10/8/2015: FRONT PAGE: Whitefly destroys 2/3rd of Punjab cotton, 15 farmers commit suicide Many Dealers Held For Selling Fake Pesticide

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Bathinda: “It was like the Japanese air strike in the film, Pearl Harbour,” said Naresh Kumar Lehri, a seed and pesticide dealer at Singho village in Bathinda district. “They appeared out of nowhere and left a trail of destruction.” Lehri was…
The Times of India (New Delhi edition)