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Trupti Desai lands in Mumbai, protests staged at airport
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Agitated protesters gathered outside the Mumbai airport where Pune-based activist Trupti Desai arrived after she called off her plan to visit the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order in Kerala.
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Sad how Ayyappa devotees abusing, threatening us: Trupti Desai
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): Social activist and founder of Bhumata Brigade, Trupti Desai, who was unable to exit the Cochin International Airport due to protests being carried out against her visit, said that the state police have advised her to go back to Pune.
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'Save Sabarimala' Rath Yatra flagged off by Yeddyurappa
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Muttur (Kerala) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday flagged off the party's Save Sabarimala Rath Yatra here. The march from Muttur to Sabarimala is in protest against the CPM-led LDF government's to implement the Supreme Court order on Lord Ay
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Sabarimala: 52-year-old female devotee enters temple amid agitation
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): A 52-year-old female devotee from Thrissur offered prayers at the Sabarimala Temple on Tuesday, amid agitation by protestors regarding her entry.
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Audio row: Sabarimala chief priest refutes Kerala BJP president's claim
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Chief priest of the Sabarimala Temple, Kandararu Rajeevaru on Monday denied consulting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala unit chief P S Sreedharan Pillai before taking a call on shutting the doors of the Lord Ayyappa's shrine if women in the
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Sabarimala Temple reopens for rituals amid heavy security
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Amid tight security, the doors of the Sabarimala Temple were reopened around 5 pm on Monday for devotees of Lord Ayyappa.
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Sabarimala: Amid tight security, devotees begin trek towards hill shrine
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Nilakkal (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Amid tight security, devotees of Lord Ayyappa on Monday began the trek from Nilakkal base camp to the hill shrine of Sabarimala ahead of the temple's opening this evening.
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Emergency-like situation: BJP on Sabarimala police deployment
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): The heavy deployment of security and prohibitory orders ahead of the opening of Sabarimala temple has irked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who has said that an "emergency-like" situation is being created in the holy site.
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Sabarimala: Security tightened, Sec 144 imposed ahead of temple opening
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): In an attempt to avoid violence and unrest in Sabarimala temple, which is slated to open for a special religious ceremony on November 5, the state administration has deployed scores of police personnel in Pamba and surrounding areas.
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Sabarimala protest: Over 3500 people arrested
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The Kerala Police has arrested at least 3505 protesters till now in connection with violence that broke out in the state earlier this month over Supreme Court’s verdict on Sabarimala Temple.
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Chennai: Angry protestors take to streets against entry of women
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Members of Hindu Makkal Katchi on Sunday protested in front of the Chennai's Anna Ayyappa temple against the entry of women inside Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
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Trying our best to implement SC verdict: Kerala IG on Sabarimala row
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pamba (Kerala) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Few hours after two women from Andhra Pradesh were barred from entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, Kerala Inspector General (IG) S Sreejith on Sunday said that the police is making all efforts to implement the Supreme Court's ruling on allowing femal
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