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16 Dec 2020

Farmers Protest: Sant Ram Singh committed suicide in support of farmers

Sant Baba Ram Singh, who was supporting farmers protest, has committed suicide by shooting himself. Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that Baba committed suicide in support of farmers.

Farmers Suicide

17 Nov 2020

DNA Exclusive: Punjab emerging as new abode of farmers' suicide; here's why

Over 3500 farmers have committed suicide in Punjab in the last 10 years and 97% of these deaths took place in the Malwa region The fields in Malwa where farmers once used to grow cotton, wheat, and paddy are now turning into their cemeteries The Zee News team visited such villages in the states where cases of farmers' suicides are increasing rapidly

03 Jan 2020

Maharashtra notched around 3,500 farmers' suicides in 2019

This is more or less the annual average for the past 10 years though there are periodic increases in the monthly figures of suicides, owing to certain specific conditions that may prevail, according to Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavalamban Mission (VNSSM) President Kishore Tiwari.

20 Nov 2019

Centre's lack of concern forcing farmers to end life in Marathwada: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena has attacked Centre over its failure to declare unseasonal rains in Maharashtra as ''natural calamity.''

06 Jul 2017

Issue of farmers' suicides can't be dealt with overnight: Supreme Court

The bench was hearing the PIL raising the issue of farmer suicides in Gujarat, which was later expanded pan-India by the Supreme Court.

23 Jun 2017

Farmers in three Marathwada villages create oasis in suicide-prone region

According to the KVK data, agriculture income from this watershed area was Rs 27 crore in 2012-13 when rainfall was just 29 per cent of the annual average. In 2015-16, the income rose to Rs 42 crore when rainfall was 60 per cent. Before the watershed project, the average yearly income in the villages was Rs 77 lakh.

20 Jun 2017

Two more farmers end lives in Madhya Pradesh; 17 suicides since June 8

In Dhamna village of Narsinghpur district, 65-year-old farmer Laxmi Gumasta allegedly committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at his home this morning, the police said.

Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil

15 Jun 2017

Maharashtra Opposition Leader adopts 208 suicide-hit farmers' families

Bollywood personalities Nana Patekar, Makarand Anaspure, Akshay Kumar and others have also extended different types of help to distressed farmers in the state.

03 Mar 2017

Govt going in "wrong direction" to check farmers' suicide: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today expressed grave concern over farmers' suicide due to indebtedness and crop failure and said it felt the government was going in a "wrong direction" in tackling the real problem.

22 Jul 2016

Bhoot, pret, upari saya: MP minister clarifies on reasons behind farmers' suicide

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh, who had blamed 'ghosts' for farmer suicides in the state, has now clarified his remarks.

Aam Aadmi Party

15 May 2016

Aam Aadmi Party accuses Badal govt of trying to suppress protest

AAP had planned to gherao Badal's residence in Chandigarh tomorrow on the issue of alleged food grain scam and farmers' suicide.

12 Mar 2016

Farmer commits suicide in Tamil Nadu over non-payment of dues

Seems, the tentacles of law choose to torment the downtrodden over the mighty. At a time when business tycoon Vijay Mallya, who owes nearly a billion dollars to banks, fled the country to evade the law of the land, a poor farmer in Tamil Nadu was compelled to end his life over non-payment of dues.

Bharatiya Janata Party

18 Feb 2016

BJP MP Gopal Shetty creates furore, says it`s fashionable for farmers to commit suicide

In controversial remarks, BJP MP Gopal Shetty has attributed farmers' suicides to a "fashion" and "trend" to end lives.

Siddhivinayak temple

01 Jan 2016

Siddhivinayak Temple's noble move to bring back smiles of dead farmers' children

The Siddhivinayak Temple has set aside a budget of Rs 1 crore to finance the studies of children of farmers who have committed suicide in Maharashtra. Siddhivinayak Temple Trust's 'Siddhivinayak Scholarship Scheme' will help in studies of such students till graduation.

Devendra Fadnavis

10 Oct 2015

Maharashtra CM wants to rope in Deepika Padukone for engaging with farmers

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said he wanted Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone to engage with farmers against the backdrop of agrarian crisis in the state.

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