Medha Patkar Fast

As the indefinite hunger strike of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel entered eighth day on Saturday, his supporters forced activist Medha Patkar to return without meeting him, dubbing her anti-farmer.

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today ended her 17-day old fast at a jail in Dhar district, where she has been lodged.

Social activist Medha Patkar was on Monday forcibly removed by Madhya Pradesh Police from the site, where she was on the 12 day of her indefinite fast to protest against closing of the gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam in neighbouring Gujarat.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike pressing for passage in Parliament for Jan Lokpal Bill entered third day today.

Social activist Medha Patkar called off her fast late last night after Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured her that an inquiry into the demolition of a Mumbai slum would be completed within eight days. She had been fasting for the past nine days after 43 houses of the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in Mumbai's Golibar Slum area wer...

Activist Medha Patkar was arrested in Chhindwara on November 4 and had gone on a fast, demanding her unconditional release.

Amid deepening controversies over some of its most influential members, Team Anna's core committee meets today in Delhi. Anna, 74, will not attend; he has extended his "maun vrat" or vow of silence. Medha Patkar and Justice Santosh Hegde will also be absent.

Social activist Medha Patkar, who was protesting the eviction of slum-dwellers from Golibar in Mumbai's suburban Khar ended her fast on the ninth day today after the Maharashtra government agreed to her demands."Medha has ended her fast after Collector Nirmal Deshmukh came up with a notification this afternoon. They have agreed to her demands," Mad...

Noted social activist Medha Patkar, who is on fast to protest eviction of slum-dwellers from Golibar Slum in suburban Khar since May 20, is likely to end her protest on Saturday, with Maharashtra government agreeing to most of her demands.Madhuresh Kumar, a member of National Association of Peoples' Movement and Patkar's associate, said here this e...

Social Activist Medha Patkar's fast enters the sixth day today. She has been demanding a probe into the slum projects in Mumbai. The 140 acres near the Mumbai airport is occupied by the city's second largest slum: Golibar, which is home to 26,000 families.The families have clashed with builders Shivalik Ventures over the redevelopment of the slum. ...

As the indefinite hunger strike of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel entered eighth day on Saturday, his supporters forced activist Medha Patkar to return without meeting him, dubbing her anti-farmer.

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar today ended her 17-day old fast at a jail in Dhar district, where she has been lodged.

Social activist Medha Patkar was on Monday forcibly removed by Madhya Pradesh Police from the site, where she was on the 12 day of her indefinite fast to protest against closing of the gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam in neighbouring Gujarat.

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's indefinite hunger strike pressing for passage in Parliament for Jan Lokpal Bill entered third day today.

Social activist Medha Patkar called off her fast late last night after Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured her that an inquiry into the demolition of a Mumbai slum would be completed within eight days. She had been fasting for the past nine days after 43 houses of the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in Mumbai's Golibar Slum area wer...

Activist Medha Patkar was arrested in Chhindwara on November 4 and had gone on a fast, demanding her unconditional release.

Amid deepening controversies over some of its most influential members, Team Anna's core committee meets today in Delhi. Anna, 74, will not attend; he has extended his "maun vrat" or vow of silence. Medha Patkar and Justice Santosh Hegde will also be absent.

Social activist Medha Patkar, who was protesting the eviction of slum-dwellers from Golibar in Mumbai's suburban Khar ended her fast on the ninth day today after the Maharashtra government agreed to her demands."Medha has ended her fast after Collector Nirmal Deshmukh came up with a notification this afternoon. They have agreed to her demands," Mad...

Noted social activist Medha Patkar, who is on fast to protest eviction of slum-dwellers from Golibar Slum in suburban Khar since May 20, is likely to end her protest on Saturday, with Maharashtra government agreeing to most of her demands.Madhuresh Kumar, a member of National Association of Peoples' Movement and Patkar's associate, said here this e...

Social Activist Medha Patkar's fast enters the sixth day today. She has been demanding a probe into the slum projects in Mumbai. The 140 acres near the Mumbai airport is occupied by the city's second largest slum: Golibar, which is home to 26,000 families.The families have clashed with builders Shivalik Ventures over the redevelopment of the slum. ...