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Nurses Protesting For Job Regularization Arrested In Chennai
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News18•05-10-2026, 21:27
Nurses Protesting For Job Regularization Arrested In Chennai
- •Thousands of nurses gathered near the Rajarathinam Stadium in Chennai under the banner of the Tamil Nadu Intermediate Health Workers Association.
- •The protesters demanded job regularization, job security, settlement of arrears, and a salary hike.
- •Police forcefully carried away and arrested the nurses who had been staging a hunger strike since morning.
- •Tension prevailed in the area as representatives invited for talks at the Secretariat were reportedly arrested first.
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Thousands of nurses gathered near the Rajarathinam Stadium in Chennai under the banner of the Tamil Nadu Intermediate Health Workers Association to demand job regularization, job security, settlement of arrears, and a salary hike.
According to the legal guardian and lawyer for the nurses, five representatives were invited to the Secretariat at 7 PM for talks and were arrested first.
While the nurses had been staging a hunger strike since morning, the police forcefully carried them away and arrested both the thousands of protesters at the stadium and the representatives at the Secretariat.
