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 near the deceased’s fields. So far, a case has been registered against 10 individuals based on a complaint filed by the deceased’s father, Bogedla Basavaiah.” or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences' helpline - 02225521111, which is available Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)

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Unable to repay loans, farmer ends life in Telangana
18 hours, 20 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 …

Telangana: Teacher Working for Farmers in Distress Wants Sops to Cover Tenants
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Teacher Working for Farmers in Distress Wants Sops to Cover Tenants

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In the heart of Telangana, where lush fields mask a growing crisis, government school teacher Puli Raju, 52, has become an unexpected ray of hope for countless families. His mission is to ensure government schemes include tenant farmers, who are disproportionately affected by borewell failures and systemic neglect. Raju, a teacher from Etigadda Kistapur village in Toguta mandal of …

Telangana Deputy CM Bhatti assures support to deceased farmer’s kin
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Deputy CM Bhatti assures support to deceased farmer’s kin

New Indian Express  

KHAMMAM : Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka promised to provide all the required support to the family of farmer Bogedla Prabhakar, who ended his life by suicide. The deputy CM visited the deceased farmer’s residence in Proddutur, which falls under his Madhira Assembly constituency, and consoled the family members. He also said that he has instructed the police officers …

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 …

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 …

KTR attributes “farmer first” policies of BRS for drop in ryots’ suicides in TG
5 months, 4 weeks ago

KTR attributes “farmer first” policies of BRS for drop in ryots’ suicides in TG

The Hindu  

The biggest achievement of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi government led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao till recently was its “farmer first” policy through which the government had several initiatives for the welfare of farmers and development of the agriculture sector, working president of the BRS K.T. All such initiatives have resulted in bringing down the distress deaths and suicides of farmers …

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. …

KCR spreading lies on farmer suicides: Ponnam
8 months, 3 weeks ago

KCR spreading lies on farmer suicides: Ponnam

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: BC welfare minister Ponnam Prabhakar accused former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of failing to take steps towards the restoration of the Kaleshwaram project which sank when the BRS was in power. Rao came out only to spread lies among the people through ‘Polam Bata’ programme by saying that 200 farmers had committed suicide and the drought-like conditions were …

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 …

Telangana: BJP leader allegedly attempted suicide over removal of Bandi Sanjay from post of state BJP head
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana: BJP leader allegedly attempted suicide over removal of Bandi Sanjay from post of state BJP head

Live Mint  

A BJP leader in Telangana’s Khammam district allegedly attempted suicide on Tuesday reportedly upset over removal of Bandi Sanjay Kumar from the post of state BJP unit's president, said a report by Press Trust of India quoting party sources. The report said that BJP Khammam town vice president G Srinivas allegedly attempted to commit suicide at his house in Khammam …

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 …

Farm suicides have come down, says Shobha Karandlaje
1 year, 9 months ago

Farm suicides have come down, says Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

The number of farmers suicides has come down after the BJP came to power at the Centre and in the State, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje said on Sunday. Addressing a rally of farmers and women in Raibag in Belagavi district, she said that farmers suicides reached a peak during the Congress regime. “The …

Palla slams Bandi\'s claim of 10,000 farmer suicides in TS
1 year, 10 months ago

Palla slams Bandi\'s claim of 10,000 farmer suicides in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Rythu Bandhu Samithi chairman and BRS MLC Palla Rajeshwar Reddy on Monday strongly refuted comments made by BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar that almost 10,000 farmers had committed suicide in the last eight years while the TRS was in power as a result of debt, a lack of MSP, and procurement issues. Speaking to media along with MLA …

Bandi arrested, Kamareddy shut down for farmers bandh
1 year, 11 months ago

Bandi arrested, Kamareddy shut down for farmers bandh

Deccan Chronicle  

KAMAREDDY: State BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar was arrested on Friday night at the Kamareddy district collectorate amid heightened tensions while leading a protest in support of farmers agitating against the Telangana government's move to convert farmland into an industrial zone. Security was ramped up across the district when farmers from Adloor, Adloor Yellareddy, Ilchipur, where the industrial zone is …

Kamareddy farmers protest turns violent
1 year, 11 months ago

Kamareddy farmers protest turns violent

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: At a time when the Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS government is getting ready for the elections with the newly coined campaign slogan 'Ab ki baar kisan sarkar,' hundreds of farmers from various villages in Kamareddy banded together to oppose the proposed industrial zone after a farmer committed suicide. For the second day in a row, farmers from Adloor, Yellareddy, Ilchipur, …

Farmer ends life over losing his land for industrial zone
1 year, 11 months ago

Farmer ends life over losing his land for industrial zone

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Fearing that his agricultural land will be taken for the proposed industrial zone, a 38-year-old farmer in Kamareddy district died by suicide, provoking a farmer-led protest demanding that the project be scrapped. Enraged family members of the deceased and farmers attempted to protest in front of the Kamareddy municipal office along with the body of the farmer. However, police …

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 …

Bommai gives job to wife of slain BJP worker
2 years, 2 months ago

Bommai gives job to wife of slain BJP worker

Deccan Chronicle  

MANGULURU: Keeping up his promise, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has provided a job to Praveen Nettaru’s wife Nuthana Kumari in his office. During his visit to the house of Praveen, the Chief Minister had assured the deceased BJP worker’s family that he would provide a job to Praveen’s wife. A notification was issued by the government on September 29 …

RSV, HRF say farmers’ families denied mandated compensation
2 years, 4 months ago

RSV, HRF say farmers’ families denied mandated compensation

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Rythu Swarajya Vedika and Human Rights Forum have demanded that state government extend financial aid to families of farmers who have committed suicide but have not yet received financial compensation from the state as envisaged under G.O. A three-member fact-finding team comprising RSV state committee member B. Kondal, HRF state executive committee member K. Madan Sekhar and HRF’s AP …

Welfare schemes should cover tenant farmers: Uttam
2 years, 4 months ago

Welfare schemes should cover tenant farmers: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Demanding that the welfare schemes should cover tenant farmers, Congress MP and former PCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy accused both the Telangana government and the BJP-led Union government of neglecting tenant farmers. The state Congress leader claimed that Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar responded to a question he asked in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a …

Farmers can change governments: Telangana Chief Minister KCR in Punjab
2 years, 7 months ago

Farmers can change governments: Telangana Chief Minister KCR in Punjab

India Today  

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao expressed solidarity with the protesting farmers and said that the farmers can overturn governments. The Telangana CM was in Chandigarh to meet the bereaved families of farmers who died during the "fight for farmers’ rights" against the Centre. Farmers can change governments if they want.” On Sunday, CM K Chandrashekar Rao and Delhi CM …

BJP activist’s suicide sparks tension in Khammam
2 years, 8 months ago

BJP activist’s suicide sparks tension in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Tension prevailed in Khammam on Saturday when the body of Samineni Sai Ganesh, who attempted suicide in Three Town due to alleged police harassment on Friday, was brought to district headquarters hospital for post-mortem. On hearing the news of Sai Ganesh’s death, BJP activists went on rampage and burnt a flexi of minister for transport P. Ajay Kumar at …

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 …

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 …

The human cost of India’s yearlong farmers’ protest
3 years ago

The human cost of India’s yearlong farmers’ protest

Al Jazeera  

Farmers’ unions say at least nine farmers died by suicide among a total of nearly 700 deaths, leaving families distraught and in debt. Fatehgarh Sahib, India – On the morning of November 10, the tall body of Gurpreet Singh was found hanging from a tree at Singhu outside Indian capital New Delhi, where thousands of farmers have been camping for …

UP: Woman SP worker dies by suicide; family claims she was ill-treated by police
3 years, 5 months ago

UP: Woman SP worker dies by suicide; family claims she was ill-treated by police

India TV News  

A Samajwadi Party worker allegedly died by suicide here with her family members accusing the police of misbehaviour pushing her to take the extreme step. Additional Superintendent of Police Mahendra Pratap Singh Chauhan on Sunday said Sudha Raikwar ended her life by hanging on Saturday. On the contrary, Sudha's daughter Roshni claimed her mother had gone to the police station …

Youth's Death by Suicide Over 'No Govt Job Notification' Stirs Political Slugfest in Telangana
3 years, 8 months ago

Youth's Death by Suicide Over 'No Govt Job Notification' Stirs Political Slugfest in Telangana

News 18  

An unemployed youth, who attempted suicide last week over not getting a job in the Telangana government, succumbed at a hospital here on Friday. If you or someone you know needs help, call any of these helplines: Aasra 022-27546669, Sneha 044-24640050, Sumaitri 011-23389090, Cooj 0832- 2252525, Jeevan 065-76453841, Pratheeksha 048-42448830, Maithri 0484-2540530, Roshni 040-66202000, Lifeline 033-64643267 Sunil Naik, 26, a …

Accused in Pooja Chavan suicide case, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Rathod to be accorded red carpet reception by supporters in Washim
3 years, 10 months ago

Accused in Pooja Chavan suicide case, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Rathod to be accorded red carpet reception by supporters in Washim

Op India  

Embroiled in the suicide case of the 22-year-old TikTok celebrity Pooja Chavan, the former Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod was accorded a red carpet reception by his supporters during his visit to Pohardevi temple in Maharashtra’s Washim district. Mahants at Pohardevi back embattled leader Sanjay Rathod Meanwhile, the Pohardevi Peetha has directed Rathod to face the inquiries in the Pooja Chavan …

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 …

Widows, Sisters & Mothers of Farmers, Who Died by Suicide Due to Debt Issues, Join Protest at Tikri Border
4 years ago

Widows, Sisters & Mothers of Farmers, Who Died by Suicide Due to Debt Issues, Join Protest at Tikri Border

News 18  

Several family members, including widows, mothers and sisters, of Punjab farmers who committed suicide due to rising debt, joined the protesters at Tikri border on Wednesday. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been protesting near various border points of Delhi, including Singhu and Tikri, for over a fortnight demanding that the Centre repeal three new farm laws. …

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