Tag: Hunger strike

Malda parents join children in demanding school teacher jobs

Now parents too have joined the outcry of the primary school job-seekers in Malda who since the last fifteen days have sat on a hunger strike in front of the administrative building, District Magistrate’s office. They irked guardians stood against the government by putting up an agitation and by surrounding the office of the chairman...

March 6, 2018

Aspiring Malda teachers on hunger strike

Demanding early publication of teachers’ recruitment exam results, around 50 candidates who have been seeking jobs in primary schools of Malda have been on a hunger-strike in front of the administrative building at the district magistrate’s office since the past six days. The job-seekers were on strike there even on the day Chief Minister Mamata...

February 24, 2018

CU students lift gherao, administration stern

Despite continuous gherao and a hunger strike by agitating students of Bengali department, authorities stuck to Calcutta University(CU)’ rules. Students, therefore had to lift their protest on Thursday as many among them on hunger strike were reportedly falling ill. About five-ten students were on hunger strike from on Wednesday with demands that about 60 dis-collegiate...

February 23, 2018

Sikkim NIT pupils seek basic facilities; go on hunger strike

Institute of Technology (NIT) Sikkim at Ravangla on Sunday launched a hunger strike in the NIT campus, demanding basic facilities like water and toilets. There are 192 students in the NIT Ravangla in south Sikkim who come from different parts of the country. “We are not being given the basic facilities like water to drink...

February 13, 2018

AIIMS resident doctors on hunger strike

Over 2,000 resident doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) went on an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday demanding the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission be implemented. In a unique move, the doctors will continue to perform their duties as they do not wish patient-care to suffer. Every day for...

October 26, 2017

Bengal sweetmeat makers go on hunger-strike against GST

Close to a hundred representatives of various sweetmeat makers from across West Bengal began a three-day relay hunger strike here on Friday to protest the imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The strike coincides with the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, a day when sweets from ‘barfi’ to ‘modaks’ are in high demand. The hunger-strike comes days...

August 25, 2017

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on hunger strike falls ill, hospitalised

Globally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, who had launched a hunger strike at Puri protesting beach pollution, was shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar on Thusrday as he fell ill. Pattnaik was taken to a private hospital in the state capital as his condition deteriorated, two days after he began the strike on the beach near...

July 13, 2017

Kapil Mishra begins hunger strike, gets life threats

Ousted AAP leader Kapil Mishra on Wednesday began hunger strike, demanding clarification on details of international travel expenses of some senior AAP leaders and said he is not afraid of any death threat from anyone. "Sitting on a 'Satyagraha' till I get a clarification on details of international travel expenses of some senior AAP leaders,"...

May 10, 2017

Rahul visits engineering college professor on hunger strike

Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited Professor Joshil K Abraham of GB Pant Engineering College at AIIMS, who is on hunger strike against corruption and lack of infrastructure for students. "Gandhi understood the problem and gave unconditional support of Indian National Congress to the issue. He also said that he will take up the...

April 20, 2017

Panneerselvam begins hunger strike, demands probe into Jaya’s death

Tamil Nadu's former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and his followers began a one-day fast on Wednesday demanding a CBI probe into the death of Jayalalithaa. The hunger strike that began at 9am is being carried out in all the district headquarters across the state. The All India Anaa Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MPs and legislators...

March 8, 2017

Stalin leads protest against TN Speaker’s trust vote decision

The DMK party under the leadership of Working President M K Stalin is on Wednesday holding a day long hunger strike against the events inside Tamil Nadu assembly on February 18. Stalin is leading the hunger strike in Tiruchirapalli, around 350 km from here. Other leaders are protesting in various districts. The DMK and other...

February 22, 2017

Stalin leads protest against TN Speaker’s trust vote decision

The DMK party under the leadership of Working President M K Stalin is on Wednesday holding a day long hunger strike against the events inside Tamil Nadu assembly on February 18. Stalin is leading the hunger strike in Tiruchirapalli, around 350 km from here. Other leaders are protesting in various districts. The DMK and other...

February 22, 2017

Stalin leads protest against TN Speaker’s trust vote decision

The DMK party under the leadership of Working President M K Stalin is on Wednesday holding a day long hunger strike against the events inside Tamil Nadu assembly on February 18. Stalin is leading the hunger strike in Tiruchirapalli, around 350 km from here. Other leaders are protesting in various districts. The DMK and other...

February 22, 2017

JNU asks students to call off hunger strike

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Monday urged students to call off their hunger strike against the change in admission procedure for M. Phil and Ph.D aspirants. The administration told the students they will discuss "all their concerns, including marks for written test and viva-voce, deprivation points and intake of students within the UGC guidelines"...

January 30, 2017