India, Aug. 9 -- The protests over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations in Jharkhand continued for the sixteenth day on Sunday morning as talks held over the past two days failed to end the deadlock. The Hemant Soren government will hold fresh discussions with the protesting job aspirants at 12 pm today as student leaders carry on their indefinite hunger strike for seventh straight day at Ranchi's Jaipal Singh Stadium.

Jharkhand Loktantrik Krantikari Morcha (JLKM) leader Devendra Nath Mahto, who has emerged as one of the prominent faces leading the protest, saw his health deteriorate last night with blood glucose level falling to 53 around 3 am. One of the protesters alleged that efforts were made to remove Mahto during nig...