Tribal students in Nashik have called off their hunger strike after talks with District Collector Ayush Prasad but will continue their sit-in protest over hostel facilities, recruitment and other demands.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has defended his decision to end his 26-day hunger strike, questioning critics who doubted his sincerity. He said his agitation was genuine and rejected what he described as a smear campaign.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Sonam Wangchuk a speedy recovery after the activist ended his 26-day hunger strike. The PM also reiterated the Centre's commitment to introducing stricter anti-paper leak legislation.
The Delhi High Court has declined to order the transfer of activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to a private hospital, observing that he is not under detention and that treatment has been administered only with his consent.
New Delhi: The NDA leaders on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying that if the latter was really concerned about climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, he could have “midway returned from his foreign trip to meet the agitator”. This comes a day after LoP Gandhi, in a post.
Twenty days without food. Over nine kilograms lost. A determined activist lying at Jantar Mantar, fighting for education reforms and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike has captured national attention, raising urgent questions: Is this protest legal? When does the state step in? And why do some fasts succeed.
Student organisations joined the Jantar Mantar protest in Delhi after Sonam Wangchuk was shifted to hospital. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced an indefinite hunger strike as police appealed to protesters to vacate the site.
New Delhi: Innovator, educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali J. Angmo, on Saturday said that no oral or IV treatment should be given to her husband without consent from her, his family, and long-term doctors, amid his admission after over 20 days of hunger strike at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. “I am at Safdarjung.
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the past 20 days at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, was shifted to a hospital early on Saturday after his health deteriorated. The move came in compliance with directions of the Delhi High Court and on the advice of medical experts. Police Shift.
