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Farmer In Telangana Earns About Rs 2 Crore In 15 Days Selling Tomatoes
B Mahipal Reddy from Mohd Nagar village in Kaudipally mandal of Medak district on Tuesday said tomatoes worth one crore rupees are yet to be harvested in his fields.
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KCR Takes Away Telangana Health Minister's Portfolio Over Land Allegation
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, or KCR as he is known, has taken away the portfolio of the state's Health Minister after allegations of land grab emerged against the latter.
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In Telangana Chief Minister KCR's Hometown, A Protest 'Cookout' By Farmers
At a village in Telangana's Medak, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao's home district, there was a cookout and a community lunch on Tuesday but it was no celebration.
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5 Farmer Suicides in KCR's District, Telangana Yet to Declare Drought
A single village in Telangana chief minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao's home district Medak, has recorded 34 farmer suicides, five of them after the new state of Telangana was born. Opposition parties say even though farmer suicides are being reported everyday, the chief minister is reluctant to declare a drought.
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Her Father Drank Pesticide, Said Sorry Before he Died
The eyes of 12-year-old Vinoda well up with tears each time she recalls how her father said sorry to her before he died. A cotton farmer in Telangana's Medak district, Balanarasaiah had drunk pesticide last month, leaving behind his two children, his mother and a debt of Rs 3 lakh.
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KCR in China. What About Us, Come Listen, Plead Farmers
A sing-song mourning ritual punctuated by shrill wails rents the air in the villages of the Medak district of Telangana as virtually every day this week, at least half a dozen farmer suicides have been reported from the rural part of the state.
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60 Gurgaon Mothers Offer to Help 2 Children Orphaned by Farmers' Crisis in Telangana
After NDTV highlighted the plight of two minor orphaned children in Telangana's Medak, forced into manual labour after their debt-ridden father committed suicide, the state government has stepped in, announcing an "immediate" compensation of Rs one lakh for the family.
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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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In Its First Five Months, Telangana Records Nearly 350 Farmer Suicides
This year's Dusshera turned into a day of mourning in Lugayapally Thanda in Telangana's Medak district. That day, Anji Naik, who was only 28, committed suicide by drinking pesticide in this tribal hamlet.
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Telangana Farmers Protest Against Lack of Power
Farmers in Chegunta Mandal in the Medak district of Andhra Pradesh today came out on the roads protesting against the lack of regular power supply.
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'Take Care of My Children. You Won't See Me Again': Telangana Farmer's Last Call
On June 6, Beeraiah, a farmer in Telangana's Medak district, made a strange phone call to his village headman after dinner. "Please look after my children - you will not see me again," he said before hanging up.
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A Father's Last Words To His Son Before He Killed Himself
"Don't become a farmer." Those were the last words that a farmer in a Telangana village said to his young son, shortly before he killed himself.
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In KCR's Constituency, Hopeless Farmers are Taking a Drastic Way Out
In Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's constituency - Gajwel in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district -- three farmers have killed themselves in the last three weeks after their crop failed due to the dry monsoon.
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Crops that need less water
Farmers of a village in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh have switched to crops that need less water to ensure that despite erratic and poor rains, their families do not suffer.
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Farmer In Telangana Earns About Rs 2 Crore In 15 Days Selling Tomatoes
B Mahipal Reddy from Mohd Nagar village in Kaudipally mandal of Medak district on Tuesday said tomatoes worth one crore rupees are yet to be harvested in his fields.
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KCR Takes Away Telangana Health Minister's Portfolio Over Land Allegation
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, or KCR as he is known, has taken away the portfolio of the state's Health Minister after allegations of land grab emerged against the latter.
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In Telangana Chief Minister KCR's Hometown, A Protest 'Cookout' By Farmers
At a village in Telangana's Medak, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao's home district, there was a cookout and a community lunch on Tuesday but it was no celebration.
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5 Farmer Suicides in KCR's District, Telangana Yet to Declare Drought
A single village in Telangana chief minister, K Chandrashekhar Rao's home district Medak, has recorded 34 farmer suicides, five of them after the new state of Telangana was born. Opposition parties say even though farmer suicides are being reported everyday, the chief minister is reluctant to declare a drought.
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Her Father Drank Pesticide, Said Sorry Before he Died
The eyes of 12-year-old Vinoda well up with tears each time she recalls how her father said sorry to her before he died. A cotton farmer in Telangana's Medak district, Balanarasaiah had drunk pesticide last month, leaving behind his two children, his mother and a debt of Rs 3 lakh.
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KCR in China. What About Us, Come Listen, Plead Farmers
A sing-song mourning ritual punctuated by shrill wails rents the air in the villages of the Medak district of Telangana as virtually every day this week, at least half a dozen farmer suicides have been reported from the rural part of the state.
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60 Gurgaon Mothers Offer to Help 2 Children Orphaned by Farmers' Crisis in Telangana
After NDTV highlighted the plight of two minor orphaned children in Telangana's Medak, forced into manual labour after their debt-ridden father committed suicide, the state government has stepped in, announcing an "immediate" compensation of Rs one lakh for the family.
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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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In Its First Five Months, Telangana Records Nearly 350 Farmer Suicides
This year's Dusshera turned into a day of mourning in Lugayapally Thanda in Telangana's Medak district. That day, Anji Naik, who was only 28, committed suicide by drinking pesticide in this tribal hamlet.
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Telangana Farmers Protest Against Lack of Power
Farmers in Chegunta Mandal in the Medak district of Andhra Pradesh today came out on the roads protesting against the lack of regular power supply.
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'Take Care of My Children. You Won't See Me Again': Telangana Farmer's Last Call
On June 6, Beeraiah, a farmer in Telangana's Medak district, made a strange phone call to his village headman after dinner. "Please look after my children - you will not see me again," he said before hanging up.
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A Father's Last Words To His Son Before He Killed Himself
"Don't become a farmer." Those were the last words that a farmer in a Telangana village said to his young son, shortly before he killed himself.
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In KCR's Constituency, Hopeless Farmers are Taking a Drastic Way Out
In Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's constituency - Gajwel in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district -- three farmers have killed themselves in the last three weeks after their crop failed due to the dry monsoon.
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Crops that need less water
Farmers of a village in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh have switched to crops that need less water to ensure that despite erratic and poor rains, their families do not suffer.
