Amitabh Bachchan to pay off loan of over 850 farmers worth Rs 5.5 crore
India | October 20, 2018 10:05 ISTEarlier too, the 76-year-old actor had helped over 350 farmers from Maharashtra by clearing their loans.
Earlier too, the 76-year-old actor had helped over 350 farmers from Maharashtra by clearing their loans.
Amitabh Bachchan, earlier helped around 350 farmers in Maharashtra by clearing off their debts.
The protests were held after police detained Dalit leader and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani, and over 70 others, in Saraspur area of Ahmedabad this morning when they tried to stage demonstrations over Vanakar's death.
"This is not governance. The Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) should run the state, not the BJP. Your administration stands on the dead body of Dharma Patil. His funeral pyre will reduce your chair to ashes," the Sena said.
"3,515 farmers were reported to have committed suicide from April 2013 to November 2017, and from April 2008 to April 2012, as many as 1,125 farmers were reported to have committed suicide," data reveals.
The Gandhian activist on Sunday blamed the Centre for farmers’ suicides and urged everyone to join him in his protest.
The findings by researchers at University of California, Berkeley in the US suggest failing harvests that push farmers into poverty are likely the key culprits
The apex court further said that the government was justified in requesting for a year’s time to show effective results of its pro-farmer schemes.
A cultivator allegedly committed suicide at a village in Solapur district, leaving behind a note purportedly stating that he should not be cremated till Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis visits his place and meets their demands
Independent MLA from Maharashtra Omprakash Babarao alias Bachhu Kadu, raked up a controversy here on Thursday by alleging that actress and Bharatiya Janata Party star MP Hema Malini is a "bumper drinker".
The farmers suicide cases in India saw a sharp rise of over 40 pc with number of deaths increasing from 5,650 in 2014 to 8,007 in 2015, says a report released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
India has been witnessing an alarming rise in farmer suicide cases. According to a report, in 2014, 5,650 farmers committed suicide whereas in 2015, the figure crossed 8,000 mark -- showing a 40 per cent rise.
Suicides by farmers touched a grim high in 2015. According to the data placed before Lok Sabha by MoS for Agriculture Mohanbhai Kundariya, over 2,000 farmers’ suicide cases were reported due to agrarian reasons in 2015 with highest number of 1,841 ca
Mumbai: In a major embarrassment to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state and at the Centre, a party MP from Maharashtra has mocked the serious issue of farmers' suicide saying the
Mumbai: As many as 1,000 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra in 2015, the state government today told the Bombay High Court.The court, which has taken up the issue of farmer suicides suo motu (on its
Bhubaneswar: Nirakar Sahu, a hotel management student, tried to commit suicide on Sunday outside the State Secretariat complex by consuming pesticide.His father, a farmer in Khuntuni near Cuttack, had borrowed Rs 70,000 for cultivation this
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