A panel of intellectuals including actors, filmmakers and journalists appealed to the people to join activist Irom Chanu Sharmila in her demand of annulling Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur.

Over 1,400 prisoners went on hunger strike at Kot Lakhpat Jail on Wednesday where Indian national Sarabjit Singh was killed, to protest the hostile attitude of the prison staff.

Over 50,000 retail and wholesale pharmacists in Maharashtra on Friday joined the all-India strike called by the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists Associations (AIOCDA) in support of various demands, a top official said.

An association of chemist and drug retailers on Thursday threatened to go on a day-long strike and shut down medical shops on Friday against the ‘unjustified’ policies of the government.

A Syrian activist group on Monday said that Israel's weekend airstrike on a sprawling military complex near the Syrian capital Damascus has killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers.

An all India grouping of chemists and druggists on Friday called for a nationwide bandh on May 10 to protest against the ‘unjustified’ government policies, which include reduction in prices of medicines and implementation of FDI in the sector.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has given a one day nationwide medical strike call for June 25 to protest against government policies after all methods to convince the government failed.

Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital on Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said.

All medicine shops remained shut down in Nagaland from 6 AM on Friday in response to the 12-hour bandh called by the Nagaland Medicine Dealers Association (NMDA).

Millions of Mumbaikars could go hungry on Monday as around 20,000 hotels, restaurants, licenced tea and snacks outlets as well as ubiquitous vada-paav stalls go on strike to protest the new service tax.