-Outlook Bhavnagar (Gujarat): Driven by abject poverty, three members of a family, including two girls, allegedly committed Suicide behind the railway quarters here today, police officials said. "Fed up with financial crisis, Asha Parmar (35) today committed Suicide by consuming poisionous substance along with her two daughters Jaishree (9) and Bhavika (4). Before taking the extreme step, she also made her two daughters consume the poisonous substance," Delta 'B' Division police inspector...
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UP: Farmer commits Suicide in the village adopted by Rahul Gandhi
-CNN-IBN Lucknow: A old farmer identified as Kapoor Singh allegedly committed Suicide by hanging himself in Madhavpur village of Uttar Pradesh's Banda district. According to the police, Kapoor Singh hanged himself as he was unable to pay off his Rs 5 lakh debt that he had taken for the marriage of his daughter. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had adopted Madhavpur village in 2007. Police officials say that Kapoor Singh has takes loan...
More »Who killed Namdeo?-Sreelatha Menon
-The Business Standard The latest Suicide in Vidarbha underlines the need for flexible loan repayment norms for farmers Is it better to give compensation to dead farmers, or to provide loans and insurance to those who are alive? In the case of a majority of cotton farmers in Maharashtra, who are struggling against shrinking land size, production costs and debts, there is neither credit or insurance when alive nor compensation on death. Farmers caught...
More »40% of Mumbai Suicides due to family issues, illnesses second -V Narayan
-The Times of India Four out of every 10 Suicides in Mumbai from 2007 to 2011 were due to family problems, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Similarly, 36% of Suicides across the state during the same period were due to family problems. The trend was nationwide, with domestic issues being the main cause of Suicides in high-incidence cities like Bangalore, Chennai and Delhi, and states like...
More »In the Name of the Greater Good-Gopalkrishna Gandhi
-The Telegraph A village awaits doomsday By Jaideep Hardikar, Penguin, Rs 299 Why is the year, 2011, important? It is important for some states like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, for it marked a change of government. But it is important, nationally, for the reason that 2011 was a census year. The data for Census 2011 has come, recently, into the public domain - which shows that our farmer population is shrinking....
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