Hitting out at Modi and the BJP, AICC General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal alleged that the party had “cheated” the devotees and “are sincere to Sabarimala only when it comes to election and voting”. read more

Reshma and Sanila, residents of Kannur, covered almost half of the 5.5-kilometre trek to the hilltop shrine but were intercepted by angry devotees in the morning. They used the lean time in the early hours to dodge protesters and started trekking at... read more

Sabarimala Temple Row Highlights: They started trekking at 5 am and they were blocked for more than 2 hours.The police have arrested eight protestors. read more

The Gomti rive which is Lucknow’s lifeline is battling severe pollution as people continue to throw garbage in it. read more

Though the police team tried to arrest and remove a few of the devotees who blocked the traditional forest path and take the women members of Chennai-based outfit ‘Manithi’, hundreds of pilgrims rushed down to the valley to chase them away. read more

Three Ayyappa pilgrims, who were among those who protested, have been arrested in this connection. read more

Fervent appeals are being made to people to download the “Jai Jai Shri Ram” tune to their mobiles, he said. “More than 10,000 people have downloaded it in just a couple of days,” Mishra told PTI. read more

Asserting that his government was with the devotees, Vijayan said it was being targeted for trying to implement the Supreme Court order permitting entry of all women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. read more

The devotees, who shocked police by assembling suddenly at the spot despite the heavy security deployment, were asked to disperse but remained adamant. There was a heated argument between superintendent of police Yatish Chandra and the devotees, which... read more

Two women from Andhra Pradesh, said to be in their 40s, were stopped at the Sabarimala base camp and decided to turn back as protesters continued to block women aged below 50 from the hilltop shrine read more

Sabarimala temple gates opened at 5 pm as scheduled amid protests. Despite the Supreme Court order, no women turned up at the opening of the temple. Here are highlights: read more

The procession carrying Utsav Doli (palanquin) of Rudranath started from Gopinath temple — the winter sojourn of the deity at Gopeshwar — on Thursday and had reached Rudranath on Friday evening. read more

Cultural affairs and education minister Vinod Tawde took the opportunity to address the issue of the pending bridge over the confluence to connect Tulapur with Vadhu read more