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Yashwant Sinha Protests At Police Ground, 2 Chief Ministers Tweet Support
Two opposition chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal have tweeted support for senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has said he will "not budge" from a police ground where he was detained yesterday and has spent over 24 hours so far, till the demands of farmers of the region are not met. Mr Sinha has accused the Maharashtra government...
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After Selling Crop At A Loss, Telangana Farmers Return Home With Pesticide
A frightening scenario is unfolding in Telangana's Warangal district that has been infamous as the cotton farmer suicide capital of the country. At least 21 farmers have killed themselves in the last two weeks in the district, including four farmer suicides in Parvathagiri Mandal that never used to report farmer suicides.
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Her Husband Drank Pesticide. Now, She’s A Telangana Farmer, Needs Help
Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...
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Punjab Cotton Farmers' Dilemma: Despite More Crop Yield, Profit Is Meagre
For 12 years, the majority of Punjab's farmers have been growing Bt cotton, or genetically modified cotton seeds, which have protected their crops from pests like bollworms. Their yields have doubled too. However, in the last few years, Bt cotton has displayed a remarkable vulnerability to a large number of sap feeding pests like white-flies, which...
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Farmer Suicides Rising in Punjab. Here's Why.
Punjab is seeing a surge in farmer suicides since August. Districts in the cotton belt of Malwa region are worst-hit. Farmer unions claim close to 100 farmers have committed suicide in Sangrur, Bathinda and Mansa.
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Rahul Gandhi Pitches Congress Alternative to Punjab Farmers in Distress
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of a farmer who had allegedly killed himself due to cotton crop failure in Punjab and accused the state's Akali Dal-BJP alliance of neglecting farmers.
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53 Bottles of Scotch in Home of Punjab Official Accused of Duping Farmers
Details of bank transactions running into crores, thousands of US and Canadian dollars and a large stock of expensive liquor were recovered from the home of a Punjab bureaucrat, police have said.
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12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
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In Punjab, How Failing Pesticides, Seeds Are Claiming Farmers' Lives
Seven acres of pest-infested cotton, an old mother, two sisters and a six-lakh debt, is what Kala Singh has left behind. The 33-year-old Punjab farmer killed himself on Wednesday by drinking the same pesticide that failed to save his crop.
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Her Father Drank Pesticide, Said Sorry Before he Died
The eyes of 12-year-old Vinoda well up with tears each time she recalls how her father said sorry to her before he died. A cotton farmer in Telangana's Medak district, Balanarasaiah had drunk pesticide last month, leaving behind his two children, his mother and a debt of Rs 3 lakh.
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Yashwant Sinha Protests At Police Ground, 2 Chief Ministers Tweet Support
Two opposition chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal have tweeted support for senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who has said he will "not budge" from a police ground where he was detained yesterday and has spent over 24 hours so far, till the demands of farmers of the region are not met. Mr Sinha has accused the Maharashtra government...
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After Selling Crop At A Loss, Telangana Farmers Return Home With Pesticide
A frightening scenario is unfolding in Telangana's Warangal district that has been infamous as the cotton farmer suicide capital of the country. At least 21 farmers have killed themselves in the last two weeks in the district, including four farmer suicides in Parvathagiri Mandal that never used to report farmer suicides.
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Her Husband Drank Pesticide. Now, She’s A Telangana Farmer, Needs Help
Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...
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Punjab Cotton Farmers' Dilemma: Despite More Crop Yield, Profit Is Meagre
For 12 years, the majority of Punjab's farmers have been growing Bt cotton, or genetically modified cotton seeds, which have protected their crops from pests like bollworms. Their yields have doubled too. However, in the last few years, Bt cotton has displayed a remarkable vulnerability to a large number of sap feeding pests like white-flies, which...
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Farmer Suicides Rising in Punjab. Here's Why.
Punjab is seeing a surge in farmer suicides since August. Districts in the cotton belt of Malwa region are worst-hit. Farmer unions claim close to 100 farmers have committed suicide in Sangrur, Bathinda and Mansa.
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Rahul Gandhi Pitches Congress Alternative to Punjab Farmers in Distress
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of a farmer who had allegedly killed himself due to cotton crop failure in Punjab and accused the state's Akali Dal-BJP alliance of neglecting farmers.
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53 Bottles of Scotch in Home of Punjab Official Accused of Duping Farmers
Details of bank transactions running into crores, thousands of US and Canadian dollars and a large stock of expensive liquor were recovered from the home of a Punjab bureaucrat, police have said.
-
12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
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In Punjab, How Failing Pesticides, Seeds Are Claiming Farmers' Lives
Seven acres of pest-infested cotton, an old mother, two sisters and a six-lakh debt, is what Kala Singh has left behind. The 33-year-old Punjab farmer killed himself on Wednesday by drinking the same pesticide that failed to save his crop.
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Her Father Drank Pesticide, Said Sorry Before he Died
The eyes of 12-year-old Vinoda well up with tears each time she recalls how her father said sorry to her before he died. A cotton farmer in Telangana's Medak district, Balanarasaiah had drunk pesticide last month, leaving behind his two children, his mother and a debt of Rs 3 lakh.
