The Meghalaya government has agreed to constitute a committee with the Deputy Commissioner of East Jaintia Hills and representatives of the Jaintia Coal Mines and Stone Quarries Welfare Association (JCOMSWA) to draft a Small Scale Mining Policy, following days of hunger strike by coal miners in the district.
Carrying a placard that read “no coal, no food, no lives,” Reginal Shylla, a resident of Khliehriat in East Jaintia Hills, took out a lone protest rally from the State Central Library to Malki ground on Thursday, seeking to launch an indefinite hunger strike against the ban on coal mining and its impact on thousands of families.
Guwahati, Dec 15: Students of Tezpur University on Monday staged a nine-hour hunger strike, demanding the immediate removal of Vice Chancellor Professor Shambhu Nath Singh.
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Members from the Arunachal Anti-Conversion Christian Forum (ACF) on Monday observed an eight-hour-long hunger strike to protest against the implementation of the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA), 1978.
Shillong, Nov 28: North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homeopathy (NEIAH) Mawdiangdiang-ni Postgraduate Trainee-rang, uamangni stipend-ko batanggimin bilsionin on•kujaengani gimin November 26 tarikoni okgimu...
The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday directed the state authorities to advise the striking students of NEHU of any medical risk associated with the hunger strike and take steps necessary in accordance with the law.
The announcement was made on Wednesday evening by NEHU Students’ Union (NEHUSU) president, Sandy Sohtun, after intense appeals by different sections including teachers, community members and doctors, and partial fulfilment of their demands
The two student bodies spearheading the protest in the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) have decided to continue with the ongoing indefinite hunger strike till the incumbent Vice Chancellor Prof PS Shukla is removed as the head of the university.
North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof. Prabha Shankar Shukla, has given a big statement amidst the ongoing hunger strike by the students of the university, which entered the 9th day on Wednesday.
