HUNGER STRIKE
- India
Prashant Kishor’s arrest ignites protests against Bihar gov
Patna: The arrest of Jan Suraj Party founder Prashant Kishor, during his hunger strike at city’s Gandhi Maidan on Monday morning has sparked widespread protests and criticism of Bihar police’s alleged excesses.…
- India
Prashant Kishor to begin hunger strike today over BPSC aspirants’ concerns
New Delhi: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor is set to begin an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday, demanding that the concerns of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants be addressed. The…
- India
As doctors’ hunger strike enters 11th day, SC to hear RG Kar case today
Kolkata: The fast-unto death demonstration by junior doctors against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has entered the 11th day…
- India
RG Kar horror: IMA announces 24-hr nationwide hunger strike on Oct 15
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped…
- India
RG Kar: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 9th day
Kolkata: The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, even as their health parameters…
- India
RG Kar protest: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters day 8
Kolkata: The fast-unto-death agitation by junior doctors in the wake of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here entered the eighth day on…
- India
Wangchuk and supporters enter day 6 of hunger strike; routine checkup held
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and supporters continued their indefinite hunger strike for the sixth day on Friday, October 11 at Delhi’s Ladakh Bhawan. A routine medical examination of the activists,…
- Kolkata
RG Kar protest: One of 7 doctors sitting on hunger strike hospitalised
Kolkata: One of the seven junior doctors who are sitting on a fast-unto-death demonstration here at Esplanade against the ghastly rape and murder of a fellow medic of R.G Kar Medical College…
- Delhi
JNU agrees to students’ demands to hold caste census, 5 others
New Delhi: The ongoing stalemate between the JNU administration and its students’ union, which has been staging a hunger strike for the past 15 days over various unresolved issues, may soon come…
- India
2 JNU students fall ill during hunger strike, refuse treatment on hospitalisation
New Delhi: Two Jawaharlal Nehru University students participating in an ongoing indefinite hunger strike on the campus were admitted to AIIMS on Monday after falling ill but they refused treatment to continue…
- India
JNU teachers’ body begins 24-hour hunger strike over ‘delayed promotions’
New Delhi: Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association began a 24-hour hunger strike on campus on Monday to protest against alleged delays in promotions. There was no immediate response from…
- Telangana
Singareni workers call for relay hunger strike against coal blocks auction
By Mehboob Ali The Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) workers declared a five-day relay hunger strike against the auction of coal blocks in Telangana by the Central government on Monday, July 8.…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan threatens hunger strike over lack of confidence in Pakistan SC
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday threatened to go on hunger strike if the Supreme Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa failed to deliver justice in his cases…
- Telangana
Telangana: CPI calls bandh, hunger strike against auction of SCCL coal blocks
Hyderabad: CPI state secretary and Kothagudem MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao announced that CPI would hold a bandh on July 5 to protest against the auction of coal mines by the Centre, which…
- India
Delhi water crisis: Atishi to begin indefinite hunger strike at noon
New Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Atishi will begin her indefinite hunger strike in south Delhi’s Bhogal at noon to press on her demand for getting 100 million gallons of water per day…
