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20 Farmers Die Of Pesticide Poisoning In Maharashtra, Some Critical
Over 600 farmers have been affected by pesticide inhalation in Maharashtra Vidarbha. With symptoms like blurred vision, nausea, skin rashes, headaches and dizziness, over 100 farmers are still recovering at the district hospital in Yavatmal. Some have lost their sight and others are in the intensive care unit
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Declare Suicide Prone Areas As Organic Farming Zones In Maharashtra: Activist
In the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for expansion of organic farming across the country, a prominent farm activist has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.
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Ignoring Drought-Hit Farmers Could Lead to a 'Bloody Revolution': Nana Patekar
In a move that would make him appear to be a misfit in Bollywood, Nana Patekar spends his weekends in Maharashtra's suicide belts of Marathwada and Vidarbha.
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Fear of Drought Makes Distressed Farmers Seek Permission to Die
Seven farmers from Maharashtra's Wardha district have written to the state government seeking permission to kill themselves. Deficient rainfall and hailstorms earlier this year had destroyed their crops, and they have not been given the promised compensation by the government since January this year.
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Congress Workers Help Deb-Ridden Farmers in Vidarbha Following Rahul Gandhi's Visit in April
Congress workers have adopted the households of nine debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers, who had committed suicide, and paid off their loans after party Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited them in April during his 'padyatra' over the farm distress issue.
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Rahul May Just Have Put BJP on the Defensive
The BJP has come to believe that Rahul Gandhi is an ineffectual 'Pappu'. Suddenly, has has hit and they don't know whether to attack him, says Kumar Ketkar.
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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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76-Year-Old Farmer in Drought-Hit Vidarbha Performs His Last Rites. Comment Here.
Kashiram Indore is the 42nd farmer to commit suicide in Maharashtra's drought-ravaged Vidarbha region in the last 50 days.
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Farmer in Drought-Hit Vidarbha Lights his Own Funeral Pyre
A 76-year-old soyabean farmer in Maharashtra performed his own last rites by building a pyre in the middle of his fields, climbing atop it and setting it ablaze on Friday last.
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Unable to buy Diwali gifts, five Vidarbha farmers commit suicide
The distressed farmers took the extreme step of ending their lives in the last 48 hours.
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Five farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
With five cotton growers committing suicide on Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting for farmers' rights said on Friday.
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Vidarbha: 9 farmer suicide in 5 days as cold destroys crop
The gushing in of bone-chilling cold wave has spelt disaster for the cotton farmers in Vidarbha. Nine farmers have killed themselves since Thursday as snow and hail ruins an almost-ready crop."My brother was very worried after the cold winds and the hail killed the crop. Two days ago, he talked about it with my wife. We did not think he will kill h...
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Vidarbha farmer's widow fights for change
Babytai Bais, a widow with three children, has hit the campaign trail in Vidarbha. She has replaced Kalavati as the Vidarbha Aghadi candidate.
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Vidarbha: Politics of Suicide Central
Western Maharashtra, a region with larger political clout, continues to eat into Vidarbha's chances of progress, say Vidarbha farmers.
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20 Farmers Die Of Pesticide Poisoning In Maharashtra, Some Critical
Over 600 farmers have been affected by pesticide inhalation in Maharashtra Vidarbha. With symptoms like blurred vision, nausea, skin rashes, headaches and dizziness, over 100 farmers are still recovering at the district hospital in Yavatmal. Some have lost their sight and others are in the intensive care unit
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Declare Suicide Prone Areas As Organic Farming Zones In Maharashtra: Activist
In the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for expansion of organic farming across the country, a prominent farm activist has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.
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Ignoring Drought-Hit Farmers Could Lead to a 'Bloody Revolution': Nana Patekar
In a move that would make him appear to be a misfit in Bollywood, Nana Patekar spends his weekends in Maharashtra's suicide belts of Marathwada and Vidarbha.
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Fear of Drought Makes Distressed Farmers Seek Permission to Die
Seven farmers from Maharashtra's Wardha district have written to the state government seeking permission to kill themselves. Deficient rainfall and hailstorms earlier this year had destroyed their crops, and they have not been given the promised compensation by the government since January this year.
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Congress Workers Help Deb-Ridden Farmers in Vidarbha Following Rahul Gandhi's Visit in April
Congress workers have adopted the households of nine debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers, who had committed suicide, and paid off their loans after party Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited them in April during his 'padyatra' over the farm distress issue.
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Rahul May Just Have Put BJP on the Defensive
The BJP has come to believe that Rahul Gandhi is an ineffectual 'Pappu'. Suddenly, has has hit and they don't know whether to attack him, says Kumar Ketkar.
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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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76-Year-Old Farmer in Drought-Hit Vidarbha Performs His Last Rites. Comment Here.
Kashiram Indore is the 42nd farmer to commit suicide in Maharashtra's drought-ravaged Vidarbha region in the last 50 days.
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Farmer in Drought-Hit Vidarbha Lights his Own Funeral Pyre
A 76-year-old soyabean farmer in Maharashtra performed his own last rites by building a pyre in the middle of his fields, climbing atop it and setting it ablaze on Friday last.
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Unable to buy Diwali gifts, five Vidarbha farmers commit suicide
The distressed farmers took the extreme step of ending their lives in the last 48 hours.
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Five farmers commit suicide in Vidarbha
With five cotton growers committing suicide on Thursday, a total of 507 farmers have killed themselves during 2011 alone in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, an NGO fighting for farmers' rights said on Friday.
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Vidarbha: 9 farmer suicide in 5 days as cold destroys crop
The gushing in of bone-chilling cold wave has spelt disaster for the cotton farmers in Vidarbha. Nine farmers have killed themselves since Thursday as snow and hail ruins an almost-ready crop."My brother was very worried after the cold winds and the hail killed the crop. Two days ago, he talked about it with my wife. We did not think he will kill h...
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Vidarbha farmer's widow fights for change
Babytai Bais, a widow with three children, has hit the campaign trail in Vidarbha. She has replaced Kalavati as the Vidarbha Aghadi candidate.
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Vidarbha: Politics of Suicide Central
Western Maharashtra, a region with larger political clout, continues to eat into Vidarbha's chances of progress, say Vidarbha farmers.
