UP Farmer Dies by Suicide, Blames Nagar Panchayat Authorities in Note
2 years, 8 months ago

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide, Blames Nagar Panchayat Authorities in Note

News 18  

A suicide note, purportedly written by a farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district who committed suicide, has created a major controversy. His family created a ruckus following the recovery of the suicide note in which the farmer had written that he was taking the extreme step as his land had been forcibly occupied by the Nagar Panchayat authorities. Inderpal’s son Ankur said: “There was an orchard on our agricultural land which was forcibly occupied by the Nagar Panchayat claiming it to be its land and then forcibly dug a pond on it. “The news of a farmer committing suicide by consuming poison, and leaving behind a suicide note to protest against the digging exercise in his field by the Nagar Panchayat in Kanpur Dehat, is very saddening.

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Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana
17 hours, 46 minutes ago

Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana

New Indian Express  

MAHABUBABAD: Allegedly unable to bear the pressure of mounting debts, a 38-year-old farmer died by suicide in Seerole mandal on Sunday. Police said the victim, Thejavath Sreenu, a resident of Sakaram Naik Thanda, consumed pesticide at his agricultural field the evening before. Facing crop losses and struggling to repay the loans, Sreenu became increasingly distressed. Seerole Sub-inspector Ch Nagesh stated …

Lives of farmers committing suicide more valuable than mine: Farmer leader Jagjit Dallewal
1 week, 1 day ago

Lives of farmers committing suicide more valuable than mine: Farmer leader Jagjit Dallewal

Hindustan Times  

Veteran farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the 19th day on Saturday, said the lives of those farmers, who are committing suicide because of the “wrong policies of governments”, is more valuable than his. Veteran farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal being helped to the media interaction on Saturday. I appeal to the Supreme Court to pressure the government …

Haveri farmer's suicide due to crop loss, not Waqf notice: Police
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Haveri farmer's suicide due to crop loss, not Waqf notice: Police

Deccan Chronicle  

Haveri: Haveri district Superintendent of Police Anshu Kumar has clarified that the suicide of a farmer in Haveri two years ago was due to crop loss and debt, not related to any Waqf property notice. “A media report alleged that Rudrappa, a farmer from Harangiri village, took his life after discovering his 4-acre farmland had been marked as Waqf property. …

Farmer attempts suicide over land dispute with ex-RTI commissioner in Khammam, Telangana
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmer attempts suicide over land dispute with ex-RTI commissioner in Khammam, Telangana

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM : Alleging that former RTI commissioner Gugulothu Shankar Naik encroached his 1.50 acres of land, Pacchipala Bhadraiah, a 60-year-old farmer attempted suicide by consuming pesticide in his field at Aliatanda village in Karepalli mandal of Khammam district on Thursday. According to Bhadraiah’s nephew P Venkat, the dispute revolved around a 1.50-acre patch of the 5 acres owned by the …

Day after his death, speculation abounds over suicide of farmer in Telangana
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Day after his death, speculation abounds over suicide of farmer in Telangana

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM : There are several doubts circulating on social media regarding the suicide of farmer Bogedla Prabhakar. Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vkramarka on Wednesday assured people that the government will not spare anyone responsible for the farmer’s suicide. Family members of the farmer on Wednesday staged a protest before Mandal Revenue Officer K Ramesh at the water tank …

Accusing leaders of land grab, tiller dies by suicide in Telangana
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Accusing leaders of land grab, tiller dies by suicide in Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD.KHAMMAM : Alleging that his agriculture land was dug up and grabbed with the support of local leaders of the ruling Congress and TDP, Bogedla Prabhakar, a 43-year-old farmer, died by suicide after recording a video clip in Khammam on Monday evening. The farmer hailed from Proddutur of Chintakani mandal in Madhira Assembly segment of Khammam which is represented by …

Suicides by Farmers: Telangana HC Awaits Response from State
8 months, 1 week ago

Suicides by Farmers: Telangana HC Awaits Response from State

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Advocate-general A. Sudarshan Reddy on Monday sought time to get instructions from the state government on the rising incidences of suicides by farmers. Take recourse to Customs Act, HC tells petitioner and officials A two-judge panel of the Telangana High Court directed the parties to seek recourse to the Customs Act for release of 932 grams of seized gold. …

Karnataka: 1,219 farmers dies by suicide in 18 months due to crop loss caused by drought
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka: 1,219 farmers dies by suicide in 18 months due to crop loss caused by drought

India TV News  

In yet another tragic incident, a farmer in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru district took his own life on Monday. Farmer had a loan of Rs 3 lakh According to the police, Naik, was residing in Lingadahalli, Kadur taluk. 1,219 farmers have committed suicide According to officials, in Karnataka, a total of 1,219 farmers have lost their lives in the past 18 months …

Farmer's Suicide Note Leads to Controversy
1 year, 5 months ago

Farmer's Suicide Note Leads to Controversy

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: A farmer's suicide note blaming Chief Minister Y.S. The farmer, Subba Reddy, from Tudumulapalli in Khazipet mandal of Kadapa district consumed pesticide in his fields on outskirts of the village on Thursday night and died. With Subba Reddy leaving a suicide note holding CM responsible for his death, the area revenue divisional officer released a statement saying the farmer …

Take more steps to prevent farmer suicides, Revanth to KCR
1 year, 11 months ago

Take more steps to prevent farmer suicides, Revanth to KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Alleging that 7,069 farmers had committed suicide in the state since 2014, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday demanded that tenant farmers be given due recognition in all government schemes as almost 80 percent of those who ended their lives were from this category. In an open letter addressed to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Congress leader …

Farmer suicides in Telangana drop drastically
2 years ago

Farmer suicides in Telangana drop drastically

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The number of farmers and cultivators committing suicide in Telangana fell by about 59 per cent from 2017 till 2021, but the state still accounted for over 10 per cent of such incidents nationwide during that period, the Centre said on Friday. Presenting the data to Parliament, the Union agriculture and farmers welfare ministry said that from 2017 till …

Steep decline in farmers’ suicide in Telangana: Tomar
2 years, 8 months ago

Steep decline in farmers’ suicide in Telangana: Tomar

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that farmers' suicides in Telangana witnessed a steep decline since 2015. Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar gave a written reply in Lok Sabha to this effect to the question raised by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president and MP A. Revanth Reddy. Revanth Reddy sought to know the details of the number of …

Anil Deshmukh interfered in Mohan Delkar suicide probe: Param Bir Singh in explosive letter
3 years, 9 months ago

Anil Deshmukh interfered in Mohan Delkar suicide probe: Param Bir Singh in explosive letter

India Today  

Former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh, in an explosive letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday, levelled serious allegations against state home minister Anil Deshmukh. But, "The Hon'ble Home Minister kept insisting otherwise despite having been informed by me about the opinion of legal experts on this issue," Param Bir Singh said in the letter. Due to …

52-year-old farmer from Haryana found dead near Tikri border protest site; suicide suspected
3 years, 10 months ago

52-year-old farmer from Haryana found dead near Tikri border protest site; suicide suspected

Firstpost  

As per the police, the purported handwritten suicide note left by the farmer reads, ‘Dear farmer brethren, Modi government is giving date after date. No one knows when these black farm laws will be rolled back’ Chandigarh: A farmer from Jind in Haryana who was supporting the agitation against the Centre’s farm laws allegedly hanged himself from a tree merely …

Farmers' Protest | One farmer suicide at Delhi’s border, says Home Ministry
3 years, 10 months ago

Farmers' Protest | One farmer suicide at Delhi’s border, says Home Ministry

The Hindu  

The Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that 39 cases were registered against farmers protesting against the three agriculture laws at Delhi’s borders between September and December of 2020. In a written reply, Union Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy said that the farmers were tear-gassed and lathi-charged as “large convoys of protesting farmers in tractor trolleys …

Protesting farmer dies at Delhi-Ghaziabad border, suicide suspected
3 years, 11 months ago

Protesting farmer dies at Delhi-Ghaziabad border, suicide suspected

Live Mint  

A 75-year-old farmer, protesting against the government's newly-enacted farm laws at the Delhi-Ghaziabad, was found dead on Saturday. As per reports, Kashmir Singh left a suicide note, in which he has expressed his frustration over the stalemate in talks with the central government over the farm laws. Akhilesh Yadav accuses BJP of being 'heartless' Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav …

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border
3 years, 11 months ago

UP Farmer Dies by Suicide Near Protest Site at Delhi-Ghazipur Border

News 18  

While farmers continued their agitation against the Centre’s farm reform bills amid freezing temperatures in Delhi and adjoining areas, a middle-aged farmer allegedly died by suicide after he hanged himself in a toilet near the protest site at Ghazipur border. Expressing grief over the incident, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said such incidents are taking place because the government …

Maharashtra: Farmer commits suicide, names traders Sheikh Amin and Sheikh Gafoor for assault
4 years ago

Maharashtra: Farmer commits suicide, names traders Sheikh Amin and Sheikh Gafoor for assault

Op India  

Even as farmers’ protests continue along the Delhi border, a farmer in Maharashtra’s Amravati took the extreme step of committing suicide allegedly after being harassed by Sheikh Amin and Sheikh Gafoor, along with Police SI Deepak Jadhav. Farmer blames orange traders Sheikh Amin, Sheikh Gafoor, and Police SI Deepak Jadhav in his suicide note Bhuyar was an orange grower from …

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