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  Anna Hazare Suspends October 2 Hunger Strike in New Delhi

  India | September 12, 2015 17:28 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

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  Protesting sugarcane farmers call-off strike in Jind

  India | February 11, 2015 9:23 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

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  Bengal SSC candidates continue hunger strike

  India | February 02, 2015 16:49 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

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  Hunger strike in Arunachal over APPSC paper leak

  India | January 08, 2015 13:42 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

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  Jailed Colombian rebels launch hunger strike

  World | November 29, 2014 6:45 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

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  Some of 2008 blasts accused on hunger strike in Sabarmati jail

  India | October 12, 2014 6:36 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

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  Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike in Israeli jails

  World | June 25, 2014 18:00 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

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  Odisha Congress MP Pradip Majhi calls off hunger strike

  India | February 21, 2014 11:08 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

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

  India | December 26, 2013 20:08 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,

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  Hazare's hunger strike enters sixth day

  India | December 15, 2013 13:12 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

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

  India | October 04, 2013 22:38 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

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  Demand for dropping all charges against Irom Sharmila

  India | October 02, 2013 19:20 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,

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  Seemandhra Congress leaders to organise hunger-strike on September 3

  India | August 31, 2013 12:20 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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  Jagan shifted to another hospital

  India | August 31, 2013 8:18 IST

  Hyderabad: YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who is on a hunger strike since Sunday against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, was last night shifted to Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences here from

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  Team 'Thalaivaa' plans to go on hunger strike

  Bollywood | August 17, 2013 16:15 IST

  Chennai: To ensure immediate release of Vijay-starrer Tamil action-drama "Thalaivaa" -- already released worldwide -- in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the film's unit wants to go on hunger strike once they get permission from police.Two

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  Sri Lankan Tamil issue: Rajinikanth, other Tamil actors join hunger strike

  India | April 02, 2013 20:06 IST

  Chennai, Apr 2 : Actors like Rajinikanth and other representatives of the Tamil film industry today began a day-long fast demanding the rehabilitation of Sri Lankan Tamils and an international probe into the alleged war

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  Telugu Desam MLAs end indefinite fast after police action

  India | March 30, 2013 17:24 IST

  Hyderabad, Mar 30: Over 20 Telugu Desam Party MLAs,who were on an indefinite hunger strike since March 26 over the power issue, were evicted from the fast site by police in the wee hours today

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  Telugu Desam MLAs end indefinite fast after police action

  Politics | March 30, 2013 13:32 IST

  Hyderabad, Mar 30: Over 20 Telugu Desam Party MLAs,who were on an indefinite hunger strike since March 26 over the power issue, were evicted from the fast site by police in the wee hours today

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  Sri Lankan Tamil refugees on hunger strike, demand Indian intervention

  India | March 22, 2013 21:12 IST

  Chennai, Mar 22: Scores of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees sat on a one-day hunger strike in Chennai on Friday and demanded  that the Indian government should put pressure on Sri Lanka for an independent probe

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  Tamil protesters sit on hunger strike in Delhi against Lankan war crimes

  India | March 17, 2013 22:47 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 17: A group  of Tamil protesters sat on a day's hunger strike  here today demanding an independent probe into the Sri Lankan war crimes and urge the Indian government to back the