Farmer deaths

FARMER DEATHS NEWS

For kin of farmer who died, grief and more questions than answers

May 07, 2024 9:13 am

Farmer unions set a two-day deadline for the arrest, warn with a protest outside Moti Bagh Palace.

‘Tractors of farmers who died at morchas still stand at Delhi borders, so other families can use it’

February 16, 2021 10:53 am

Punjab singer and actor Harbhajan Mann releases song on farmers’ deaths days after Dalal’s comments.

Punjab: Farmer dies after consuming sulphas tablets, note blames Kangar, Mansa DC

August 18, 2020 12:28 am

In an alleged suicide note, Balbir Singh named the deputy commissioner and Revenue Minister Gurpreet Kangar, who had tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, when he visited Kotra to inaugurate a smart school there.

Sharad Pawar on farmer deaths: Didn't allow use of harmful pesticides as agriculture minister

October 23, 2017 5:48 pm

The NCP chief said expressed concern over the availability of uncertified pesticides and said the "ministry concerned is fully responsible" for the deaths

Farmers' deaths due to pesticide inhalation: activist Kishor Tiwari terms it 'genocide committed by state'

October 09, 2017 4:14 pm

Addressing a press conference in Nagpur on Monday, Tiwari said over 40 farmers have died while over 2,000 were hospitalised due to passive inhalation of pesticides in Vidarbha and Marathwada.

Maharashtra govt orders probe into farmers’ death in Yatmal

October 04, 2017 1:35 am

In Yavatmal district of Vidarbha, 18 farmers lost their lives and preliminary reports indicated they were spraying pesticides to protect their crops from disease and damages when they complained of illness and died. 

Missing the point

June 23, 2017 12:06 am

Farmers need better price realisations, not blanket waivers

Three farmers die of cardiac arrest over crop loss in UP

April 12, 2015 2:41 pm

The ADM has sent a team of revenue department to the respective villages to probe the matter.

Farmer deaths choking exchequer, UP eyes insurance firms to ease ‘burden’

February 23, 2015 5:40 am

There are over 2.5 crore farmers in the state who have their names in the revenue records.

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