Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) A group of “untainted” or “genuine” teachers in state-run schools in West Bengal, who have lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order in April this year, started a fresh fast-undo-death agitation near the office of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). The hunger strike … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Tumakuru, June 3 (IANS) Former minister Sogadu Shivanna has been taken into police custody while staging an indefinite hunger strike inside the premises of the Tumakuru District Deputy Commissioner’s office, protesting against the filing of FIRs against farmers who agitated against the Hemavati Link Express Canal Project. Sogadu Shivanna is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Ranchi, May 8 (IANS) Even after 10 months, the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has not been able to declare the results of the Civil Services Mains Examination held in June last year. This has triggered anger and frustration among aspirants. On Thursday, a group of candidates began an indefinite … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) A hunger strike by a section of the job losers, including teaching and non-teaching staff, in state-run schools in West Bengal is underway in front of the West Bengal School Service Commission’s office at Salt Lake in Kolkata. The protesters are demanding that the state government … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, April 7 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC and Telangana Jagruthi President K. Kavitha will stage a day-long hunger strike in Hyderabad on Tuesday to demand the installation of social reformer Jyotirao Phule’s statue in the Telangana Assembly. Kavitha will sit on the hunger strike at Dharna Chowk, Indira … Read more
Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Fishermen and their families in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu continued their indefinite hunger strike, which began on Friday (February 28), demanding urgent intervention from the central government to secure the release of Indian fishermen imprisoned in Sri Lanka and retrieve their confiscated boats. Around 300 fishermen and their family … Read more
Itanagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Members of the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) on Monday observed an eight-hour-long hunger strike to protest against the implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978. Hundreds of Christians across various denominations, led by the ACF, have gathered in the hunger strike from different parts of the state … Read more
Itanagar, Feb 16 (IANS) Members of the Arunachal Christian Forum (ACF) will observe an eight-hour-long hunger strike on Monday to protest against the implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978. ACF President Tarh Miri said that they would continue their hunger strike till 5 p.m. on Monday at the Nyishi Indigenous … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -5 (2019-21) is more scientific and reliable for assessing India’s food security progress than the flawed Global Hunger Index (GHI), which is more trusted by the Congress, said the BJP on Saturday. In a factsheet, the BJP busted the false claims made by the … Read more
