Last Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014, 16:46
More than 800 farmers have committed suicides this year due to agrarian distress, with maximum cases reported from Maharashtra, Parliament was informed Friday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 19:00
BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Tuesday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government and the Centre for "continuously neglecting" the agricultural sector, and alleged that their wrong policies were forcing farmers to end life.
Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 16:47
At least two farmers committed suicide in Odisha following crop failure, their families said Friday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 22:14
Maha govt said it is taking steps to insulate farmers from adverse market and weather conditions by helping them to have a regular income.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 11:12
Two debt-ridden farmers allegedly committed suicide in this district of Andhra Pradesh, police said on Saturday.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 17:54
Terming India`s rate of price rise the highest in the world, the CPI-M Sunday blamed the Congress-led UPA government`s policies for creating a tendency of suicide among farmers.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 17:32
As many as 608 farmers have committed suicide in the district in the last 14 years, a senior district official said.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 11:55
Three cotton farmers from Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh allegedly committed suicide owing to indebtedness and crop failure.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 14:03
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday termed farmers` suicide as a serious issue, but said such cases were showing a decline.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 17:31
Four more debt-ridden farmers have allegedly committed suicide in the district, taking this year`s toll to 536 in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 23:45
Eight farmers have committed suicide in Saurashtra this month due to crop failure following deficient rains, police said on Tuesday.
Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2012, 20:48
Chandrapur in south Vidarbha region on Friday was the hottest city with mercury rising to 45.8 degree Celsius, the highest in the season so far even as the city experienced brief spell of rains in the evening.
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