News for 'indefinite fast'

Protests erupt after 2 women attempt to enter Sabarimala

Protests erupt after 2 women attempt to enter Sabarimala

Rediff.com16 Jan 2019

The women devotees were surrounded by a large number of protesters after they crossed the base camp to begin the trek towards the hill shrine.

Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of Bangladesh ODIs

Ravindra Jadeja ruled out of Bangladesh ODIs

Rediff.com24 Nov 2022

Jadeja, 33, was forced to withdraw from India's Asia Cup campaign after the group stages in order to undergo surgery for a chronic knee problem. Jadeja missed the whole T20 World Cup, despite India coach Rahul Dravid's initial optimism that he may recuperate in time to participate in India's campaign.

Govt can stop Anna from fasting again, but...

Govt can stop Anna from fasting again, but...

Rediff.com12 Aug 2011

The government is still looking at all the pros and cons of the issue and is not yet definite that permission is being given to the social activist to go ahead with the fast

'We will sacrifice our lives for our mother Ganga'

'We will sacrifice our lives for our mother Ganga'

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

'The present government swears by Hinduism. But we lost three of our sants during earlier BJP regimes.'

Hazare's fast enters 5th day, villagers block state highway

Hazare's fast enters 5th day, villagers block state highway

Rediff.com3 Feb 2019

Hazare has been on a hunger strike since Wednesday demanding appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra.

Dalit student's suicide: Fasting students taken to hospital

Dalit student's suicide: Fasting students taken to hospital

Rediff.com23 Jan 2016

Tension prevailed on the campus as security personnel forcibly took the students to the hospital while other students shouted slogans and tried to stop the ambulance.

Cummins is Australia Test captain; Smith vice-captain

Cummins is Australia Test captain; Smith vice-captain

Rediff.com26 Nov 2021

Pat Cummins, 28, becomes only the second specialist fast bowler to take the captaincy after Ray Lindwall, who led for one Test against India in the mid-1950s.

Immobilisimo in Andhra! Naidu attacks Sonia using Italian

Immobilisimo in Andhra! Naidu attacks Sonia using Italian

Rediff.com7 Oct 2013

Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Monday began an indefinite fast in New Delhi to protest against the split of Andhra Pradesh, accusing the Congress of playing politics in view of the Lok Sabha polls, but remained ambivalent on Telangana.

Jagan fasts for united Andhra, claims Sonia paving Rahul's PM path

Jagan fasts for united Andhra, claims Sonia paving Rahul's PM path

Rediff.com5 Oct 2013

YSR Congress party president and Kadapa Member of Parliament Y S Jaganmohan Reddy on Saturday launched an indefinite hunger strike at his residence in Hyderabad against the Centre's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.

PIX: Police ends Jagan's fast in jail; shifts him to hospital

PIX: Police ends Jagan's fast in jail; shifts him to hospital

Rediff.com30 Aug 2013

Police on late on Thursday night broke the five-day-old indefinite hunger strike of YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, at the Chanchalguda jail in Hyderabad and got him shifted to a government hospital.

'England Ashes squad not strongest, but neither is Australia's'

'England Ashes squad not strongest, but neither is Australia's'

Rediff.com11 Oct 2021

The opening match of the series begins in Brisbane on December 8, with Australia playing their first Test since losing to India in January.

No solution to OROP row, veterans seek president's intervention

No solution to OROP row, veterans seek president's intervention

Rediff.com29 Aug 2015

Havildar Abhilash Singh (retired) has been taken to hospital. He was on relay hunger strike.

Govt appoints one-man commission to probe Rohith Vemula's suicide

Govt appoints one-man commission to probe Rohith Vemula's suicide

Rediff.com28 Jan 2016

Senior Union Human Resources Development ministry officials said in Delhi that Justice (retd) Roopanwal will review the entire sequence of events, the circumstances and to establish facts and correctives in the context of the incident in a university.

As veterans begin fast unto death, ex-service chiefs write to PM on OROP

As veterans begin fast unto death, ex-service chiefs write to PM on OROP

Rediff.com17 Aug 2015

Stepping up the agitation on 'One Rank One Pension', a fast-unto-death was launched by two of the protesting ex-servicemen at Jantar Mantar

Stir intensifies with 'Chalo HCU' over Dalit scholar's suicide

Stir intensifies with 'Chalo HCU' over Dalit scholar's suicide

Rediff.com25 Jan 2016

Security was beefed up with a large number of police personnel being deployed around the campus as a precautionary measure.

'Bhaiyyu Maharaj told me he was under pressure'

'Bhaiyyu Maharaj told me he was under pressure'

Rediff.com13 Jun 2018

Congress leader Manak Agarwal's demand for a CBI inquiry into the godman's suicide has set off a controversy.

Amethi people will decide on my candidature: Kumar Vishwas

Amethi people will decide on my candidature: Kumar Vishwas

Rediff.com12 Dec 2013

With the Aam Aadmi Party hinting at a contest between Kumar Vishwas and Rahul Gandhi in 2014 general elections, the AAP leader said it is up to the party and the people of Amethi to take a decision on his candidature from the constituency represented by the Congress vice-president.

After Jain, Sisodia hospitalised as Delhi deadlock continues

After Jain, Sisodia hospitalised as Delhi deadlock continues

Rediff.com18 Jun 2018

While Jain went on indefinite fast at the LG's office on Tuesday, Sisodia had been on a hunger strike since Wednesday.

Australians cleared to play in IPL in UAE

Australians cleared to play in IPL in UAE

Rediff.com15 Aug 2021

Australia's scheduled one-day international series against Afghanistan in India has been postponed, the cricket boards of the competing countries said on Sunday, leaving players free to fulfil their Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments.

Archer, Stokes out of England's squad for Ashes

Archer, Stokes out of England's squad for Ashes

Rediff.com10 Oct 2021

England on Sunday named their strongest available squad for the Ashes tour to Australia as all-rounders Ben Stokes and Sam Curran missed out but seamer Stuart Broad was included despite the calf injury he picked up in the Test series against India.

Kapil Mishra 'heckled' by AAP MLAs in Delhi assembly

Kapil Mishra 'heckled' by AAP MLAs in Delhi assembly

Rediff.com31 May 2017

Party MLAs, including Madan Lal, Jarnail Singh, were seen lunging at Mishra and dragging him as he raised a poster.

'Shami ideal replacement for Bumrah, Arshdeep is committed'

'Shami ideal replacement for Bumrah, Arshdeep is committed'

Rediff.com17 Oct 2022

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar reckons that ground conditions will dictate which spinners are to be played in the XI.

Anna a permanent source of inspiration: Kumar Vishwas

Anna a permanent source of inspiration: Kumar Vishwas

Rediff.com12 Dec 2013

Reflecting a thaw in their relations with Anna Hazare, a team of Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday called on the Gandhian whose indefinite fast entered its third day and vowed to continue lending support to his fight for an effective Jan Lokpal.

EV makers seek extension of FAME II subsidies in Budget

EV makers seek extension of FAME II subsidies in Budget

Rediff.com21 Jan 2023

as the FAME II deadline of March 31, 2024, nears, EV manufacturers are worried about their investments and future plans.

KCR's Delhi agenda: Thanksgiving, and backing Food Security Bill

KCR's Delhi agenda: Thanksgiving, and backing Food Security Bill

Rediff.com26 Aug 2013

Telangana Rashtriya Samithi chief K Chandrasekara Rao is on his way to Delhi, where he will reportedly meet the Congress top brass and urge them to pass a bill approving the creation of Telangana as soon as possible.

Pakistan's Sarfaraz, Wahab make cut for England Tests

Pakistan's Sarfaraz, Wahab make cut for England Tests

Rediff.com28 Jul 2020

Batsman Fawad Alam, who was also named in the 20-member squad along with two specialist spinners could make a comeback to Pakistan's Test team after 11 years.

Boult reaches home, says hope things improve soon in India

Boult reaches home, says hope things improve soon in India

Rediff.com9 May 2021

Trent Boult, Finn Allen, Jimmy Neesham, Adam Milne and Scott Kuggeleijn, coaches and former players James Pamment and Shane Bond, Mike Hesson were the first to land in Auckland

Australia quick Pattinson ruled out of Ashes

Australia quick Pattinson ruled out of Ashes

Rediff.com4 Oct 2017

James Pattinson will take an indefinite break from cricket and has been ruled out of the Ashes series against England after reaggravating his lower back stress fracture, Cricket Australia said on Wednesday.

Irani rejects demands for waiving off punishment to JNU students

Irani rejects demands for waiving off punishment to JNU students

Rediff.com6 May 2016

Members in the Rajya Sabha had sought the government's intervention in resolving the protests by JNU students by advising the university authorities to reconsider its decision to severely penalise some of them.

BCCI flexible about 2020-21 domestic season

BCCI flexible about 2020-21 domestic season

Rediff.com27 Apr 2020

The IPL has been postponed indefinitely and there is a possibility that it might be held in September when the domestic season is also underway. So far, no other cricketing activity has happened in India at the time of IPL.

Dravid comes to Kohli's defence

Dravid comes to Kohli's defence

Rediff.com4 Sep 2022

But he once again tried to assert that Kohli's form is least of concerns as far as he is concerned and also urged people not to be obsessed about one particular player's numbers.

Will Australian cricketers pick domestic competitions over IPL?

Will Australian cricketers pick domestic competitions over IPL?

Rediff.com22 May 2020

There is speculation that the 13th IPL, which was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, might be conducted in October-November if the T20 World Cup in Australia is postponed.

254 Indian millionaires used 'golden visa' route to UK in 12 years: Report

254 Indian millionaires used 'golden visa' route to UK in 12 years: Report

Rediff.com12 Jul 2021

A total of 254 millionaires from India have used the so-called "golden visa" to settle down in the UK through a large investment into the country since the route opened in 2008, according to a new report released by a UK-based anti-corruption charity on Monday. Spotlight on Corruption said that Indians ranked as the seventh nationality of super-rich to have availed of the Tier 1 (Investor) Visa, adding up to 254 between 2008 and 2020. China topped the list at 4,106, followed by Russia (2,526), Hong Kong (692), the United States (685), Pakistan (283) and Kazakhstan (278) ahead of India.

Kin of stranded Indian engineer in Iran writes to Modi for safe return

Kin of stranded Indian engineer in Iran writes to Modi for safe return

Rediff.com23 Jun 2014

Sanket Pandya, one of the two engineers left stranded in Iran since December 2013, has urged the Indian government to facilitate their early and safe return after the duo were illegally 'confined' following the seizure of their passports when their Goa-based employer got embroiled in a dispute with a company there.

Coronavirus: Players will have to get used to new normal, says Ishant

Coronavirus: Players will have to get used to new normal, says Ishant

Rediff.com18 May 2020

Currently, all cricketing action across the world has come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.

IPL taught me a lot, says top earner Cummins

IPL taught me a lot, says top earner Cummins

Rediff.com26 May 2020

Australia pacer Pat Cummins believes that players tend to learn a lot from playing the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Irom Sharmila released from judicial custody

Irom Sharmila released from judicial custody

Rediff.com29 Feb 2016

Human rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been charged with the offence of attempt to commit suicide by fasting, was on Monday released from judicial custody.

Did BCCI make a mistake by hosting IPL 2021 in India?

Did BCCI make a mistake by hosting IPL 2021 in India?

Rediff.com5 May 2021

Australia pacer Pat Cummins believes the IPL organisers, in hindsight, could have 'tweaked a few things' after deciding to host the league in India amidst a raging COVID-19 pandemic.

MS Swaminathan supports Naidu's hunger strike

MS Swaminathan supports Naidu's hunger strike

Rediff.com24 Dec 2010

Rajya Sabha member and Chairman of Swaminathan Foundation, M S Swaminathan, on Fidayr extended his support to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu's indefinite hunger strike but requested him to call off the fast, that was into the eighth day.

I will compete with myself at CWG: Mirabai Chanu

I will compete with myself at CWG: Mirabai Chanu

Rediff.com26 Jun 2022

Mirabai Chanu will enter Birmingham, as title favourite.