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Anna Hazare (Photo: PTI)

Hazare on Day 7 of hunger strike, loses over 5 kg weight

Hazare went on a hunger strike from January 30 demanding the setting up of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in...

5 Feb 2019 3:41 PM IST

Hazare has lost 3.8 kg in the past five days and his blood pressure, blood sugar and creatinine level in the urine had gone up, a doctor said. (Photo: ANI)

Will return Padma Bhushan if Centre doesn't fulfill promises: Anna...

Anna Hazare has been on a hunger strike since last Wednesday at his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Maharashtra's...

4 Feb 2019 8:41 AM IST

Anna Hazare's blood sugar, pressure increase

Local residents, who have come out in large numbers in support of Mr Hazare, have accused the state and central...

2 Feb 2019 2:32 AM IST

More detainees are refusing food at the El Paso Processing Center (Photo:AP)

Detainees on hunger strike, including from India, being force-fed in...

Immigrants, including those from India, have gone on hunger strikes over the past month to protest conditions inside...

1 Feb 2019 12:53 PM IST

Anna Hazare (Photo: PTI)

Anna Hazare's hunger strike enters 2nd day

Hazare had declined to meet state government envoy and minister Girish Mahajan for talks over his demands.

1 Feb 2019 1:44 AM IST

I have said that if action is not taken against Mayor and officials of the Fire Department, then I will sit on hunger strike, Hardik Patel said. (Photo: ANI)

Surat fire tragedy: Hardik detained after hunger strike threat

He was detained because of his threat to hold the protest in Sarthana area where the fire mishap took place last Friday.

27 May 2019 4:14 PM IST

I have said that if action is not taken against Mayor and officials of the Fire Department, then I will sit on hunger strike, Hardik Patel said. (Photo: ANI)

Hardik threatens of hunger strike unless Govt takes action against...

Mocking the Govt. claim of making Surat a smart-city, Hardik said: The incident is a 'glowing' example of the smart city...

26 May 2019 8:24 PM IST

Telangana BJP president Dr K Laxman ended his hunger strike on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Telangana BJP president ends hunger strike after five days

The Union Minister also accused the BJP government of failing to provide justice to the students.

3 May 2019 6:14 PM IST

Maryam Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif denied home cooked meal, daughter threatens...

Maryam, PML-N's vice president, said that she would go on a hunger strike outside the prison if she did not receive any...

9 July 2019 1:43 PM IST

Attorney Linda Corchado had feared this might happen when she heard her clients on hunger strike inside an immigrant detention centre had been forced to receive fluid through IV drips two weeks ago. (Photo: AP)

'Put pipe in nose 3 times': US officials force-feed Indian immigrant...

'He said it was terribly painful and it was an awful experience. Even as I was talking to him, he kept grimacing,'...

16 Aug 2019 10:51 AM IST

Argentinas Senate unanimously approved a law on Wednesday that will increase state funds dedicated to fighting hunger and improving nutrition as the country grapples with stifling inflation and increased poverty. (Photo: AFP)

Argentine Senate approves emergency food law as crisis worsens

The lower house had voted overwhelmingly in favor of the measure on September 12.

19 Sept 2019 2:38 PM IST

Over 1,200 workers from Jammu and Kashmir who had completed their 14-day quarantine period at various camps in Punjabs Pathankot district had gone on a hunger strike for three days, seeking to be sent to their home towns in the Union Territory. In this photograph, migrant labourers in Allahabad with their families rest at a temporary shelter after arriving from various districts while waiting to board specially arranged government buses to return to their homes on April 30, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Shaheen Bagh, Jantar Mantar type protests impossible amid covid...

The new normal: Migrant workers and Kota students going on hunger strike to be sent home and online petitions circulated...

5 May 2020 7:10 PM IST