Bihar Farmer Suicide

A 55-year-old farmer who had facilitated return of his Bihar-based workers to their homes by air during COVID-19 pandemic died allegedly by suicide inside a temple in the Outer Delhi's Alipur area, police said on Wednesday.

A mushroom farmer who sent his workers home to Bihar on a plane during the migrant crisis spurred by the 2020 Covid lockdown was found hanging in a temple in Delhi on Wednesday.

Sneha, 16, was from a humble home. Daughter of a farmer from a remote village in Bihar, she had come to Kota to prepare for the high pressure medical entrance exams. But on Monday, she was found hanging in her room .

A 65-year-old farmer in Bihar killed himself on Tuesday by consuming Sulphate tablets. His wife, who also took the tablets, is battling for her life. The couple had lost their wheat crop to rain this year.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has failed to support farmers affected by unseasonal rains and claimed that the recent suicide of a debt-ridden farmer was the first such incident in the state in post-Independence era.

Farmers in Jharkhand have written a letter to the President of India and the Governor, requesting them to grant permission to commit suicide. ''We have written to the president and the governor that if the situation does not improve soon then we will go ahead and commit suicide,'' said Chandeshwari Singh, farmer.One might dismiss this declaration a...

A 55-year-old farmer who had facilitated return of his Bihar-based workers to their homes by air during COVID-19 pandemic died allegedly by suicide inside a temple in the Outer Delhi's Alipur area, police said on Wednesday.

A mushroom farmer who sent his workers home to Bihar on a plane during the migrant crisis spurred by the 2020 Covid lockdown was found hanging in a temple in Delhi on Wednesday.

Sneha, 16, was from a humble home. Daughter of a farmer from a remote village in Bihar, she had come to Kota to prepare for the high pressure medical entrance exams. But on Monday, she was found hanging in her room .

A 65-year-old farmer in Bihar killed himself on Tuesday by consuming Sulphate tablets. His wife, who also took the tablets, is battling for her life. The couple had lost their wheat crop to rain this year.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has failed to support farmers affected by unseasonal rains and claimed that the recent suicide of a debt-ridden farmer was the first such incident in the state in post-Independence era.

Farmers in Jharkhand have written a letter to the President of India and the Governor, requesting them to grant permission to commit suicide. ''We have written to the president and the governor that if the situation does not improve soon then we will go ahead and commit suicide,'' said Chandeshwari Singh, farmer.One might dismiss this declaration a...