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"We want implementation of 'Sage Soyare": Maratha reservation activist Jar
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Maratha reservation activist, Manoj Jarange Patil on Wednesday reiterated his demand for the implementation of 'Sage Soyare', a day after the Maharashtra Assembly passed the Maratha reservation bill.
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Maratha reservation activist Manoj Jarange Patil refuses to end strike, ca
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Manoj Jarange Patil, the activist who led the movement to provide caste-based reservations to Marathas and is on a hunger strike, though welcomed the reservation bill introduced and passed in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, but contended that the reservation which has bee
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HP govt job aspirants complain about delay in recruitment exam results, st
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Government job aspirants, asking the state government to declare the results of the various government job recruitment exams, started a hunger strike in Shimla on Monday. These youth have declared that they will continue their strike until their demands are fulfilled.
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Special session of Maharashtra Assembly for Maratha Reservation likely to
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
After activist Manoj Jarange Patil started yet another indefinite hunger strike, a special session of the Maharashtra Assembly in connection to the Maratha Reservation is likely to be called at this weekend, sources said.
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Manoj Jarange Patil launches another indefinite hunger strike over Maratha
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Earlier, Patil had on Wednesday announced that he would be going on another indefinite hunger strike from February 10. "It is much needed to sit on an indefinite hunger strike again. It is the government's responsibility to implement the law for the reservation. This law is very important
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Muslim girl stages hunger strike in Jaipur for banning hijab, implementing
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Tanzeem Merani, a college student from Gujarat, is on a hunger strike in Jaipur, demanding a ban on hijab in educational institutions and the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Uniform Civil Code.
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Maratha reservation activist Jarange Patil declares indefinite hunger stri
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"It is much needed to sit on an indefinite hunger strike again. It is the government's responsibility to implement the law for the reservation. This law is very important for the Maratha community. I will be going on an indefinite hunger strike starting February 10. I will thank the CM and b
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Andhra: Man who allegedly attacked CM Reddy to launch indefinite hunger st
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Janapalli Srinivas, who allegedly attacked YSRCP president and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, will launch a fast-unto-death in Visakhapatnam Central Jail. His mother, Janapalli Savitri, will launch an indefinite fast in support of her son, in Vijayawada.
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JNU issues rules for conduct on campus: Rs 20,000 fine for dharnas, Rs 10,
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The JNU Students' Discipline and Conduct Rule has been issued following the approval by the highest decision-making body of the university on November 24.
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'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon joins hunger strike for Gaza outside
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Nixon said that the protest was against the high casualty count in Gaza resulting from Israeli strikes, asserting that it surpassed the civilian toll during the US war in Afghanistan. She claims that Gaza is on the brink of starvation.
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Teachers stage hunger strike in Tamil Nadu's Salem, demands to remove pay
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The hunger strike is going on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary School Postgraduate Teachers' Association, emphasizing 10 demands including reducing the working hours to 2.30 pm, enacting a work safety law for teachers, demanding the cancellation of the XI Board Examination, and equa
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Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on hunger strike again
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Jailed Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has started a hunger strike in prison, protesting against the limits on medical care for her and other inmates, as well as the obligation for women to wear the hijab in Iran, Al Jazeera reported on Monday citing the Nobel laureate's family.
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