Foreigner Hunger Strike

For GD Agarwal, the Ganges River was a unique gift that he described as India's very soul. On Thursday, his crusade to conserve it ended in his death.

Foreigners held in a Japanese immigration detention centre have launched a hunger strike over the death of a detainee, drawing fresh attention to conditions under which they are held.

Kapil Mishra, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, is demanding that the AAP divulge details of foreign tours undertaken by five leaders of the party.

Kapil Mishra, sacked as minister by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has begun a hunger strike this morning demanding that the Aam Aadmi Party reveal details of foreign trips made by five of its top leaders. Mr Mishra is sitting under a tent pitched at his residence in Delhi's Civil Lines, with a garlanded photograph of Mahatma Gandhi behind h...

Irom Sharmila, 43, has not eaten for years as a protest against the immunity enjoyed by the Indian military in cases of abuse in the country's conflict zones. The government has said her protest amounts to suicide and has force-fed her through a nasal tube.

India's Parliament on Tuesday began a contentious debate over a bill to create an independent anti-corruption agency, while the activist Anna Hazare sought to rally public support for his own anti-corruption demands by beginning a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai.

For GD Agarwal, the Ganges River was a unique gift that he described as India's very soul. On Thursday, his crusade to conserve it ended in his death.

Foreigners held in a Japanese immigration detention centre have launched a hunger strike over the death of a detainee, drawing fresh attention to conditions under which they are held.

Kapil Mishra, who is on an indefinite hunger strike, is demanding that the AAP divulge details of foreign tours undertaken by five leaders of the party.

Kapil Mishra, sacked as minister by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has begun a hunger strike this morning demanding that the Aam Aadmi Party reveal details of foreign trips made by five of its top leaders. Mr Mishra is sitting under a tent pitched at his residence in Delhi's Civil Lines, with a garlanded photograph of Mahatma Gandhi behind h...

Irom Sharmila, 43, has not eaten for years as a protest against the immunity enjoyed by the Indian military in cases of abuse in the country's conflict zones. The government has said her protest amounts to suicide and has force-fed her through a nasal tube.

India's Parliament on Tuesday began a contentious debate over a bill to create an independent anti-corruption agency, while the activist Anna Hazare sought to rally public support for his own anti-corruption demands by beginning a three-day hunger strike in Mumbai.