Robita said,“I have decided to follow Sharmila’s footsteps. I sought blessings of Sharmila. She is my inspiration."

A section is miffed with Irom for her decision to join politics though she continues her fight against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ac...

Terming politics as dirty, the human right crusader added, “People misunderstood my real ideology. I am completely shaken.”

"It is her strong will power and daily habit of practising yoga which kept her physically fit," Sharmila's brother Irom Singhajit said.

Sharmila's elder brother Singhajit told ET, “I am not aware it is Sharmila’s decision. She has not consulted me before taking the decision.

Sharmila is known to have a boyfriend, Desmond Coutinho, a UK national born in Goa. He has in the past been in trouble with Sharmila's supp...

Judicial Magistrate First Class (Imphal East) rejected the charges of attempt to commit suicide against Irom Sharmila.

In a statement Shailesh Rai, programme director at Amnesty International India, said Sharmila should not have been arrested in the first pl...

"We are very happy to know that the government will have to release Sharmila once the law is changed. Whatever happens she will continue wi...

Condemning the re-arrest of Irom Chanu Sharmila, her family and various civil rights groups in Manipur today termed the move as illegal.

Sharmila, 42, is now continuing her 14-year-old fast from a small makeshift shelter outside the government-run Jawahar Lal Nehru Institute ...

To appear for a pending court case against her, Irom Sharmila today left for Delhi, where she is also hoping to meet Narendra Modi for repe...

Activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who has been on fast for more than 12 years, was re-arrested by state police, officials said.

First Class Judicial Magistrate (Imphal East) ordered release of Irom Sharmila, who was arrested on charges of attempt to commit suicide.

The postcards will be up for display during the book launch at Mumbai's Kitab Khana on International Womens' Day tomorrow.

Her comments, made before she was produced at the judicial magistrate's court, came within a day of a meeting with Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata Banerjee made an impromptu visit to Irom Sharmila Chanu immediately on her arrival in Manipur to address a poll rally on Wednesday.