"pesticide"

Girl was immediately shifted to a hospital, but doctors declared that she was brought dead

Adilabad: A girl studying Class X committed suicide by consuming some pesticide as she was allegedly depressed after being harassed by some unidentified persons on the popular photo and video sharing social networking site Instagram, at Narsapur village in Echoda mandal on Tuesday. The incident came to light on Thursday. Echoda police said that the […]

Hyderabad: Coromandel International, the country’s second largest phosphatic fertilizer player and part of Murugappa Group, conducted its first drone trials in Hyderabad. The use of drone technology in agriculture sector is to promote precision farming. Drones are suited for a country like India with small land-holding farmers. Drone spraying helps farmers mitigate the issue of […]

Mancherial: A woman small-time trader attempted to end her life by consuming some pesticide as she was unable to bear alleged harassment by authorities of Chennur municipality on Thursday. Jillela Samatha, a trader who operates a roadside shop attempted to kill herself by taking a pesticide when authorities of the civic body slapped a fine […]

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The man took the drastic step after alleging that the trader had cheated them by getting three acres of his land registered illegally on the latter's name.

According to Sadhasivapet Police, the accused Shiva Kumar took the extreme following an argument with his wife.

Along with fertilizers, pesticide is also an important agro input that helps in curbing pests and diseases on plants and plays a major role in increasing agricultural production.

Bindhu is a resident of JP Colony in the town, which is one of hardest hit. As many as 40 people in this working class colony alone collapsed with epileptic fits of the mysterious illness.

Dandepalli Sub-Inspector T Srikanth said that the deceased was Gandhari Sattaiah (49), a drunkard from Kannepalli

The youth Perumandla Prabhakar (26), a resident of Raghapur, shared a video with his friends and family members informing them that he was going to end his life at 9.30 PM on Tuesday.

Naresh called up his colleagues stating that he was committing suicide due to family problems and disconnected the call.

According to the police, the victims, Balraj, 22, and the girl aged 16 years, were in a relationship for the last six months. They are believed to have resorted to the extreme step

The suicide of Udugula Rajaiah (50) of Sooriperlli village was attributed to harassment by the excise staff said his relatives, who are on a demonstration in front of the station.