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Hunger strike worsens Kanhaiya's health, hospitalised

India | May 05, 2016, 04:00 PM IST

New Delhi: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a week at the campus, was hospitalised today after his health deteriorated, a fellow student said. "Kanhaiya is in a bad

Irom Sharmila rejects request to call off hunger strike

India | Mar 09, 2016, 12:59 PM IST

Irom Sharmila has rejected state Social Welfare Minister Akoijam Mirabai's appeal to call off her hunger strike.

Hardik Patel sent to hospital after being on a hunger strike for 2 days

India | Feb 20, 2016, 05:44 PM IST

Surat: Incarcerated Patel quota stir spearhead Hardik Patel, on a hunger strike since Thursday, has been admitted to a hospital after he complained of weakness and dizziness.The 22-year-old, who launched his indefinite fast in Lajpore

FTII students to end hunger strike if govt fixes meeting date

India | Sep 26, 2015, 07:22 PM IST

Pune: The agitating FTII students today said they would withdraw their hunger strike to pave way for a dialogue with the government if the I&B Ministry confirmed a date for talks to resolve their demands

Anna Hazare Suspends October 2 Hunger Strike in New Delhi

India | Sep 12, 2015, 05:28 PM IST

Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare today said he has decided to suspend his agitation scheduled on October 2 in New Delhi as the Central government allowed the Land Ordinance to lapse and implemented the One Rank

Protesting sugarcane farmers call-off strike in Jind

India | Feb 11, 2015, 09:23 AM IST

Jind: The 15-day-long hunger strike by the farmers here was called off after the assurance by district administration and Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha of providing drought relief within 10 days.The sub-divisional magistrate assured the release

Bengal SSC candidates continue hunger strike

India | Feb 02, 2015, 04:49 PM IST

Kolkata: The 32 candidates who were empanelled after clearing the WBSSC examination but are yet to be appointed in state-run schools, continued their hunger strike on Monday and sought the Bengal governor's intervention to resolve

Hunger strike in Arunachal over APPSC paper leak

India | Jan 08, 2015, 01:42 PM IST

Itanagar: Irked over the “unresponsive” attitude of the state government in resolving the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) paper leakage mess, civil service aspirants today began a 72-hour hunger strike demanding dissolution of the

Jailed Colombian rebels launch hunger strike

World | Nov 29, 2014, 06:45 AM IST

Havana: More than 100 jailed guerrillas in Colombia initiated a hunger strike this week to protest neglect and abuse behind bars, representatives of the FARC rebel group said here on Friday.Four other rebels sewed their

Some of 2008 blasts accused on hunger strike in Sabarmati jail

India | Oct 12, 2014, 06:36 AM IST

Ahmedabad: An affidavit filed in a local court by the accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case has said that around 15 of them are on a hunger strike against “inhuman treatment” being meted

Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike in Israeli jails

World | Jun 25, 2014, 06:00 PM IST

Jerusalem/Gaza: Some 80 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons ended a 63-day-old hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli authorities, officials said on Wednesday.A spokesperson with the Israel Prison Service told Xinhua that some

Odisha Congress MP Pradip Majhi calls off hunger strike

India | Feb 21, 2014, 11:08 AM IST

Bhubaneswar: Congress MP from Nabarangpur Pradip Majhi on Thursday called off his weeklong fast unto death. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Jayadev Jena served him some fruit juice to end the fast.Majhi, along with

Former militant fighting for Beant Singh's assassinators refuses to call off hunger strike

India | Dec 26, 2013, 08:08 PM IST

Chandigarh: As two militants convicted in the 1995 Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination case could not come out on parole today, a former terrorist who is fighting for their cause for over 40 days,

Hazare's hunger strike enters sixth day

India | Dec 15, 2013, 01:12 PM IST

Ralegan Siddhi: Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike here for passage in Parliament of Jan Lokpal Bill entered sixth day today. “Anna has lost four kg since the fast began,” his aide Suresh Pathare

Telangana fallout: Naidu to sit on indefinite hunger strike in Delhi from Monday

India | Oct 04, 2013, 10:38 PM IST

Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will launch an indefinite hunger-strike in New Delhi from October 7 to protest against the Union Cabinet's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh. “The Congress has ruined the

Demand for dropping all charges against Irom Sharmila

India | Oct 02, 2013, 07:20 PM IST

Imphal: Rights activist Iron Sharmila on hunger-strike for close to 13 years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, and who has been arrested and re-arrested over the years, should be released,

Seemandhra Congress leaders to organise hunger-strike on September 3

India | Aug 31, 2013, 12:20 PM IST

Hyderabad: Seemandhra Congress leaders have planned to organise a hunger-strike in Hyderabad on September 3.In another development, Telugu Desam Party politburo member and Leader of Opposition in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Yanamala Ramakrishnudu, yesterday tendered

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