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Manipur Election 2017: Irom Sharmila Says 'Will Try Again In 2019 If I Fail'
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the activist who ended an iconic 16-year fast to debut in politics and contest the Manipur election, said if defeated, she would try again -- in the 2019 national election. "I do not feel much affected by the result because people are yet to be given a chance... Everybody knows muscle and money power are openly used," Irom Shar...
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Manipur Elections 2017: Activist Irom Sharmila's Party Raising Money Through Crowdfunding To Fight Polls
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Manipur activist who ended an epic 16-year fast last year, has taken to online crowdfunding to raise funds for her newly formed party Peoples' Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA)
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Irom Sharmila, After 16-Year Fast, Preps For Polls With Crowd-funding
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Manipur activist who ended an epic 16-year fast last year and announced that she would contest elections, has decided to challenge Chief Minister Ibobi Singh in next month's polls in the state.
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Irom Sharmila Shifted To Yoga And Naturopathy Health Centre At Langol
Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who recently broke her 16-year fast, has been shifted to the Yoga and Naturopathy Health Spa Centre at Langol in Manipur's Imphal West district for recuperation.
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Fasting Didn't Help, I Have Only Changed Strategy: Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila said on Tuesday that she had only changed her strategy against a law which gives sweeping powers to security forces as years of fasting against it had not helped.
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Irom Sharmila's 'Identity Crisis': Has No Pan, Aadhar Card Or Passport
Two weeks after she broke her fast, Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila says she is ready to take her battle against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act to other states. But there appears to be a stumbling block: She has no documents that confirm her identity - Pan card, Aadhar card or passport -- without which it is virtually impossible for anyone t...
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No Change In Decision To Enter Into Politics: Irom Sharmila
Days after she ended her epic 16-year-long fast, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila today said there is no change in her decision to take a plunge into politics, notwithstanding the opposition to it and hoped to make a "new beginning" in her campaign for the repeal of the contentious AFSPA in the state.
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Another Manipuri Woman To Sit On Irom Sharmila-Like Indefinite Fast
Days after iconic rights activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16-year-old hunger strike, a 32-year-old woman from Manipur today vowed to carry forward the protest against AFSPA with an indefinite fast.
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No Food For 16 Years, Now No Home. Angry Manipur Shuts Out Irom Sharmila.
Manipur's Iron Lady, Irom Sharmila, has stopped her fast. And her people find that hard to digest. Offered a home with a friend - 4 kms from her hospital -- the 44 year-old found the gates of the locality barred. Even the local ISKCON temple did not offer her a place to stay.
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Will-Power And Yoga Made 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila Survive For 16 Years
The secret of Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila's fairly good health even after undertaking a hunger strike for 16 years, during which she was forcibly nose-fed, lay in her will power and the habit of practising yoga daily.
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16-Year Fast Over But Irom Sharmila Still Won't Meet Her Mother
Having broken the world's longest hunger strike yesterday, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila is maintaining her resolve not to clip her nails, comb her hair, go to her house and meet her mother till AFSPA is repealed.
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Irom Sharmila 'Dejected', Back To Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike
Hours after Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, broke her fast and left the hospital, she tried to enter the Kaisampat area of Imphal town but was prevented by people upset with her from breaking the hunger strike.
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Irom Sharmila Back In Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, burst into tears on Tuesday as she licked honey from her palm to end her fast.
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Irom Sharmila To End Her Fast After 16 Years Today
After being on fast for the last 16 years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila is all set to end her fast today.
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Family Rallies Around Irom Sharmila, Support Move To End Hunger Strike
For 16 years, the world has seen Irom Sharmila strapped to tubes. That is about to change. The 44-year-old iconic activist, who had carried on the world's longest hunger strike, will end it next month and contest elections as an Independent candidate.
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Manipur Election 2017: Irom Sharmila Says 'Will Try Again In 2019 If I Fail'
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the activist who ended an iconic 16-year fast to debut in politics and contest the Manipur election, said if defeated, she would try again -- in the 2019 national election. "I do not feel much affected by the result because people are yet to be given a chance... Everybody knows muscle and money power are openly used," Irom Shar...
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Manipur Elections 2017: Activist Irom Sharmila's Party Raising Money Through Crowdfunding To Fight Polls
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Manipur activist who ended an epic 16-year fast last year, has taken to online crowdfunding to raise funds for her newly formed party Peoples' Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA)
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Irom Sharmila, After 16-Year Fast, Preps For Polls With Crowd-funding
Irom Sharmila Chanu, the Manipur activist who ended an epic 16-year fast last year and announced that she would contest elections, has decided to challenge Chief Minister Ibobi Singh in next month's polls in the state.
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Irom Sharmila Shifted To Yoga And Naturopathy Health Centre At Langol
Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who recently broke her 16-year fast, has been shifted to the Yoga and Naturopathy Health Spa Centre at Langol in Manipur's Imphal West district for recuperation.
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Fasting Didn't Help, I Have Only Changed Strategy: Irom Sharmila
Irom Sharmila said on Tuesday that she had only changed her strategy against a law which gives sweeping powers to security forces as years of fasting against it had not helped.
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Irom Sharmila's 'Identity Crisis': Has No Pan, Aadhar Card Or Passport
Two weeks after she broke her fast, Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila says she is ready to take her battle against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act to other states. But there appears to be a stumbling block: She has no documents that confirm her identity - Pan card, Aadhar card or passport -- without which it is virtually impossible for anyone t...
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No Change In Decision To Enter Into Politics: Irom Sharmila
Days after she ended her epic 16-year-long fast, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila today said there is no change in her decision to take a plunge into politics, notwithstanding the opposition to it and hoped to make a "new beginning" in her campaign for the repeal of the contentious AFSPA in the state.
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Another Manipuri Woman To Sit On Irom Sharmila-Like Indefinite Fast
Days after iconic rights activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16-year-old hunger strike, a 32-year-old woman from Manipur today vowed to carry forward the protest against AFSPA with an indefinite fast.
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No Food For 16 Years, Now No Home. Angry Manipur Shuts Out Irom Sharmila.
Manipur's Iron Lady, Irom Sharmila, has stopped her fast. And her people find that hard to digest. Offered a home with a friend - 4 kms from her hospital -- the 44 year-old found the gates of the locality barred. Even the local ISKCON temple did not offer her a place to stay.
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Will-Power And Yoga Made 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila Survive For 16 Years
The secret of Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila's fairly good health even after undertaking a hunger strike for 16 years, during which she was forcibly nose-fed, lay in her will power and the habit of practising yoga daily.
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16-Year Fast Over But Irom Sharmila Still Won't Meet Her Mother
Having broken the world's longest hunger strike yesterday, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Sharmila is maintaining her resolve not to clip her nails, comb her hair, go to her house and meet her mother till AFSPA is repealed.
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Irom Sharmila 'Dejected', Back To Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike
Hours after Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, broke her fast and left the hospital, she tried to enter the Kaisampat area of Imphal town but was prevented by people upset with her from breaking the hunger strike.
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Irom Sharmila Back In Hospital After Breaking 16-Year Hunger Strike
Irom Sharmila, the iconic activist who didn't eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities in Manipur, burst into tears on Tuesday as she licked honey from her palm to end her fast.
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Irom Sharmila To End Her Fast After 16 Years Today
After being on fast for the last 16 years demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila is all set to end her fast today.
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Family Rallies Around Irom Sharmila, Support Move To End Hunger Strike
For 16 years, the world has seen Irom Sharmila strapped to tubes. That is about to change. The 44-year-old iconic activist, who had carried on the world's longest hunger strike, will end it next month and contest elections as an Independent candidate.
