Fast-unto-death

Quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday sought implementation of the Maharashtra government's draft notification on Kunbi caste certificates for Marathas from Wednesday and warned of launching a fast unto death if his demand was not met.

The 81-year-old anti-graft crusader has been on hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar, over 240 kilometres from here, since Wednesday.

GD Agarwal lived by an abiding passion and he died for it too: fighting to save river Ganga. A Gandhian, an environmentalist and a former professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, he underwent a fast-unto-death for the past 111 days when he died today, leaving behind many unfinished battles to save the river.

The Director of an NGO, whose centre taken on rent from the civic body has been sealed, has threatened to launch an indefinite strike if the premises is not reopened.

Irom Sharmila, who recently ended her fast-unto-death, had a pleasant surprise on Friday when her aged mother, Sakhi, came to meet her after 16 years.

Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila was today acquitted by a Delhi court in a case of allegedly trying to commit suicide while undertaking fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in 2006 demanding scrapping of AFSPA.

Sudesh Tekam, a 49-year old farmer is on a fast-unto-death in his hospital bed in Chhattisgarh's Rahmjnandga. He was forcefully admitted here by the district administration on Friday, four days after he began his fast.

Colonel Pushpendra Singh, one of the retired military officers on a fast-unto-death over the One Rank One Pension issue, or OROP, has been rushed to the hospital after his health deteriorated today.

There are now three Army veterans on an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar in protest against the delay in implementing One Rank One Pension or OROP.

A Delhi court on Tuesday set August 12 for recording the statement of human rights activist Irom Sharmila as an accused in a suicide attempt case against her during her fast-unto-death in 2006.

Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, on a fast-unto-death since the past 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces, wants to meet Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to secure his help in getting AFSPA repealed in Manipur, her lawyer said on Thursday.

A Delhi court on Thursday directed Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila - dubbed the "Iron Lady" - to appear before it on March 29 in a case of attempted suicide over her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in 2006.

A Delhi court yesterday directed Manipuri social activist Irom Sharmila to appear before it on December 19 in a case lodged against her for attempting suicide during her fast-unto-death in New Delhi at Jantar Mantar in 2006.

Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday called off his scheduled fast-unto-death at the last minute after BJP president Rajnath Singh and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal intervened regarding the issues of Amritsar raised by him.

BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today said he would go on a fast-unto-death from tomorrow to protest against the stalling of disbursement of development funds for his Amritsar constituency.

Quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday sought implementation of the Maharashtra government's draft notification on Kunbi caste certificates for Marathas from Wednesday and warned of launching a fast unto death if his demand was not met.

The 81-year-old anti-graft crusader has been on hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar, over 240 kilometres from here, since Wednesday.

GD Agarwal lived by an abiding passion and he died for it too: fighting to save river Ganga. A Gandhian, an environmentalist and a former professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, he underwent a fast-unto-death for the past 111 days when he died today, leaving behind many unfinished battles to save the river.

The Director of an NGO, whose centre taken on rent from the civic body has been sealed, has threatened to launch an indefinite strike if the premises is not reopened.

Irom Sharmila, who recently ended her fast-unto-death, had a pleasant surprise on Friday when her aged mother, Sakhi, came to meet her after 16 years.

Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila was today acquitted by a Delhi court in a case of allegedly trying to commit suicide while undertaking fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in 2006 demanding scrapping of AFSPA.

Sudesh Tekam, a 49-year old farmer is on a fast-unto-death in his hospital bed in Chhattisgarh's Rahmjnandga. He was forcefully admitted here by the district administration on Friday, four days after he began his fast.

Colonel Pushpendra Singh, one of the retired military officers on a fast-unto-death over the One Rank One Pension issue, or OROP, has been rushed to the hospital after his health deteriorated today.

There are now three Army veterans on an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar in protest against the delay in implementing One Rank One Pension or OROP.

A Delhi court on Tuesday set August 12 for recording the statement of human rights activist Irom Sharmila as an accused in a suicide attempt case against her during her fast-unto-death in 2006.

Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, on a fast-unto-death since the past 10 years against alleged rights violations by security forces, wants to meet Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi to secure his help in getting AFSPA repealed in Manipur, her lawyer said on Thursday.

A Delhi court on Thursday directed Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila - dubbed the "Iron Lady" - to appear before it on March 29 in a case of attempted suicide over her fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in 2006.

A Delhi court yesterday directed Manipuri social activist Irom Sharmila to appear before it on December 19 in a case lodged against her for attempting suicide during her fast-unto-death in New Delhi at Jantar Mantar in 2006.

Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday called off his scheduled fast-unto-death at the last minute after BJP president Rajnath Singh and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal intervened regarding the issues of Amritsar raised by him.

BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today said he would go on a fast-unto-death from tomorrow to protest against the stalling of disbursement of development funds for his Amritsar constituency.