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Sabarimala row: 2 women return as head priest threatens to close temple
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Two women who were en route to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala agreed to return after the temple head priest (Tantri) Kandararu Rajeevaru threatened to shut down the temple if they attempted to force their way in.
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Sanctity of Sabarimala temple should be preserved: Devotees
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): A day after protests and violence against the entry of women of menstruating age at the Sabarimala temple was witnessed, devotees visiting the shrine reiterated that the sanctity of the temple and Lord Ayyappa "must be preserved at any cost".
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Sabarimala protest: KSRTC to not conduct its services today
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has decided to not conduct its services on Thursday a day after one of its buses was allegedly vandalised during a protest against the entry of women in Sabarimala Temple.
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'NY Times scribe was not forced to return from Sabarimala'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Thiruvananthapuram Inspector General of Police (IGP) Manoj Abraham on Thursday rebutted reports that Suhasini Raj, who is reportedly a New York Times journalist, was forced to return midway from Kerala's Sabarimala Temple.
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Sabarimala row: Former TDB chief demands ordinance against SC verdict
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Former president of Travancore Devaswom Board, Prayar Gopalakrishnan, on Thursday demanded an ordinance from the state and central governments against the entry of women aged between 10-50 years into Kerala's Sabarimala Temple.
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12-hour strike in Kerala over Sabarimala row
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Sabarimala Protection Committee has called for a 12-hour statewide strike on Thursday in Kerala.
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Sabarimala temple row: Section 144 imposed in 4 places of Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Amid intensifying protest in the region against the entry of women in the menstrual age group in the Sabarimala temple, the state administration on Wednesday imposed Section 144 in four places-- Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal, and Elavungal.
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Sabarimala temple row: NCW takes cognisance of attack on women journalist
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday took cognisance of attack on women journalists by the devotees protesting against the entry of women between the age group of 10 years to 50 years in the Sabarimala temple.
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Sabarimala temple row: Police lathi-charge protesters
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Tension gripped the state of Kerala as devotees hit the streets in protest against entry of women into the Sabarimala temple. The protesters were lathi-charged as they gathered at the Nilakkal base camp of Pathanamthitta district. Stones were al
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Sabarimala protests: 30 arrested in Pamba so far
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 17 (ANI): A total of 30 people have been arrested in Pamba since Tuesday in connection with protests against the entry of women of menstruating age inside the temple premises.
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BJP calls for strike in Kerala's Pathanamthitta tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a strike in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district on October 7 to protest against a clash erupted between the party's youth wing state president and police during a protest march. The strike will begin a
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Kerala: Forecasts for heavy shower in five districts
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 24 (ANI): At a time when Kerala is recovering from the havoc caused by devastating floods that killed 488 people last month, the MeT department on Monday made forecasts for heavy rains in five districts in the state.
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