Yavatmal: Four cotton growers here committed suicide in the last three days as the local administration stopping relief aid to crisis-ridden farmers because of the code of conduct in place for coming local bodies elections, a local organisation fighting for farmers' cause alleged on Saturday. "All the officials are busy because of the ensuing local body election and the State Election Commission has stopped relief aids for farmers which has...
10:59 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Farmer suicides in Vidarbha have been occurring since the last 15 years but they only came to light around 2005. Post that the government announced several schemes and packages for the cotton farmers, including the much hyped Prime Minister's package. But Vidarbha still has just 4 per cent irrigated land, major loadshedding which has caused the per acre production of Vidarbha to be just 2 quintals of cotton...
08:58 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Mumbai: A mother's tears, a son's shaved head are telltale signs that death has struck the household in Vidarbha's Wardha district. Kamlabai Bhoyar's 28-year-old son Umesh committed suicide on November 17. He was worried about the Rs 1.5 lakh loan he'd taken. It's a double tragedy for Kamlabai, whose older son Vishwas Bhoyar also committed suicide 2 years ago. Her 5-year-old grandson Sumit is all she has left. But even...
06:43 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is expected to hold an all-party meeting on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing row over cotton prices. Farmers from Vidarbha have been protesting and demanding that the minimum support price be raised from Rs 3,300 to Rs 6,000 per quintal. They argue that cotton production cost this year was much higher that the minimum support price offered by the government. ...
07:42 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Opposition BJP-Shiv Sena combine is planning to hold rallies in Jalgaon and Nagpur in support of cotton farmers. The cultivators want the government to raise the minimum support prices from Rs 3, 300 to Rs 6, 000 a quintal. "The government has money to bail out Mallya but no money to give to the cotton farmers. If the government doesn't agree to the demands of the cotton...
08:54 AM, Nov 19, 2011
Mumbai: Cotton farmers from Vidarbha and Northern Maharashtra are up in arms after the government set a minimum support price lower than market rates. The ongoing agitation in the state turned violent in Amravati as farmers pelted stones on State Transport buses and government vehicles. With Municipal polls around the corner, the Shiv Sena and the MNS too jumped in, adding fuel to the fire. Police has detained 30 people....
06:45 AM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: The debate on splitting larger states has once again come to the forefront with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister announcing plans for carving out four new states: Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Awadh and Paschim Pradesh/Harit Pradesh. There have been long standing demands across India for the formation of new states and the list includes:1. Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir)2. Maru Pradesh (Rajasthan)3. Harit Pradesh/Paschim Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh)4. Awadh (Uttar Pradesh)5. Purvanchal/Bhojpur (Uttar...
09:28 PM, Nov 16, 2011
Nagpur: Targeting Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari on Monday claimed that Kalavati Bandurkar, a farmer's widow from Vidarbha, got no help from government. Speaking at a function to mark opening of crushing season at his Purti sugar factory at Belo near Nagpur, Gadkari offered aid of Rs one lakh to her. Kalavati, whose husband committed suicide in 2005, became face of the crisis...
11:00 PM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: Kalavati Bandurkar, who became the face of the Vidarbha's agrarian crisis after Rahul Gandhi mentioned her name in the Lok Sabha three years back, has slammed the cong-led Maharashtra government. Kalavati has complained that the government hasn't compensated over 4000 farmers for their land. She says that there will be no farmer suicides if the government gives good compensation for farm produce. Kalavati says that she is thankful...
04:38 PM, Jul 17, 2011
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This week, two states, separated at birth, completed their 50th birthday celebrations. While comparing siblings is often best avoided, the journey of Maharashtra and Gujarat ...
12:10 AM, May 06, 2011
Mumbai: Just last month Vilasrao Deshmukh was pulled up by the Supreme Court for shielding private moneylenders accused of land grab in Vidarbha. While Deshmukh has defended the portfolio change, farmers and the opposition are seeing red. Vidarbha farmer Sarangdhar Singh Chavan is one of those farmers who are still waiting for justice after exploitation at the hands of moneylenders. In December, the Supreme Court held former Maharashtra chief minister...
10:28 PM, Jan 20, 2011
Buldhana (Vidarbha): The issue of debt traps of Maharshtra came into focus after the Supreme Court raised questions on union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's alleged links to money lenders who harasses farmers. But has the court order brought any relief for farmers who are struck by difficult times and exploited by money lenders? There was yet another suicide in Vidarbha and farmers rallied around the family that has yet again lost...
12:08 AM, Dec 29, 2010
Vidarbha: Vidarbha farmers and widows have been protesting against Aamir Khan's latest film
Peepli Live. They feel it trivialises the issue of farmer suicides and have demanded a ban on the film. The angry widows of farmers who had committed suicide have set afire an effigy of actor Aamir Khan. These Vidharbha residents are incensed that Aamir's latest production
Peepli Live suggests farmers commit suicide to gain compensation from the...
07:30 AM, Aug 17, 2010
Nagpur: A farmer's advocacy group in Vidarbha has objected to the content of the just-released Hindi film
Peepli Live, saying it is a wrong representation of the misery of the family members of farmers who committed suicide. "The farmers in any region of India commit suicide due to the wrong policies of the government, not because family members can live off the compensation they would get," Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti...
07:04 PM, Aug 14, 2010
The actor has been calling up his Bollywood friends to aid the cause ...
03:13 PM, Aug 10, 2010
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