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SC must pay heed to customs in Sabarimala

In the case of triple talaq, where a Muslim woman — a citizen of India — aggrieved by the practice of talaq, challenged its constitutional validity.

22 Oct 2018 12:40 AM

Devotees protest as several female devotee arrive to offer prayers at Sabarimala temple on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

On Day 5, six women stopped from proceeding to Sabarimala shrine

Not a single woman in the banned age group has so far reached the temple which will close tomorrow at the end of the monthly puja.

21 Oct 2018 8:39 PM

Activist Rehana Fathima's house was allegedly vandalised by unidentified persons while she was away trying to climb the holy hills on Friday. (Photo: File/PTI)

Activist Rehana ousted from Muslim group for attempting Sabarimala trek

The Kerala Muslim Jama'ath Council expelled her for 'hurting the sentiments of lakhs of Hindu devotees'.

21 Oct 2018 5:20 PM

Activist denied security, returns home

Pathanamthitta district collector P.B.Nooh said that all facilities, including washrooms, had been set up at Sannidanam.

21 Oct 2018 5:20 AM

No one must interfere with temple traditions, says Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth has denied reports he would announce his political party on his birthday, December 12.

21 Oct 2018 4:33 AM

If Manju manages to reach the shrine, she would be the first woman from the menstruating age group to visit the temple. (Photo: File)

Dalit activist aborts Sabarimala trek after rain, cops to verify background

SP Manju, general secretary of Kerala Dalit Mahila Federation, began her last 5 km journey to enter the temple on Saturday.

20 Oct 2018 8:22 PM

Kerala has been witnessing protests against the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple since the government had said it would abide by the ruling of the apex court. (Photo: File | PTI)

No one must interfere with Sabarimala temple traditions, says Rajinikanth

The actor also indicated that caution should be exercised when it came to matters of religion and related rituals.

20 Oct 2018 3:39 PM

The tension was defused after the woman, who had come with her family members, convinced the protesters that she was above 50 years, and proceeded to the shrine. (Photo: PTI/File)

Woman halted at Sabarimala over age rumours, let in after proving she is 52

The situation turned tense as devotees gathered to protest against the woman's entry into the temple.

20 Oct 2018 3:22 PM

Janani, who comes from Madurai in Tamil Nadu, visited the temple with her parents on Friday. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

'Will visit again after I turn 50': 9-yr-old girl with placard at Sabarimala

Janani's father said 'he won't like it' if his daughter visits Sabarimala before she is 50.

20 Oct 2018 12:25 PM

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury had termed the violence witnessed in Sabarimala as 'the worst form of vote bank politics being played in the country at the expense of destroying social harmony.' (Photo: PTI)

Sabarimala is South's Ayodhya, says Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Vinod Bansal was responding to comparison drawn by Yechury between violence in Sabarimala and uproar during Babri Masjid demolition.

20 Oct 2018 10:04 AM

Trupti Desai taken into preventive custody

Desai was taken from her home at 5 am and kept in “preventive custody” at the Sahakar Nagar police station, the authorities said.

20 Oct 2018 6:32 AM

Protesters oppose the entry of women to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Two women reach hilltop shrine, forced to return

The devotees, including senior citizens and children chanting Ayyappa mantras, protested the entry of women of menstrual age group into the shrine.

20 Oct 2018 6:09 AM

The advisory also referred to campaigns of certain civil and women’s rights activists, Left parties and fronts and pro-Left wing extremism groups in favour of women’s entry into the shrine and actively using women to do so. (Photo: PTI)

MHA asks Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to step up security

The ministry has asked the states to issue prohibitory orders in areas where there is a possibility of law.

20 Oct 2018 1:17 AM

Sabarimala: Constitution has been let down

Gender justice was denied on the ground although the court had ruled that anyone could worship Lord Ayyappa at his most famous abode.

20 Oct 2018 1:05 AM

Period is a period

Muslim women are allowed to lead a normal life during their periods except go around the ‘Ka’ba, the holiest of holy sites of Islam.

20 Oct 2018 12:00 AM

This is not the first time that ex-TDB president Prayar Gopalkrishnan made such misogynistic statement. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Sabarimala not a place for sex tourism: Ex-TDB chief opposes women’s entry

'This is agenda-driven. This is not a place for sex tourism. This is abode of Lord Ayappa,' Prayar Gopalkrishnan said.

19 Oct 2018 4:42 PM

'Police have said that they will provide protection. That is why I am going back,' Rehana Fatima told the media. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

My life is in danger: Women activist, after being turned back from Sabarimala

Rehana Fatima's house in Kochi was vandalised by unidentified miscreants on Friday morning.

19 Oct 2018 2:11 PM

'I am also an Ayyappa devotee,' IG S Sreejith said while negotiating for the two women. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Ritualistic disaster: Top cop after 2 women returned from Sabarimala temple

'While we were waiting, tantri informed that if we attempt to take women ahead they would close temple,' IG Sreejith said.

19 Oct 2018 12:46 PM

New York Times journalist, Suhasini Raj and her colleague, who managed to climb halfway to the Sabarimala shrine on Thursday morning, were forced to return after massive protests. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

New York Times journalist forced to return from Sabarimala amid protest

Suhasini and her colleague managed to cross Pamba and reach Marakkoottam, which is near Sabarimala shrine, but were stopped by protesters.

18 Oct 2018 3:36 PM

Sabarimala verdict: Fresh review plea filed in Supreme Court

The Travancore Dewasom Board is yet to take a decision on filing a review.

18 Oct 2018 5:31 AM

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