Kota (Rajasthan) [India], July 23 (ANI): Following the demise of the seer who self-immolated to mark the protest over illegal stone mining in Rajasthan, Congress MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur has urged Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot "to sack the state's Mining Minister Pramod Bhaya if the mining m
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): As Tibetans continue to face human rights violations under Chinese President Xi Jinping's policies, an unidentified Tibetan monk self-immolated in front of a portrait of the exiled leader Dalai Lama here.
Beijing [China], May 5 (ANI): Even as China wants the world to believe that things are all rosy in Tibet, recent incidents in which two Tibetans immolated themselves within a span of one month has exposed the human rights violations inflicted by Beijing.
Lhasa [Tibet], April 9 (ANI): Cases of self-immolations have gone up in Tibet in recent times. Since 2009, a total of 159 Tibetans have self-immolated to protest China's takeover of their homeland.
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in Dharamshala on Monday to participate in a candlelight vigil over the recent self-immolation that happened in Tibet on March 27.
Lhasa [Tibet], April 3 (ANI): A Tibetan man set himself on fire in front of a police station in the Kham region in Tibet's Kyegudo, said a media report citing a website run by the Tibetan government in exile.
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 8 (ANI): Over 200 Tibetans observed a candlelight vigil on Monday evening in Dharamshala over the death of Tibetan singer Tsewang Norbu, who self-immolated in Lhasa.
Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 21 (ANI): Congress leader Mehraj Jahan threatened to self-immolate herself after she was denied a ticket from the Muzaffarnagar district for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections and termed the decision of the party as "injustice" despite work
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): A Samajwadi Party worker on Sunday allegedly tried to self immolate himself outside the party office in Lucknow claiming that he has been denied a ticket to contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): Activist Yogita Bhayana has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana requesting appropriate and expeditious steps to establish justice on the recent horrific incident in which a man and woman allegedly self-immolated
Anuppur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): A man in Madhya Pradesh's Annupur succumbed to severe burns after he attempted to self-immolate allegedly after an argument that broke out over the rise in price of samosas.
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): A local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker attempted self-immolation on Wednesday during a protest outside the Vizianagaram district collector's office.