Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): Veteran activist Kisan Baburao Hazare alias Anna Hazare on Wednesday launched a fresh hunger strike at his Ralegan-Siddhi village seeking Lokpal and Lokayuktas as promised by the government. An aide said that carrying the tricolour, Hazare, 81, went around in a procession in the village with a large[Read More…]
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Bihar government orders to restrict ongoing protest of ASHA workers
Patna: Since 1st of December 2018, ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers in Bihar are on indefinite strike. This strike has entered 34th day under the banner of ASHA Sanyukt Sangharsh Manch- a joint platform of unions and associations. The Executive Director of the State Health Society, Bihar in a letter[Read More…]
As health sinks Hardik Patel writes ‘will’, wishes to donate eyes on death
Considering the sinking health conditions due to hunger strike, Patidar leader Hardik Patel unveiled his ‘will’ on the ninth day of strike, dividing his property among his parents, a sister, 14 youths killed during the quota agitation in 2015 and a ‘Panjrapole’ (shelter for ill and old cows) near his[Read More…]
Five YSR Congress MPs to resign, sit on hunger strike
New Delhi: All the five Lok Sabha Members of YSR Congress on Thursday announced they will resign from Parliament and sit on an indefinite hunger strike at Andhra Bhawan here over their demand for special category status to Andhra Pradesh. The party also said that on one pretext or the another,[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: Nearly 5,000 villagers to go on hunger strike against aqua food park
More than 5,000 people from three villages in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district will start a hunger strike on Friday against an aqua food park. The villagers claimed that the park will destroy a fragile eco-system and ruin water bodies. The state government has nominated the owner of Godavari Mega[Read More…]
Uma Bharti offers to go on hunger strike as no truce in Cauvery dispute
Union Minister Uma Bharti has offered to ‘go on a hunger strike if there is any problem in either Karnataka or Tamil Nadu’, after the government failed to broker a solution to the Cauvery water dispute. Uma Bharti, who is the Water Resources Minister, was asked by the Supreme Court[Read More…]
‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-old fast, contest in state elections
Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ and activist Irom Sharmila has announced that she will break her 16-year-old hunger strike on August 9. For the last 16 years she had been protesting against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur. This announcement was made by her in front of media persons[Read More…]