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Opposition targets government over agrarian crisis, farmers' suicide
July 19, 2017 12:56 pm
Ali Anwar Ansari (JD-U) through a Zero Hour mention raised the issue of manual scavenging saying this practice was continuing even after the government has declared it illegal. The workers died in Delhi due to toxic gases while cleaning a septic tank.
Plea for relief to farmers’ kin: SC notice to Gujarat govt
November 01, 2014 1:07 am
The plea sought compensation to families of debt-ridden 619 farmers who allegedly committed suicides since 2003.
It's time to remove those behind farmers' suicides: Eknath Khadse
October 12, 2014 4:09 pm
He appealed to the people to bring the BJP to power with full majority so that developmental programmes could be implemented.
Modi hits out at Pawar for farmer suicides
March 21, 2014 12:28 am
The number of farmers' suicides in Vidarbha alone surpasses the total number of soldiers killed in the battlefield, Narendra Modi said.
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February 10, 2014 9:18 am
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Cong chief tells govt to stop farmers suicides
March 01, 2012 4:23 am
Two days after the unnatural death of a villager at Gajole in Malda district,West Bengal PCC chief Pradip Bhattacharya on Tuesday met his family and said the administration should address the issue of suicides.
Kerala: Three farmers suicides in one week
November 09, 2011 3:22 am
Three debt-ridden farmers in Keralas Wayanad district have committed suicide in the last one week,triggering panic in the region where scores of farmers ended their lives in the early years of the last decade.
Lehragaga farmers suicides come alive on screen in US
November 08, 2011 12:23 am
The farmers suicides of Lehragaga in Sangrur district found a voice in the US when the short film Toxic Tears was screened at the Global Wake-Up festival during last week of October in Chicago.
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