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There was exchange of fire for some time and the encounter ended with the killing of the lone militant, Army said. (Photo: Representational Image)

Army man on 'hunger strike', wife also joins in

A purported video of the army jawan talking about the supposedly poor service conditions of personnel went viral...

15 Jan 2017 6:20 PM IST

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. (Photo: PTI)

Bhagirathi plan row: U'khand CM to observe hunger strike against...

Despite being dubbed 'destructive' for water resources by Centre, the U'khand govt has stuck to its plan of Bhagirathi...

1 Jan 2017 7:29 PM IST

DMK the main opposition party in State Assembly and Working President M K Stalin detained after staged a protest near Mahatma Gandhi statue in Radhakrishnan Salai on a day that witnessed heavy ruckus, in Chennai. (Photo: AP)

DMK on statewide hunger strike against TN Assembly ruckus

Stalin was arrested after his protest, and an FIR was lodged against him and other party MLAs for unlawful assembly.

22 Feb 2017 10:10 AM IST

Palestinian officials said some 1,500 inmates affiliated with all political factions including rival Fatah and Hamas were taking part in the protest. (Photo: AFP)

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails begin hunger strike for...

Israel said the move by the prisoners, many of whom were convicted of attacks or for plotting against Israel, was...

18 April 2017 9:46 AM IST

It found that 439,153 children were enrolled in 2011-2012 but the number fell to 383,485 in 2015-16. Reason being Marathi medium students had a dropout rate of 15 per every 100 in the academic year 2015-2016. (Representational Image)

Parents to protest fee hike via hunger strike

Jayant Jain, president, FFE said that no certain action taken against the exorbitant fee hike.

18 April 2017 2:19 AM IST

Students have been on hunger strike for two days over the issue.

Mumbai University library's 11 pm regulation for girls sparks protests

The 11 pm curfew is for both male and female students but the administration is lenient towards the former and strict...

5 Feb 2017 1:40 AM IST

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TISS to back Mumbai University's fight against 11pm regulation

TISS students will collect signatures from TISS students and submit it to the concerned authorities of state and Central...

8 Feb 2017 3:02 AM IST

Transgenders will also write 1,001 letters to the CM requesting him waive off the loan taken by farmers.

Pune transgenders want loan waiver for farmers

Over 200 transgenders and 300 social activists from Pune will join the strike, says Krishna Vidhate.

22 April 2017 2:55 AM IST