Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader DK Aruna went on hunger strike here against the alleged "unlimited" sale of liquor in Telangana.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): BJP leader and former minister Pankaja Gopinath Munde on Thursday denied rumours of her leaving the party and said that there was a conspiracy to raise questions against the leader.
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal, whose hunger strike against rape incidents in the country entered its 10th day on Thursday, said that the government has not fulfilled her demands to punish the rape convicts.
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Prasanna Acharya on Tuesday gave Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over an alarming position of India in 2019 Global Hunger Index.
New York [USA], Dec 9 (ANI): Despite global progress in tackling poverty, hunger and disease, a new generation of inequalities indicates that many societies are not working as they should, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) argued in its latest report released on Monday.
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Friday welcomed the move by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of recommending President Ram Nath Kovind to reject the mercy plea of 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma.
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal continued her hunger strike on Wednesday at Raj Ghat, demanding death penalty for convicts in rape cases within six months.
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday accused the police of trying to disrupt their indefinite hunger strike over the Telangana rape and murder case.
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Tuesday m decided to sit on an indefinite hunger strike until the Central government gives assurance that rapists will be hanged within six months, Nirbhaya fund is efficiently utilised and more pol
Mahoba (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 3 (ANI): A man in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba on his way to get married halted his wedding procession briefly to join a group of protesters on a hunger strike here, before proceeding to tie the knot.
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal on Monday said that she would sit on an indefinite hunger strike from Tuesday at the Jantar Mantar here, seeking the death penalty for rapists within six months.
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): India ranks 103rd out of 119 countries on the Global Hunger Index, making it vulnerable to the threat of food insecurity.