Murmu

This week 22-year-old Bangalore student Malini Murmu hanged herself after her boyfriend Abhishek Dhan broke up with her and then bragged about it on Facebook.

Sandip Roy: From Rushdie Twitter-Fights to Facebook Breakups: Social Media Goes Toxic Sandip Roy 2011

AFP/Getty Images A child touched the body of his uncle Lakshman Murmu, killed in political violence during an encounter in a village located west of Kolkata, Oct 9.

India in Pictures 2010

And Murmu is not the first person to kill herself because a break up felt like the end of the world.

Sandip Roy: From Rushdie Twitter-Fights to Facebook Breakups: Social Media Goes Toxic Sandip Roy 2011

And Murmu is not the first person to kill herself because a break up felt like the end of the world.

Sandip Roy: From Rushdie Twitter-Fights to Facebook Breakups: Social Media Goes Toxic Sandip Roy 2011

Left, Murmu at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, November, 2010.

The Indian Dope Scandal 2011

This week 22-year-old Bangalore student Malini Murmu hanged herself after her boyfriend Abhishek Dhan broke up with her and then bragged about it on Facebook.

Sandip Roy: From Rushdie Twitter-Fights to Facebook Breakups: Social Media Goes Toxic Sandip Roy 2011

Hansda a wild goose, Hemron, Murmu the nilgai, Saren or Sarihin, and perhaps Tudu or Turu are common to the two tribes.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894

Murmu has been in jail for eight years since he was charged with a murder.

The Times of India 2010

Murmu, a member of CPI-M's Jamagoria local committee, was abducted by a group of armed Maoists last night from his house.

The Statesman 2010

Anderson, Murmu and Harrison, backed by National Geographic, had to get special permission from the Indian government to visit the Arunachal Pradesh state bordering Bhutan and China, where they found Koro speakers.

canada.com Top Stories 2010