Opposing the proposed formation of a separate Telangana state, Congress MP from Vijawada L Rajagopal began an indefinite hunger strike in Vijayawada on Tuesday, a day after he was arrested twice for launching the protest.

The faculty at various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will go on a hunger strike on Thursday despite warnings by the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi went on a hunger strike here Monday to protest "cruel acts" against Tamils in Sri Lanka and demanded an immediate ceasefire in the island nation."I have decided to offer my life to the increasing numbers of lives lost due to the Sinhalese regime's continuing cruel acts against the Tamil ethnic minority in the war in Sri Lanka ," Karunanidhi told reporters.