Tag: Hunger strike

CMCH: Students complete 78 hrs of hunger strike

Two more medical students join the six on protest fast on Day 3.

July 14, 2018

Students continue hunger strike at CMCH

As many as six students of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) who began a hunger strike for an indefinite period protesting against the college authorities’ alleged misrule on Tuesday, continued their protest for the second day. They completed 52 hours of their hunger strike on Thursday. “The protest will go on till the authorities...

July 13, 2018

CMCH students call hunger strike after pleas fall on deaf ears

Fed up with the “arrogant” attitude of the authorities, the students of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital started a hunger strike on Tuesday for an indefinite period to protest against the principal’s alleged misrule. “This is our college, if our principal thinks it’s his then he is wrong,” said a student, Tanay Mondal. Altogether six...

July 11, 2018

Admission row | JU reverses stand, says yes to entrance tests

While 50% weightage will be given on marks attained in admission test, 50% will be on class 12 board exam marks.

July 11, 2018

After Jain, Manish Sisodia hospitalised as health deteriorates

Only Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi Labour Minister Gopal Rai are left inside the office of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.

June 18, 2018

Baghpat: Sugarcane farmer on dharna dies

Udaiveer Singh was protesting under the banner: 'Kisan Sangharsh Morcha'. The dharna was being held in the Baraut sub division of this district since May 21.

May 27, 2018

Swati Maliwal writes to PM Modi, says won’t end fast till system to protect girls created

Swati Maliwal, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief whose indefinite hunger strike entered the ninth day on Saturday, refused to end her protest till  more fast track courts are constituted and a system to ensure protection of girls is created. “Until something concrete happens, I will not give up. Until a system is there...

April 21, 2018

Chandrababu Naidu begins hunger strike even as PM Modi wishes ‘Happy Birthday’

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu chose to mark his birthday with a protest against the Centre over the demand for the special status of his state.

April 20, 2018

Rape protest: 9 on hunger strike in Bihar

Nine people, including six women, are on a 72-hour hunger strike in the Bihar capital here. They are protesting against the rape cases in Kathua, Unnao, Surat and Rohtas that have led to countrywide outrage. They are seeking to mobilise voices against the rising cases of crimes against women across the country. The hunger strike...

April 19, 2018

Dalits on hunger strike to protest ‘false’ cases

In the wake of the hunger strike by Bheem Army chief Chandrashekhar in Saharanpur jail, Dalits from 22 villages have also demanded withdrawal of cases against those of their community falsely implicated in cases of violence during the Bharat Bandh on 2 April against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act in a Supreme Court...

April 13, 2018

Delhi BJP MPs stage hunger strike against Parliament’s disruption

All seven Delhi BJP MPs staged a hunger strike here on Thursday against the washout of the second part of Parliament’s budget session due to continuous disruptions, which the party blamed it on the Congress. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, who represents the Chandani Chowk constituency, East Delhi MP Maheish Girri, New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi,...

April 12, 2018

After Bheem Army chief, Dalits in 22 UP villages on hunger strike

  With Bheem Army chief Chandrashekher sitting on hungerstrike in Saharanpur jail demanding the withdrawal of cases against Dalits during April 2 Bharat Bandh against the Supreme Court’s decision on SC/ST Act, his supporters in 22 villages followed in his footsteps over a similar demand. Kamal Singh Walia, the district president of Bheem Army in...

April 12, 2018

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar goes on hunger strike in jail against arrest of Dalits

In protest against Dalits booked for rioting with regard to the Bharat Bandh violence on April 2, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar went on an indefinite hunger strike in Saharanpur jail on Saturday. “He was extremely upset and perturbed after the Dalits were booked in false cases in different parts of the country post-violence,” said Kamal...

April 7, 2018

Traders’ body barb at CM Kejriwal for postponing hunger strike

The postponement of a hunger strike by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the issue of sealing of commercial establishments by civic bodies has drawn the ire of traders’ association. The association stated that the manner and nature in which the hunger strike was postponed gave them a reason to believe that the CM’s declaration...

April 2, 2018

Delhi CM Kejriwal postpones hunger strike over sealing issue

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has postponed the hunger strike that he had announced earlier this month, saying he would sit on fast if the ongoing sealing drive was not stopped in the city by March 31. According to the Aam Aadmi Party, the Supreme Court is going to hear the sealing matter from April...

March 30, 2018

TTV Dinakaran launches hunger strike over Cauvery Board

TTV Dinakaran, the chief of the newly formed Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), and his party leaders began a hunger strike on Sunday in Chennai demanding the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board. Before commencing the hunger strike, Dinakaran paid tributes to former Tamil Nadu chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and MG Ramachandran. The 54-year-old former...

March 25, 2018

CM Arvind Kejriwal’s hunger strike political drama: CAIT

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has criticised the announcement by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of going on a hunger strike from 31 March over the sealing issue and termed it a “political drama” and shedding of crocodile tears. CAIT said the trading community of Delhi is not at all impressed by Kejriwal’s announcement...

March 10, 2018