Srinagar, Oct. 20 -- Medical interns across Jammu and Kashmir have resumed their strike over the prolonged delay in revising their stipends, with the All India Medical Students' Association (AIMSA) announcing candle marches at government medical colleges and SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, on Tuesday evening.

The renewed agitation follows weeks of waiting for a government decision that the association says was assured in writing on September 8. Interns were asked to wait 30 days, but the stipulated period passed without an implementation order, according to AIMSA.

The association said a delegation met Officer on Special Duty Peerzada Zahoor Ahmad on October 12, when another week was sought to resolve the issue. A subsequent meeting with ...