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Farmer Suicides Rising in Punjab. Here's Why.
Punjab is seeing a surge in farmer suicides since August. Districts in the cotton belt of Malwa region are worst-hit. Farmer unions claim close to 100 farmers have committed suicide in Sangrur, Bathinda and Mansa.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Families of Men Killed in Punjab Firing
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit the Punjab's Faridkot district tomorrow and meet the families of victims of police firing during a protest there against a sacrilege incident.
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53 Bottles of Scotch in Home of Punjab Official Accused of Duping Farmers
Details of bank transactions running into crores, thousands of US and Canadian dollars and a large stock of expensive liquor were recovered from the home of a Punjab bureaucrat, police have said.
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12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
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Punjab Chief Minister Announces Rs 600 Crore Package for Cotton Farmers
After facing criticism for paying meagre compensation to cotton growers, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a package of Rs 600 crore to be disbursed amongst farmers whose crops were damaged by Whitefly attack in the state.
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Police Cases Against 5 Pesticide Distributors After Malwa Cotton Crop Failure
Punjab police has registered five cases against distributors for the alleged supply of spurious pesticides responsible for cotton crop damage in Malwa region. Many farmers have killed themselves after their crop was infested with pests despite all precautions.
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In Punjab, How Failing Pesticides, Seeds Are Claiming Farmers' Lives
Seven acres of pest-infested cotton, an old mother, two sisters and a six-lakh debt, is what Kala Singh has left behind. The 33-year-old Punjab farmer killed himself on Wednesday by drinking the same pesticide that failed to save his crop.
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Farmer Suicides Rising in Punjab. Here's Why.
Punjab is seeing a surge in farmer suicides since August. Districts in the cotton belt of Malwa region are worst-hit. Farmer unions claim close to 100 farmers have committed suicide in Sangrur, Bathinda and Mansa.
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Rahul Gandhi Meets Families of Men Killed in Punjab Firing
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit the Punjab's Faridkot district tomorrow and meet the families of victims of police firing during a protest there against a sacrilege incident.
-
53 Bottles of Scotch in Home of Punjab Official Accused of Duping Farmers
Details of bank transactions running into crores, thousands of US and Canadian dollars and a large stock of expensive liquor were recovered from the home of a Punjab bureaucrat, police have said.
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12 Farmer Suicides in 45 days in Punjab's Cotton Belt
15-year- old Karamjit Kaur is in a state of shock, her father Sukhminder Singh, a 42-year- old farmer, consumed pesticide and hanged himself from a tree in his field, a day after he destroyed his pest ridden cotton crop. What is worrying the elders most is the repayment of Rs three lakh bank loan taken by the farmer.
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Punjab Chief Minister Announces Rs 600 Crore Package for Cotton Farmers
After facing criticism for paying meagre compensation to cotton growers, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today announced a package of Rs 600 crore to be disbursed amongst farmers whose crops were damaged by Whitefly attack in the state.
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Police Cases Against 5 Pesticide Distributors After Malwa Cotton Crop Failure
Punjab police has registered five cases against distributors for the alleged supply of spurious pesticides responsible for cotton crop damage in Malwa region. Many farmers have killed themselves after their crop was infested with pests despite all precautions.
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In Punjab, How Failing Pesticides, Seeds Are Claiming Farmers' Lives
Seven acres of pest-infested cotton, an old mother, two sisters and a six-lakh debt, is what Kala Singh has left behind. The 33-year-old Punjab farmer killed himself on Wednesday by drinking the same pesticide that failed to save his crop.
