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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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Cotton Farmers Threaten To Hold Protest Before RSS Headquarters In Nagpur
A group of over 400 cotton growers from Seloo village in Wardha district of Maharashtra have threatened to commit "self-immolation" in front of the RSS headquarters in Nagpur tomorrow to protest alleged non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 8 crores by a buyer, who they claimed is close to the saffron outfit.
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Why Cotton Farmers In Maharashtra's Yavatmal Are Unhappy With BJP
It was an electoral promise that touched millions of farmers - an increase of Minimum Support Price by 50%. And many of them were convinced: Narendra Modi was their clear choice for being India's Prime Minister.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Families of Men Killed in Punjab Firing
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit the Punjab's Faridkot district tomorrow and meet the families of victims of police firing during a protest there against a sacrilege incident.
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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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Punjab Chief Minister Announces Rs 600 Crore Package for Cotton Farmers
After facing criticism for paying meagre compensation to cotton growers, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a package of Rs 600 crore to be disbursed amongst farmers whose crops were damaged by Whitefly attack in the state.
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Police Cases Against 5 Pesticide Distributors After Malwa Cotton Crop Failure
Punjab police has registered five cases against distributors for the alleged supply of spurious pesticides responsible for cotton crop damage in Malwa region. Many farmers have killed themselves after their crop was infested with pests despite all precautions.
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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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In Telangana, 2 Orphaned Children Stare at Debt, Bonded Labour
The death of an indebted farmer often pushes his family and children into a worse crisis, especially when the administration doesn't come forward to support.
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In Vidarbha, First the Skies Dried Up, Then the Government's Promises
First the skies dried up, and then it rained heavily, too heavily for Ramesh Khamankar's cotton crop. In January, the cotton farmer from Maharashtra's Vidarbha region poisoned himself to death.
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12 Farmers in Vidarbha Commit Suicide In 72 Hours
In 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samittee chief Kishore Tiwari announced today.
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Protesting Cotton Farmers Threaten to Disrupt Forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat
The cotton farmers of Gujarat have decided to continue their agitation demanding better support price for their crop even as the already under pressure Anandiben Patel government tries to pacify them. These cotton farmers have also threatened to disrupt the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit.
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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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Cotton Farmers Threaten To Hold Protest Before RSS Headquarters In Nagpur
A group of over 400 cotton growers from Seloo village in Wardha district of Maharashtra have threatened to commit "self-immolation" in front of the RSS headquarters in Nagpur tomorrow to protest alleged non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 8 crores by a buyer, who they claimed is close to the saffron outfit.
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Why Cotton Farmers In Maharashtra's Yavatmal Are Unhappy With BJP
It was an electoral promise that touched millions of farmers - an increase of Minimum Support Price by 50%. And many of them were convinced: Narendra Modi was their clear choice for being India's Prime Minister.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Families of Men Killed in Punjab Firing
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit the Punjab's Faridkot district tomorrow and meet the families of victims of police firing during a protest there against a sacrilege incident.
-
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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Punjab Chief Minister Announces Rs 600 Crore Package for Cotton Farmers
After facing criticism for paying meagre compensation to cotton growers, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a package of Rs 600 crore to be disbursed amongst farmers whose crops were damaged by Whitefly attack in the state.
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Police Cases Against 5 Pesticide Distributors After Malwa Cotton Crop Failure
Punjab police has registered five cases against distributors for the alleged supply of spurious pesticides responsible for cotton crop damage in Malwa region. Many farmers have killed themselves after their crop was infested with pests despite all precautions.
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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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In Telangana, 2 Orphaned Children Stare at Debt, Bonded Labour
The death of an indebted farmer often pushes his family and children into a worse crisis, especially when the administration doesn't come forward to support.
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In Vidarbha, First the Skies Dried Up, Then the Government's Promises
First the skies dried up, and then it rained heavily, too heavily for Ramesh Khamankar's cotton crop. In January, the cotton farmer from Maharashtra's Vidarbha region poisoned himself to death.
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12 Farmers in Vidarbha Commit Suicide In 72 Hours
In 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samittee chief Kishore Tiwari announced today.
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Protesting Cotton Farmers Threaten to Disrupt Forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat
The cotton farmers of Gujarat have decided to continue their agitation demanding better support price for their crop even as the already under pressure Anandiben Patel government tries to pacify them. These cotton farmers have also threatened to disrupt the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit.
