Blind PhD-holder fails to get job, forced to end hunger strike

Last Updated: Monday, August 19, 2013, 16:42

A PhD-holder blind woman, who was on a hunger strike in front of the Divisional Commissioner`s office here since August 15 because she did not get a job under the disabled`s quota, was forcibly shifted to a hospital today.

‘Thalaivaa’ team cannot go on a hunger strike

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 13:28

The cast and crew of Vijay-starrer Tamil action-drama ‘Thalaivaa’ has been reportedly denied permission by the police to go on hunger strike Saturday here.

Six alleged coup plotters in UAE on hunger strike

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 21:27

A rights group says six people convicted of allegedly plotting an Islamist coup in the United Arab Emirates are staging a hunger strike.

Prominent Vietnam blogger `weak` from hunger strike

Last Updated: Monday, July 22, 2013, 14:16

A well-known Vietnamese blogger, jailed for 12 years for anti-state propaganda, is "very weak" after a month-long hunger strike protesting at his treatment in prison, his family said Sunday.

Number of Gitmo inmates on hunger strike drops: US

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 22:05

The number of detainees on hunger strike at the US prison at Guantanamo has dropped sharply in the past week, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday.

U`khand horse-mule owners on hunger strike

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 21:09

Horse and mule owners, stranded here as roads were washed off during floods in Uttarakhand, have been on a hunger strike for past few days at Joshimath demanding construction of bridge over Alakanda river.

Delhi University teacher ends hunger strike

Last Updated: Saturday, June 8, 2013, 12:14

Delhi University teacher, Prem Singh, undertook a hunger strike at Rajghat seeking the withdrawal of the four-year undergraduate programme.

Don’t have money to pay salary dues of KFA staff: Mallya

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 19:06

The employees of the grounded airline have been on a hunger-strike since Thursday at the Kingfisher House here seeking salaries which have not been paid since last August.

Kingfisher employees launch hunger strike

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 22:56

A section of the employees of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines Thursday sat on a hunger strike at the Kingfisher House here, demanding immediate payment of salaries, which have been pending since last August.

PoK party activists end hunger strike at Pak mission in UK

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 10:54

A group of activists from a PoK-based party today called off their hunger strike in front of the Pakistan mission here demanding arrest of killers of a top leader, after being assured of action by Islamabad`s envoy.

Pussy Riot member on hunger strike hospitalised

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 18:29

A jailed member of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot was hospitalized on Tuesday on the seventh day of a hunger strike to protest what she calls a persecution campaign against her.

JKLF chairman on 48-hours hunger strike

Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2013, 21:49

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik Friday began a 48-hour long hunger strike here to press for return of the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru and party founder Mohammad Maqbool Bhat.