Foxconn employees to go on hunger-strike on Jan 23

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:14

Trouble began at the manufacturing facilities of Foxconn situated at Sriperumbudur near here after it decided to suspend production from December 22, 2014. Fearing job losses the employees have been resorting to agitations since then.

Expelled AAP MP Vinod Kumar Binny calls off hunger strike, gives Arvind Kejriwal 10 days to act

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 11:45

Expelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Vinod Kumar Binny called off his hunger strike on Monday giving `more time` to the Kejriwal government in Delhi.

Vinod Kumar Binny claims support of more AAP MLAs, meets Lt Guv over Bharti

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 05:50

Expelled Aam Aadmi Party MLA Vinod Kumar Binny is likely to sit on a fast at Jantar Mantar beginning Monday.

Congress continues relay hunger protest over drug case probe

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 19:58

Congress leaders and workers in Punjab continued with their indefinite relay hunger strike, demanding a CBI probe into the multi-crore drug racket.

Sanjay Nirupam begins hunger strike for cut in power tariff in Mumbai

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 14:14

AICC secretary Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday began an indefinite hunger strike to demand reduction in power tariff in Mumbai.

Gujjars on hunger strike against alleged embezzlement of funds

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 17:15

Members of Gujjar and Bakkerwal communities on Tuesday sat on a 24-hour hunger strike outside Raj Bhawan to protest against alleged embezzlement of funds.

Pro-Kurdish MPs plan hunger strike in Turkey Parliament

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 15:35

Four pro-Kurdish lawmakers plan to go on hunger strike in the Turkish Parliament from Tuesday to denounce a court ruling against the release of jailed MPs with suspected links to Kurdish rebels, their party said.

Anna Hazare wants to undermine judiciary through Lokpal: Lalu

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 22:38

RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Monday alleged that anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare was trying to undermine the judiciary through the Jan Lokpal Bill.

Mock Vidarbha Assembly session begins in Nagpur

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:22

Vidarbha protagonists is trying to mount pressure on the Centre for creating a separate state out of Maharashtra.

Ukraine`s Tymoshenko on hunger strike backing pro-EU rallies

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 16:50

Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike Tuesday in solidarity with thousands of pro-European protesters outraged with the ex-Soviet state`s shock decision to scrap a key EU pact.

Syria war refugees held in Egypt launch hunger strike

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 23:05

Dozens of Syrian and Palestinian refugees detained in the Egyptian city of Alexandria for trying to illegally migrate to Europe went on a hunger strike on Friday, a UN official said.