It's Day 90 of the hunger strike by the Guantanamo Bay prison detainees. This, even as about a hundred prisoners take part in the strike, while about a dozen of them being force-fed.
Ambassador James Jones, co-chair of the Constitution Project Task Force, who was partially responsible for a report that called for the shutdown of the US detention facility in Cuba, explains that Guantanamo Bay prison doesn't sit well with the ethics of Ameri...
Even as the indefinite hunger strike by detainees, which is on Day 87, at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba nears three-month mark, lawyers of the detainees say there is no effort being made by the US authorities to end the life-threatening crisis. More than 1...
Close to three months after a hunger strike began at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, 23 prisoners are being force-fed. More than a 100 captives have joined the protest against mistreatment.
The United Nations has called force-feeding striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay 'torture'. The UN human rights office says indefinite detaining of the prisoners and force-feeding mounts to inhuman treatment and is a breach of international law, as more priso...
The United Nations has called force-feeding striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay 'torture'. The UN human rights office says indefinite detaining of the prisoners and force-feeding mounts to inhuman treatment and is a breach of international law, as more priso...
The indefinite hunger strike by residents near the Sasthamcotta lake, demanding to restrict the water distribution from the lake, enters seventh day. The water level of the lake has seen drastic decrease owing to drought and illegal sand mining and the locals ...
The US military has acknowledged that almost half of Guantanamo Bay prisoners are on a hunger strike. Among the 84 protesters, five have been put in hospital in critical condition.
According to a lawyer to one of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay prison, Cindy Panuco, a reply from the office of US Secretary of Defense states that force-feeding the fasting prisoners is a 'humane' thing to do. Increasing efforts to get the US government to g...
More than two dozen cities across the United States have now witnessed protests for the closure of Gauntanamo Bay prison. The infamous jail is where terror suspects were detained, and as the hunger strike by the prisoners enters Day 66, human rights activists ...
The anti-nuclear plant protesters in Tamil Nadu will go one a one-day token hunger strike against the Sri Lankan attacks on Indian fishermen. The protesters demand that the 78 fishermen arrested by the country be released with immediate effect.
Guantanamo Bay prison hunger strike crosses the two-month mark, with prisoners now on fasting for 64 days, and raises alarm among psychologists and lawyers alike. Sources say that one of the prisoner, who has been incarcerated at the facility for the past 11 y...
Sol Pudhidu | Sri Lankan refugee Chandrakumar, goes on a hunger strike at his detention centre, demanding to be reunited with his family. How valid is his demand? Sendhuran explains.
While the student fraternity in Tamil Nadu rose in rebellion against the Sri Lankan war crimes, Kollywood also did its bit. Several actors came together for a day and carried out a hunger strike. Was this a gimmick or a heartfelt protest?
Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party leaders enter the 13th day of their hunger strike against rising electricity bills. However, the government has not taken note of the hunger strike.
Even as the Guantanamo Bay prison hunger strike grows in scale and at least 11 of the 31 protesting inmates complain of being force-fed, the latest Pentagon briefing has no mention of the ongoing crisis at the US detention centre in Cuba.
Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal's indefinite hunger strike enters seventh day. Kejriwal is protesting the increased power and water bills in Delhi. The doctors have said that his health has deteriorated but Kejriwal has decided to continue his fast ti...
The hunger strike over the issue of power taken by first by the Left parties, who were forcibly admitted to hospital, and then TDP leaders could well be start of a new political alliance in Andhra Pradesh. Even though YSR Congress looks to corner the Congress ...
Even as the indefinite hunger strike by the TDP MLAs over the issue of electricity in the state enters fourth day, their health has become a major cause of concern. Of the 26 TDP MLAs sitting on fast, at least nine have low BP and sugar levels, and doctors hav...
Even as the hunger strike by detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison enters 51st day, the situation at the US facility in Cuba is seemingly worse. The detainees now say they are being denied water by the prison authorities. On the other side, White House admini...
Simon Schorno, from the International Committee of the Red Cross, blames the worsening hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison on the facility's poor legal regulations. In light of the worsening plight of the prison's detainees, the Red Cross has been forced to...
Guantanamo Bay prison hunger strike, which is in its 51st day, turns worse as some of the fasting detainees complain they have been refused even drinking water by the prison authorities. An attorney of a Guantanamo Bay prison inmate says the inmates are now de...
The hunger strike by TDP on the issue of power has entered its third day. The TDP has received support from the leaders of the Left whose fast on the same issue was stopped by the police.
As the Guantanamo Bay prison detainees' hunger strike enters 50th day, the issue is raising concerns for the detainees' health among the authorities. The officials at the US facility in Cuba have force-fed as many as 10 detainees, who say that they are even wi...
The hunger strike by Guantanamo Bay prison detainees enters 50th day, with the prison authorities admitting that as many as 31 inmates are refusing food, and three of them have been hospitalised. The issue is also raising concerns for the detainees' health amo...
Left parties in the state have decided to launch a state-wide agitation after their leaders were forcibly shifted to hospital last night, thus ending their hunger strike on the issue of power. The leaders whose hunger strike entered its fourth day yesterday we...
TDP leader Dayakar Reddy, part of the TDP MLAs on hunger strike at the Old MLA Quarters in Hyderabad, speaks about the party's demands on the issue of power. They have set forth five conditions to end their strike. The TDP began their fast last night. The Left...
After the police forcibly moved Left leaders on fast against rising power tariff to hospital last night, TDP began its indefinite hunger strike on the same issue. Late last night, 22 TDP MLAs marched to the Old MLA Quarters in Hyderabad and began their hunger ...
Even as political leaders are making a beeline to Indira Park, where the Left leaders' fast over the issue of power enters its fourth day, the visible increase in police presence has made party activists wary. They fear that the police would swoop and forcibly...
TRS leader Harish Rao came out in full support of the Left parties' hunger strike at Indira Park in Hyderabad. Harish Rao said it was the Left that had usually taken up issues relating to power policy.
TRS leaders Harish Rao attacks the links between private producers and the Congress government. The TRS has lent its support to the indefinite fast of Left parties against current surcharge and proposed hike in power tariff. Left leaders, CPM's BV Raghavulu an...
The 'Endosulfan Peedhitha Janakeeya Munnani' has decided to temporarily call off their indefinite strike in the wake of the assurances offered in the all-party meet summoned by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The all-party meet has decided to appoint two committ...
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has lent its support to the fast by the Left party leaders - CPI's K Narayana and CPM's BV Raghavulu. The Left leaders are on fast demanding that the proposed hike in current tariff be stopped and the current surcharge adjustment b...
CPM state general secretary BV Raghavulu's indefinite fast on the power surcharge issue has entered its second day. Raghavulu talks about the reasons for the fast, moves to hike power tariff, and his demand to stop collecting fuel surcharge adjustment.
The hunger strike by the Left party leaders -- CPM's BV Raghavulu and CPI's K Naryana -- enters its second day today. The parties are demanding that the government rollback the hike in current surcharge, and protesting against the government's failure in provi...
In news are Bollywood actors Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan – all for their legal troubles, as Salman and Saif are all set to appear in a Jodhpur court for a hearing in the blackbuck poaching case. Subramaniam Swamy, leader of Janata Dal, says Sa...
MDMK leader Vaiko's mother Mariammal also goes on a hunger strike for a day at Kalingapatti. The 91-year-old woman is on a hunger strike demanding that all diplomatic relationships with Sri Lanka be cut off, as the country is guilty of killing innocent Tamils.
Sri Lankan Tamils and refugees in Chennai, Vellore, and Puducherry gather at Valluvar Kottam, and express their gratitude to the students by holding a one-day hunger strike. The students of Tamil Nadu have been going on hunger strikes for the last ten days, de...
The number of prisoners on a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has almost doubled. At least two inmates have been treated for dehydration.
Sayeeda is on dharna outside the house of the man she married at a temple. Sayeeda and Rangoli Sadhu met over two years back. She was from Mahabubnagar and worked as a nurse, while he was from Vizianagaram and worked at an NGO. They eloped and married at Vija...
As the prisoners' hunger strike at the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay reaches Day 42, there is little response from international human rights organisations.
The US is downplaying the hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, also known as Gitmo. More than a 100 prisoners have been on a fast for more than a month, protesting against confiscation of personal items.
Several students take part in a hunger strike in Cuddalore demanding a separate Eelam for Tamils in Sri Lanka. The police detained all these students for not taking prior permission to protest.
As more than a hundred detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison refuse food to protest against the authorities' misbehaviour, which include desecrating their personal belongings, US government downplays the hunger strike. Lawyers of these inmates have asked the US g...
Law colleges in Chennai have gone on a complete strike demanding that India vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC and declare Rajapaksa of being guilty of war crimes. Several students are on a hunger strike and some of their conditions have deteriorated. The stu...
The health condition of three students of the Chengalpet law college, Kanchipuram, deteriorate after being on hunger strike. The students were protesting against the alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lanka on Tamils. The students are now being treated at a g...
The cry for justice grows in Tamil Nadu as students refuse attend classes and protest on the streets. Schools and colleges in Cuddalore, Puducherry, Karaikal and Trichy wear a rebellious look at students demand that India vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC an...
The Loyola hunger strike team seems to have inspired many other students across the country to take up the Tamil eelam issue. Another group of students in Trichy from a law college have begun their fast unto death protest, until India gives its nod to the US r...
The Loyola hunger strike team seems to have inspired many other students across the country to take up the Tamil eelam issue. Another group of students in Kanchipuram have begun their fast unto death protest, until India gives its nod to the US resolution agai...
Sinthanai Kalam | Chennai police arrest the eight-member Loyola college team who have been on a fast unto death strike, in connection with the Sri Lankan war crimes issue. Today, close to ten colleges have stood up in rebellion with the students refusing to at...
Chennai police earlier arrested the eight-member Loyola college team who have been on a fast unto death strike, in connection with the Sri Lankan war crimes issue. The police also arrested others who had come to the venue to express solidarity. These supporter...
Chennai police arrest the eight-member Loyola college team who have been on a fast unto death strike, in connection with the Sri Lankan war crimes issue. The police arrested the eight members who were on a fast and others who had come to the venue to express s...
The Punjab girl who was assaulted by a cops has threatened hunger strike if no action is taken against the policemen who brutally assaulted her and her father. Despite a notice by the Supreme Court to the Punjab government, no action has been initiated against...
Separatist leader Yasin Malik denies meeting LeT chief Hafiz Saeed saying that he just happened to be at the venue in Islamabad where Malik was holding a hunger strike. He also terms Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's execution an act of murder.
Devastated by the empty assurances by the authorities, parents of a seven-year-old rape victim have decided to fight against the system that is turning a blind eye to their plight. The father of the victim has threatened to go on a hunger strike until justice ...
Tension prevails at the Posco site as the Odisha police began an eviction drive. Although the police had cordoned off the area, a large number of protesters, including women and children, barged into the area. Members of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPS...
Criticising Government of India's apathy towards the martyred soldier, Bharatiya Janata Party says that the Centre should rise beyond the politics and honour the martyrs. According to BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, who visited Lance Naik Hemraj's home i...
Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh today assured the family of Lance Naik Hemraj that he would visit their ancestral place in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district on Tuesday. The army chief's assurance came soon after it emerged that Hemraj's family had demand...
Martyred Indian soldier Lance Naik Hemraj's wife has begun a hunger strike demanding the government to bring back her husband's remains. Hemraj's family alleges that the state and central government has been completely indifferent to their demands. Pakistan ar...
Achil Vandhavai | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's announcement of his step-by-step plan of increasing fuel prices has come as a shock to many. Also discussed, Kollywood's hunger strike against service tax.
Actors, directors, choreographers and other technicians of Kollywood have gone on a day long hunger strike demanding exemption from the 12.36 service tax. Their argument - service tax on producers, exhibitors and distributors had been partly lifted a while ago...
There's resurgent anger in Egypt after the country's top prosecutor withdrew his resignation. Talaat Ibrahim had asked Egyptian judges not to release protesters opposed to President Morsi. His fate will now be decided by the Justice Minister. Egypt is now wait...
The Egyptian Opposition, which is fighting against President Mohammed Morsi's draft Constitution has decided to continue a hunger strike until the President steps down from office. Backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, the President held, what the opposition calls...
The Vilappilsala action council has called off its indefinite hunger strike following the government filing affidavit in the High Court saying that they are ready to close the waste treatment plant in the area. The council members called off the strike after t...
The relay hunger strike staged by the col farmers in the state is enterring the eleventh day. The farmers are on a relay hunger strike demanding the government to go ahead with the Rs 457 crore col development package. Chief minister Ommen Chandy has agreed to...
In the wee hours of Saturday, the officials have smuggled in equipment for leachate treatment inside the Vilappilsala garbage factory in Thiruvananthapuram. The equipment was installed inside the waste processing plant around 2.30 am under heavy police protect...
Demanding a permanant solution for the troubles faced by the coconut planters, the farmers are planning to go for an indefinite hunger strike under the ageis of Karshaka Congress. Advocate KJ Joseph will go for the hunger strike at Kuttyadi in Kozhikode.
There is trouble at the Ramky pharma city near Visakhapatnam. The villagers of Tadi village live in fear after an explosion at unit of Auctus Pharma. The village is located in the pharma City at Parawada near Visakhapatnam. The village was meant to be shifted ...
The success of the Telangana March and the peaceful nature of the rally in Hyderabad on September 30 shows the unity of the people of Telangana, says JAC chairman Kodandaram. He also speaks about the efforts being mad by KCR sitting in Delhi. As for the next s...
Annamalai University students go on a hunger strike demanding justice for the students who are now without a recognized college degree. The government does not recognize a five year integrated course at the university and this has caused many students to panic...
The protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has now spread over to other parts of Tamil Nadu with protesters in Chennai planning to stall the traffic. Anti-nuclear activist Udaykumar has expressed his willingness to surrender. Meanwhile protesters ...
The Andhra Pradesh BJP leaders are on 'deeksha' at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on the issue of a separate Telangana state. State BJP chief Kishan Reddy speaks on smaller state, of how even Hindi-speaking states like Himachal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are separ...
Manda Krishan Madia of the Madiga Reservation Porata Samiti has warned of a 72-hr 'deeksha' or hunger strike on August 30 if the state government does not provide reservation in jobs to the physically handicapped. A state-wide convention of the physically chal...
Government officials of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act wing visit Manish Sisodia's NGO to probe the foreign funding it has received. The NGO Kabir is run by Sisodia, a prominent member of the organisation India Against Corruption.
Baba Ramdev on his fourth day of fasting at Ramlila maidan says he gives time till today evening for the Prime Minister to take a decision on his demands, including issue of return of black money. And that means his agitation won't end today.
In his speech at Ramlila maidan on the first day of his agitation, Baba Ramdev himself announced restrictions on the language and tone of pronouncements. This is quite a turn around from the earlier attacks on the government. Baba even excused PM Manmohan Sing...
The day black money is returned to India, we may not have to pay any taxes. The total amount of black money is Rs 400 lakh crore rupees. These are one of the many claims made by Baba Ramdev. But can an mere agitation bring back black money?
Baba Ramdev's interview to TV9. Ramdev has outlined black money, strong Lokpal bill and CBI's independence as his main agenda. His supporters have reached Delhi's Ramlila maidan for the start of his indefinite agitation.
Baba Ramdev is all set to begin his agitation against corruption in Delhi from August 9. There is suspense on the participation of Anna Hazare in Ramdev's agitation.
Anna Hazare's fast failed. How will Baba Ramdev's hunger strike succeed? In this interview, Ramdev sounds very positive about bringing in massive crowds at his Delhi fast.
Baba Ramdev is at his aggressive best in recent times. Is it because now that Anna Hazare has disbanded Team Anna, the field is clear for Baba Ramdev. In his press conference, Baba Ramdev attacks the UPA government, doesn't speak about Anna's fast, and he has ...
Baba Ramdev thunders at the UPA government in his press conference at Karamsad in Gujarat. Ramdev is going on a fast himself on the issue of corruption and this was a curtain raiser to his fast.
Anna Hazare, writing in his blog, has said he was disbanding Team Anna. Anna writes in his blog that finding out the right kind of persons and provide an alternative is the need of the hour. Anna also said he will go on tour across the country. Anna also said ...
In his solid and commanding voice that speaks of his training and conditioning as an army officer and as chief of India's army, retired General VK Singh talks about his appeal to Anna Hazare to break their fast and the bigger issue of providing alternative to...
Yogendra Yadav speaks as part of the speeches made on the last day of the fast at Jantar Mantar by Anna Hazare, other members of Team Anna, and others like ex-army chief VK Singh. Yadav calls this era the era of politics where if there are crooks, then even t...
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal who dealt Team Anna earlier was condescending when asked Team Anna's move to form a political party of their own. Sibal said it wasn't okay to blame Team Anna as they had now realised that to make or change laws, they need to be ...
Team Anna members would end their fast today at 5 pm. And on the last day, among those present at Jantar Mantar, there was silent discussion on what the future holds for the agitation. Former army chief Gen VK Singh will come onto the stage today. Will Anna gi...
Team Anna has announced that it will form a political party of its own. Has Team Anna's intransigent attitude led to the government stopping all efforts to talk to them? Watch this discussion of pro and anti-Team Anna speakers talk of the agitation. Across the...
Kiran Bedi, a key member of Team Anna, clarifies on Anna Hazare and his movement's entry into electoral politics. Bedi says going political was the 'wise way out' and that relations with Baba Ramdev remain unchanged.
We realised that it has become the nature of Indian governments that they listen to everybody except the voice of the public, says Manish Sisodia. And therefore they decided to call of their fast and decide on a different course of action, says Sisodia.
Team Anna would end its hunger strike on Friday at 5 pm. They have asked their supporters for a referendum on Team Anna forming a political party. This is a move with wide implications, not just for the fight waged by Team Anna against corruption and for the L...
Listen to Anna Hazare as he speaks of why there is a need to form a political party that would be an alternative to the current political establishment. Anna refers to small slip of paper when he speaks on the crucial issue of forming a political party? In his...
Arvind Kejriwal speaks to the people at Jantar Mantar on the appeal made by 23 prominent personalities of the country to provide a alternative to the current political dispensation. But Kejriwal says they asked him to suggest or lead or form an alternative tha...
Is Team Anna now firming up decision to form a political party of its own? Anna Hazare addresses the people at Jantar Mantar and outlines why and what sort of alternative in the form of a political dispensation, or political party is needed to bring about chan...
Twenty-three prominent personalities of the country have in a signed appeal to Team Anna and Anna Hazare have asked them to stop depending on the current political dispensation and form a political front of their own. The chief among the names are retired Army...
Even as the standoff between Team Anna and government continues with both the parties unwilling to budge from their stance, prominent citizens including former Army Chief Gen VK Singh have made an appeal to the agitating Team Anna members to call off their hun...
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has appealed to Team Anna to call off their hunger strike. Kher is a staunch supporter of Anna Hazare and his cause. The appeal came even as the government is mulling over the eviction of Team Anna members from Jantar Mantar.