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Sharmila`s 11-year-old hunger strike, now in Ripley`s

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 15:37

The courageous tale of Irom Chanu Sharmila, the `Iron Lady of Manipur`, who has not eaten a morsel of food since the last eleven years has now been included in the collection of `Ripley`s Believe It or Not!`.

Irom quietly celebrates birthday inside hospital

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 21:08

Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite fast for the past 11 years spent her 40th birthday quietly inside the hospital.

Irom Sharmila re-arrested

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 23:10

Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite fast for the past 11 years, was on Tuesday re-arrested on the charge of attempt to suicide, only a day after she was released.

Theatre festival to pay tribute to Irom Sharmila

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 19:39

Tagore`s `Natir Puja` based on a Buddhist legend, has now been adapted by a prominent theatrician to pay tribute to Sharmila.

Irom supporters on token fast

Last Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 20:43

Hundreds of supporters of `Iron Lady` Irom Sharmila, whose indefinite hunger-strike for repeal of the AFSPA fasted here and across the country.

Irom`s indefinite fast completes 11 years

Last Updated: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 20:41

Irom Sharmila, who is demanding repeal of the AFSPA in Manipur completed 11 years of her indefinite hunger-strike.

Hazare`s campaign a lesson for Sharmila supporters

Last Updated: Friday, October 7, 2011, 10:39

Supporters of Manipur`s `Iron Lady` Irom Sharmila, who has been on hunger strike for the last 11 years demanding withdrawal of the AFSPA from the state, are inspired by Anna Hazare.

Irom Sharmila wants to meet mother who declines

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 16:25

Eleven years after she started her indefinite hunger strike, Manipur’s Iron Lady has for the first time expressed a desire to meet her mother.

Irom Sharmila wants to meet mother who declines

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 15:50

Eleven years after she started her indefinite hunger strike, Manipur’s “Iron Lady” Irom Chanu Sharmila has for the first time expressed a desire to meet her mother.

Call for support of social activist Irom in Manipur

Last Updated: Friday, September 9, 2011, 18:38

AMKIL president Phanjoubam Sakhi Leima, RTI activist Joykumar Wahengbam and social activist Sreema Ningombam, also called for support of Sharmila.

Anna campaign ‘somewhat artificial’: Irom Sharmila

Last Updated: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 21:16

Called the `Iron lady of Manipur`, 37-year-old Sharmila also urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to treat her like Hazare.

Anna urged to support repeal of AFSPA by Irom

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 16:16

Hundreds of people have been killed in insurgency-related incidents after the enforcement of the AFSPA on September 8, 1980.