after being detained alongwith two others in a ragging case." Read for details.

Read this Sep. 11, 2006, news item that reports "Premier Su Tseng-chang and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou attended an event yesterday sponsored by the Buddhist Dharma Drum Mountain (DDM) Foundation to mark World Suicide Prevention Day."

A 34-year-old Clarist Sister is the latest of 15 cases of suicide over the past 12 years among religious sisters in Kerala, India, highlighting underlying problems in convent life for women.

Up to 35 poverty-stricken farmers have committed suicide in India's Maharashtra state despite a government relief package, officials say.

Reports "a student of Class V committed suicide by swallowing poisonous medicine due to scolding from his teacher and slap from his Uncle over the crime which he did not do."

Seoul "education authorities have decided to educate students in order to prevent copycat suicides after a number of recent celebrity suicides. This is the first time that schools have taken part in a national suicide prevention education initiative."

Reports that "Japan has set a goal of curbing its high suicide rate by 20 percent in the next decade through improving mental health services and easing social burdens on people."

Reports "the number of suicides in Japan topped 30,000 for the ninth straight year last year, the government said yesterday, urging employers to do more to tackle depression at work." Read for details.

Three lecturers at BJB College in Bubaneshwar were arrested on Thursday after a 19-year old student blamed them for her death in a suicide note last November.

Notes a free information day on mental illness and suicide was held at Beijing's Ditan Park to mark the fourth World Suicide Day on Sept 10, 2006.

Pakistan news item notes a IASP reports shows that failure in love, unemployment, poverty, inflation and domestic problems are the main causes of suicide in Pakistan while on the other hand, suicide rate among youngsters is said to be the highest.

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Offers news items relating to suicide in India. Browse this blog that is associated with the Save Indian Family Movement.

Reports that a panel discussion was held in Qatar to mark World Mental Health Day (October 10). Browse for details.

Reports that "two Japanese children killed themselves over the weekend because they were being bullied at school, say police."

Reports that "two middle school students in Japan are believed to have committed suicide in separate incidents after being allegedly bullied in their schools."

Reports "the Delhi state education board has made it mandatory for students attending 600 government schools to begin their day with a “jaadu ki jhappi”, an embrace, to ward off stress."

Notes "pesticide self-poisoning is thought to account for an estimated 300,000 deaths in Asia – over a third of the world’s suicides."

Reports the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics for 2005 shows the rate of suicides in Muslim world is 0.1 to 0.2 per 100,000. The low rate of suicides is attributed to strong religious beliefs in these societies, except in Kashmir.

A man killed his wife and later committed suicide by coming under a train in Rajkot, India.

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Zeenews.com reports that "a total of 301 bankrupt farmers allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region even after the Prime Minister visited the area in June and announced a special aid package for them."

Reports "lack of easy access to solution to problems causes suicides in India, head of the Department of Social Works and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong, Prof Veronica Pearson has said."