# Telangana AYUSH doctors’ hunger strike enters Day 12 2026-08-16T03:52:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The indefinite strike by AYUSH house surgeons, students and postgraduate doctors in Telangana entered its 12th day on Saturday, with protesters launching relay hunger strikes at government AYUSH institutions. The New Indian Express reports that the demonstrators are pressing for a stipend hike that has been pending for nearly a decade. Protesters said repeated representations to the state government over the revision of stipends for AYUSH interns and PG doctors had yielded no decision. They vowed to continue the relay hunger strikes until their demands are met, urging the government to address the issue. ## Coverage - newindianexpress.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: AYUSH, Hyderabad, Telangana, Telangana Homoeopathy Doctors Association Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-ayush-doctors-hunger-strike-enters-day-12/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-ayush-doctors-hunger-strike-enters-day-12/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/