Orissa orders probe into two farmers' suicidesOctober 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Under pressure from opposition parties, the Orissa government Tuesday ordered a probe into reports of farmers' suicides in the state. Orissa Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout has instructed the revenue divisional commissioner (RDC), northern range, to file in a day or two a report on the alleged farmers' suicides after crop loss.
BJP takes on Cong over energy sector, water woes and inflationOctober 10th, 2009 NANDED - Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani criticised the ruling UPA Government for not developing the energy sector and held it responsible for water woes and inflation in the country. The Government has failed to keep a check on spiralling prices rise.
Advani terms Maharashtra as a state of record suicides by farmersOctober 8th, 2009 PUNE/AURANGABAD - BJP leader L K Advani has termed the state of Maharashtra the record holder for most cases of suicide by the farmers. The elections to the legislature of Maharashtra are scheduled to be held on October 13.
Dozens of Indian farmers, struggling with drought and debt, kill themselvesAugust 27th, 2009 Drought, debt lead to Indian farmers' suicidesHYDERABAD, India — Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India in recent weeks, leaving behind families plunged even further into poverty, activists and politicians said. Nearly every day, newspapers report more farmer suicides in Andhra Pradesh, a state of 80 million people where 70 percent of the population depends on agriculture — and which has suffered badly this year from weak monsoon rains.
Farmers' suicides of great concern, says ClintonJuly 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday said farmers need financial security to prevent them committing suicide as has been happening in India, and stop them from drifting away from agriculture, like in the US. "Yeah, it (farmers' suicides) is a great concern.
It will be BJP or Congress-led government: AdvaniApril 29th, 2009 ULUBERIA - Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Wednesday said Left parties couldn't be more mistaken if they believe that the Third Front will ever come to power.
Advani blames Congress for farmer suicidesApril 15th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani Wednesday, at a rally in Orissa, said that farmer suicides are happening only in Congress-ruled states and blamed the party for their plight.
NDA will bring back money stashed abroad: AdvaniApril 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), if voted to power, would make all efforts to bring back the money Indians have stashed in tax havens abroad, BJP prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani said Thursday.
Congress attacks Advani on black money issueApril 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Criticising Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for raising the issue of black money stashed abroad, the Congress party Saturday said he was not aware of the legal procedures to repatriate such funds.
Advani skirts Varun controversyMarch 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani, addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh Saturday, chose not to comment on young party leader Varun Gandhi's reported hate speeches.
UPA dividing people on basis of minority, majority: AdvaniFebruary 21st, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Criticising the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for 'dividing people on the basis of minority and majority communities', Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani said here Friday that the UPA was using caste and religion for nursing its vote banks.
Number of suicides in Kerala comes downFebruary 18th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala leads the country in literacy and health indicators but also has dubious distinction of having the highest rate of suicide. However, Social Welfare Minister P.K.
Advani's spat with UPA MPs over farmer suicidesFebruary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani had a verbal brawl with members of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Lok Sabha over the compensation paid to families of farmers who committed suicide after crop failure.
BJP is not a party of dynasty, says AdvaniFebruary 7th, 2009 NAGPUR - In an oblique reference to the Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Sunday that his party was 'not run by dynasty'.
Rs.1.3 mn stolen from Ludhiana farmerDecember 30th, 2008 LUDHIANA - A farmer from this industrial city of Punjab Wednesday fell prey to a thief's prank and lost nearly Rs.1.3 million. The farmer, Iqbal Singh Gill, and his son took out money from a bank on the Mall Road here.
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