Fifteen people have undertaken an indefinite hunger strike at Idinthakarai to press for withdrawal of Tamil Nadu's green signal to the 1,000 MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), among other dem

BJP and Trinamul MPs have objected to a move by the Union home ministry to include “Hindu undivided family” (known by the acronym HUF, usually in tax matters) in amendments to the Unlawful Activities

Special envoy Kofi Annan warned of an ‘escalation’ of the Syria conflict into the rest of the Middle East unless it is carefully handled as he called on the UN Security Council to unite to put pressur

Students protested against the frequent power cuts Thursday when over 70 members of Student Federation of India (SFI) gathered in front of the electricity board office on Anna Salai.

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Thousands of students at an all-female university in Saudi Arabia boycotted classes on Saturday, protesting against poor services, witnesses said, in a rare display of dissent from women in the conser

The protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu leading to delays in its commissioning have started pinching the government -- to the tune of Rs.50 million per day (Rs.5 crore) b

Jats, who are seeking quotas in government jobs, are likely to intensify their agitation after the Haryana government refused to release nearly 100 leaders of the community who were arrested for viole

Agitating MBBS students at AIIMS on Thursday suspended their indefinite relay hunger strike, called in the wake of the alleged suicide by a first-year student, after the premier medical hospital's aut

The agitation by several nurses from three popular private hospitals across the city raged on as they continued their strike on Monday demanding a minimum wage hike from their existing meagre salaries

The Russian opposition defiantly vowed to wage a sustained campaign of protests on Tuesday after police detained hundreds in rallies against Vladimir Putin's crushing victory in presidential polls.

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