Davanagere (Karnataka), July 12 -- : The strike by students and interns of the Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College (JJMMC) in Davanagere against the college administration entered the tenth day, claiming that they have not been paid their stipend for the last 16 months.

During the protest, students standing in the rain holding umbrellas were raising slogans against the college administration. They were heard saying -- "Our stipend, our right".

One of the protestors at the site said, "We have been running from post to pillar, there's not a single door we haven't knocked. We haven't been given our stipend for so many months, I don't know how they expect us to survive. We are ready to work but we cannot do so if we are not give...