Crop Failure

Marathwada Diary: As drought threat looms large, farmers and labourers begin migrating to cities

Farmers feel they won't reap a good harvest even if it rains in the remainder of the season, forcing them to migrate.

Parliament set for 'zameen wapsi' row over land bill, but here's some bad news for Modi and Rahul

Rahul may have been surprised to know that the land bill was not in fact the core issue at heart for the many farmers who had gathered for the rally.

Farmer suicides haven't gone up in Maharashtra: Why is Modi tweaking data?

Prime Minister Modi may have to rise above partisan rhetoric to treat farmers' suicide as a truly national problem, which is not just confined to Maharashtra.

Jayalalithaa consoles farmers as K'taka refuses water

"I will not tolerate our farmers to suffer even if the nature fails, Karnataka betrays and the Centre shows no concern (on State getting water)", she said amid reports of farmers committing suicide in some parts of the State.