Rajasthan Farmer Suicide
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Rajasthan Farmer Kills Self After Hail Damaged Standing Crops: Police
A 60-year-old farmer allegedly killed himself in Rajasthan's Bundi district, ostensibly after rain and hail damaged standing crops in his field, police said on Sunday.
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Farmer Commits Suicide In Rajasthan, Government Denies Agricultural Distress
While rains this season were generous on Rajasthan, at 105 per cent the expected level, not all of the state was as lucky. Nine districts, especially in east and north Rajasthan, have suffered as the monsoon has been at 45 per cent deficit.
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In Rajasthan's Bharatpur, Weighed Down by Debt, Farmer Commits Suicide
At 45 degrees, Bharatpur's Santruk village is boiling - a far cry from the hailstorms of last month which ate up over 80% crops in Rajasthan, placing the state alongside Telangana and Maharashtra, which regularly witnesses suicide by farmers.
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Rajasthan Government Says Not All Farmer Suicides are Due to Crop Loss; Opposition Disagrees
Even as concerns rise about whether Rajasthan, that never reported suicides by farmers despite four years of drought, is turning into a state of farmer suicides, the state government is in damage control mode saying that the agricultural crisis isn't necessarily responsible for 11 farmers killing themselves in the last 45 days.
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Tamil Nadu Cotton Farmer Kills Himself After Friday's Rains Destroy Half His Crop
A thirty-year-old cotton farmer from Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, killed himself yesterday by consuming pesticide, after heavy, unseasonal rains on Friday night destroyed half his crop.
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Delhi Government vs Delhi Police Over Farmer's Death at AAP Rally
Two days after a farmer hanged himself at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, the police and state government are virtually at war. Both blame each other for not saving the farmer.
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Third Farmer Commits Suicide in 48 Hours in Rajasthan
A 35-year-old farmer distressed over low crop output hanged himself yesterday at Santruk village in Bharatpur district, said police. He is the third farmer to have done so in the last 48 hours.
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'Nothing More Important Than Human Life,' Says PM on Farmer's Death at Delhi Rally
"Nothing is more important than human life," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a short speech in the Lok Sabha today on the death a farmer from Rajasthan, who hanged himself from a tree at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in the heart of Delhi on Wednesday.
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In Rajasthan's Alwar, a Second Farmer Commits Suicide in a Day
Two farmers from Rajasthan committed suicide today. While one of them, Gajender Singh, hanged himself at the Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, triggering a political maelstrom, the other death took place in Alwar.
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Rajasthan Farmer Kills Self After Hail Damaged Standing Crops: Police
A 60-year-old farmer allegedly killed himself in Rajasthan's Bundi district, ostensibly after rain and hail damaged standing crops in his field, police said on Sunday.
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Farmer Commits Suicide In Rajasthan, Government Denies Agricultural Distress
While rains this season were generous on Rajasthan, at 105 per cent the expected level, not all of the state was as lucky. Nine districts, especially in east and north Rajasthan, have suffered as the monsoon has been at 45 per cent deficit.
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In Rajasthan's Bharatpur, Weighed Down by Debt, Farmer Commits Suicide
At 45 degrees, Bharatpur's Santruk village is boiling - a far cry from the hailstorms of last month which ate up over 80% crops in Rajasthan, placing the state alongside Telangana and Maharashtra, which regularly witnesses suicide by farmers.
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Rajasthan Government Says Not All Farmer Suicides are Due to Crop Loss; Opposition Disagrees
Even as concerns rise about whether Rajasthan, that never reported suicides by farmers despite four years of drought, is turning into a state of farmer suicides, the state government is in damage control mode saying that the agricultural crisis isn't necessarily responsible for 11 farmers killing themselves in the last 45 days.
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Tamil Nadu Cotton Farmer Kills Himself After Friday's Rains Destroy Half His Crop
A thirty-year-old cotton farmer from Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, killed himself yesterday by consuming pesticide, after heavy, unseasonal rains on Friday night destroyed half his crop.
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Delhi Government vs Delhi Police Over Farmer's Death at AAP Rally
Two days after a farmer hanged himself at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, the police and state government are virtually at war. Both blame each other for not saving the farmer.
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Third Farmer Commits Suicide in 48 Hours in Rajasthan
A 35-year-old farmer distressed over low crop output hanged himself yesterday at Santruk village in Bharatpur district, said police. He is the third farmer to have done so in the last 48 hours.
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'Nothing More Important Than Human Life,' Says PM on Farmer's Death at Delhi Rally
"Nothing is more important than human life," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a short speech in the Lok Sabha today on the death a farmer from Rajasthan, who hanged himself from a tree at an Aam Aadmi Party rally in the heart of Delhi on Wednesday.
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In Rajasthan's Alwar, a Second Farmer Commits Suicide in a Day
Two farmers from Rajasthan committed suicide today. While one of them, Gajender Singh, hanged himself at the Aam Aadmi Party rally in Delhi, triggering a political maelstrom, the other death took place in Alwar.
