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Maharashtra Farmer Suicides: Widows To Get Land Rights Transferred
The Maharashtra government has decided to transfer land titles of farmers who have committed suicide to their widows with an aim to empower them.
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Holding Photographs Of Husbands, Widows Of Farmers Protest In Delhi
Among thousands who thronged the national capital to register their protest against increasing expenditure and decreasing farm income, there were wives of farmers who had committed suicide. At least four women, wives of cotton farmers from Telangana who killed themselves, had marched to the parliament. They had hung photographs of their husbands ar...
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Amid Talk Of Early Polls, Telangana's KCR Showers Farmers With Cash Gifts
Will he won't he, is the big question on everyone's mind. A cabinet meeting prior to the massive public rally has heightened speculation of early elections in Telangana. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao could announce decision to dissolve assembly and go for early elections, sources have told NDTV.
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Amitabh Bachchan Pledges Rs 2 Crore To Army Widows, Farmers
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan today confirmed reports that he would be donating Rs 2 crore for the welfare of Indian Army martyrs' widows and farmers.
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Her Husband Drank Pesticide. Now, She’s A Telangana Farmer, Needs Help
Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...
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Amarinder Singh Invites Farmers' Widows To Flag Off Punjab Kisan Yatra
Congress leader and Punjab's former chief minister Amarinder Singh will begin a three-day Kisan Yatra today, which will be flagged off by widows of farmers who committed suicide after not being able to pay off their debts.
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As Farmers Commit Suicide, Their Widows Suffer 'Living Death'
At the age of 24, Joshna Wandile and her two children were thrown out of the house she shared with her in-laws after her farmer husband hanged himself. He left a pile of debts after years of drought laid waste to his land.
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Without Help, My Sons Would've Lost Another Parent: Telangana Farmer's Widow
Words failed Kanakamma. She could only fold her hands in a gesture of gratitude - meant for the hundreds of people who have come out forward to support her after her husband Kanakaiah, a farmer from Telangana, committed suicide.
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Opinion: Newsroom: When Nana Patekar Became a Real Life Hero
How do we make the stories of Marathwada relevant in Mumbai's Pali Hill drawing rooms or even in Chennai and Bengaluru?
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For Nana Patekar, a Roomful of Cellphones Turned Into Torches
Even as actor Nana Patekar hits the screens once again in a comic role in Welcome Back, on the ground in Maharashtra' drought-hit Latur, it's his image of a serious, no-nonsense man that comes to the forefront.
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From Mumbai Police Commissioner To Philanthropist - A Top Cop's Unexpected Post-Retirement Job
Whether it is helping farmer widows in Wardha and Yavatmal districts or reaching out to the poor in Mumbai's slums, the resolution of 65-year-old, retired police commissioner AN Roy, is absolute.
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Vidarbha's Kalavati Wants Rahul Gandhi to Help Her Sons
Kalavati Bandurkar, the widowed Vidarbha farmer who shot to fame after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited her in 2008 and narrated her plight in Parliament, now wants the Congress leader to help her sons earn their livelihood.
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Telangana Farmer Suicides: Family Members Hold 'Dharna' in Hyderabad, Seek Help
The Telugu Desam Party today sought to embarrass Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao by organising a dharna in Hyderabad, with the widows and children of nearly 100 farmers who have killed themselves in KCR's home district of Medak.
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Vidarbha farmers, widows to 'mourn' decade of BT cotton
Bt cotton, Vidarbha farmers, protest
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Kalawati got nothing from govt: Gadkari
Targeting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Nitin Gadkari claimed that Kalawati Bandurkar, a farmer's widow from Vidarbha, got no help from government.
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Maharashtra Farmer Suicides: Widows To Get Land Rights Transferred
The Maharashtra government has decided to transfer land titles of farmers who have committed suicide to their widows with an aim to empower them.
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Holding Photographs Of Husbands, Widows Of Farmers Protest In Delhi
Among thousands who thronged the national capital to register their protest against increasing expenditure and decreasing farm income, there were wives of farmers who had committed suicide. At least four women, wives of cotton farmers from Telangana who killed themselves, had marched to the parliament. They had hung photographs of their husbands ar...
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Amid Talk Of Early Polls, Telangana's KCR Showers Farmers With Cash Gifts
Will he won't he, is the big question on everyone's mind. A cabinet meeting prior to the massive public rally has heightened speculation of early elections in Telangana. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao could announce decision to dissolve assembly and go for early elections, sources have told NDTV.
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Amitabh Bachchan Pledges Rs 2 Crore To Army Widows, Farmers
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan today confirmed reports that he would be donating Rs 2 crore for the welfare of Indian Army martyrs' widows and farmers.
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Her Husband Drank Pesticide. Now, She’s A Telangana Farmer, Needs Help
Yadadri, Telangana: Two years after her husband drank pesticide and killed himself unable to pay off farm debts, Manjula Karnala is a farmer herself. At her home in a village in the Yadadri district of Telangana, about 80 km from Hyderabad, there are no photos of her husband, Sridhar Karnalala. Manjula explains that’s because her young son was t...
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Amarinder Singh Invites Farmers' Widows To Flag Off Punjab Kisan Yatra
Congress leader and Punjab's former chief minister Amarinder Singh will begin a three-day Kisan Yatra today, which will be flagged off by widows of farmers who committed suicide after not being able to pay off their debts.
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As Farmers Commit Suicide, Their Widows Suffer 'Living Death'
At the age of 24, Joshna Wandile and her two children were thrown out of the house she shared with her in-laws after her farmer husband hanged himself. He left a pile of debts after years of drought laid waste to his land.
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Without Help, My Sons Would've Lost Another Parent: Telangana Farmer's Widow
Words failed Kanakamma. She could only fold her hands in a gesture of gratitude - meant for the hundreds of people who have come out forward to support her after her husband Kanakaiah, a farmer from Telangana, committed suicide.
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Opinion: Newsroom: When Nana Patekar Became a Real Life Hero
How do we make the stories of Marathwada relevant in Mumbai's Pali Hill drawing rooms or even in Chennai and Bengaluru?
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For Nana Patekar, a Roomful of Cellphones Turned Into Torches
Even as actor Nana Patekar hits the screens once again in a comic role in Welcome Back, on the ground in Maharashtra' drought-hit Latur, it's his image of a serious, no-nonsense man that comes to the forefront.
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From Mumbai Police Commissioner To Philanthropist - A Top Cop's Unexpected Post-Retirement Job
Whether it is helping farmer widows in Wardha and Yavatmal districts or reaching out to the poor in Mumbai's slums, the resolution of 65-year-old, retired police commissioner AN Roy, is absolute.
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Vidarbha's Kalavati Wants Rahul Gandhi to Help Her Sons
Kalavati Bandurkar, the widowed Vidarbha farmer who shot to fame after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited her in 2008 and narrated her plight in Parliament, now wants the Congress leader to help her sons earn their livelihood.
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Telangana Farmer Suicides: Family Members Hold 'Dharna' in Hyderabad, Seek Help
The Telugu Desam Party today sought to embarrass Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao by organising a dharna in Hyderabad, with the widows and children of nearly 100 farmers who have killed themselves in KCR's home district of Medak.
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Vidarbha farmers, widows to 'mourn' decade of BT cotton
Bt cotton, Vidarbha farmers, protest
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Kalawati got nothing from govt: Gadkari
Targeting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP president Nitin Gadkari claimed that Kalawati Bandurkar, a farmer's widow from Vidarbha, got no help from government.
