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Odisha: Parents on hunger strike until third child recovers from Japanese
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], Nov.7 (ANI): Fearing that their third child would meet the same end after their other two children became victims to Japanese Encephalitis, the distraught parents in Odisha's Malkangiri have been on a hunger strike ever since their child has been admitted to
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Ex-PM Deve Gowda sits on indefinite hunger strike against SC's Cauver
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda began an indefinite hunger strike on Saturday here in protest against the latest order of the Supreme Court with regard to the sharing of Cauvery river waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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Will go on hunger strike if tension prevails between Karnataka and TN: Uma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said that if the tension between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka prevailed with regard to the sharing of the water of the River Cauvery, she would sit on hunger strike on the border of that separates the two st
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Irom Sharmila released on bail, next hearing on Aug. 23
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug. 9 (ANI): Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who had been on a hunger strike for the past 16 years protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), was released on bail today by an Imphal court.
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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long fast today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 16 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will break her fast today.
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Dr KC calls off hunger strike after Nepal Govt agrees to some demands
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu, July 25 (ANI) : Dr. Govinda KC, who has been demanding impeachment against some Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA ) officials for promoting corruption in Nepal's medical education sector, has decided to call off his hunger strike after 15 days, as t
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Two students on hunger strike, three faint during Manipur school students
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur), July 23 (ANI): At least three students of the Tamphasana Girls (TG) Higher Secondary School reportedly fainted and several others sustained minor injuries after police resorted to intensive action during a student protest for introduction of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) Syst
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Russian daughter-in-law goes on hunger strike against 'saas' in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agra, July 10 (ANI): In a regular case of 'saas-bahu' woes but with a twist, this tale from Agra has set tongues wagging as a Russian daughter-in-law has been sitting in protest against her mother-in-law at the doorstep of the family home, from where she has been kicked out.
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