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On women’s right to pray at mosques, Supreme Court issues notices
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 17, 2019 09:23 AM IST
The couple has said that there are no Muslim laws barring women from entering mosques and offering prayers.
On women’s right to pray at mosques, SC issues notices to Centre, AIMPLB
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2019 01:01 AM IST
A bench of justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer said it was entertaining the public interest litigation (PIL) only because of the Sabarimala verdict delivered last year that allowed women of all ages, including those of childbearing age, to pray at the hilltop shrine in Kerala.
‘Hearing case due to Sabarimala’: SC notice on plea to let women in mosques
By Bhadra Sinha | New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2019 12:29 PM IST
While hearing the petition, the court said that it was hearing the plea only because of the Sabarimala verdict which had been quoted in the PIL.
Congress says PM ‘cheated’ devotees on Sabarimala
By Press Trust of India | Thiruvananthapuram
PUBLISHED ON APR 15, 2019 01:37 AM IST
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”.
‘PM Modi is lying about Sabarimala,’ says Kerala CM Vijayan
By Indo-Asian News Service | Hindustan Times, Kollam (Kerala)
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2019 02:15 PM IST
Modi, while addressing election rallies in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, had breathed fire against Vijayan for arresting devotees who protested against the manner in which the tradition and culture of Sabarimala were violated.
Sabarimala temple body hits streets again, protests outside Secretariat
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram:
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2019 10:17 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who addressed a rally in north Kerala’s Kozhikkode on Friday made it clear that Sabarimala remained the party’s main poll plank in the state.
In Karnataka, PM Modi cites surgical strike, Sabarimala to target Congress-led Oppn
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Mangaluru
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 06:15 PM IST
Over 150 military veterans wrote a letter on Friday to the President expressing their reservations over alleged “political use” of the armed forces. At a poll rally on Saturday, PM Modi cited surgical strike among other things to Opposition parties in Karnataka.
PM Modi to address rally in Kerala
By Ramesh Babu | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2019 11:50 AM IST
During the public rally PM Narendra Modi is likely to talk about the Congress president’s choice of the second seat and the controversy over the Sabarimala temple.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Jolt to BJP as candidate gets 14-day jail on Sabarimala row
By Press Trust of India | Pathanamthitta
UPDATED ON MAR 29, 2019 08:06 AM IST
Prakash Babu was accused of attacking the woman who had come to offer prayers at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple in November amid protests against implementing the September 28 apex court verdict permitting women of all age groups into the shrine.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Poll campaign focus on Sabarimala row
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapura
UPDATED ON MAR 28, 2019 07:28 AM IST
Come 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to gain mileage from the violent protests against the entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age in to the Sabarimala temple.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: There’s a battle of narratives in Sangh’s LS election war rooms
By Smriti Kak Ramachandran | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 24, 2019 05:23 PM IST
In 2019, the electoral battle in many ways seems to be a replay of 2014.
Suspense in Kerala BJP continues over Pathanamthitta seat
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON MAR 22, 2019 11:19 PM IST
Desperate to open an account in Kerala there was a scramble in BJP for Pathanamthitta seat and the party leadership kept the suspense alive by not naming the candidate in the constituency where the hill temple Sabarimala is situated.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: State election panels issue directions for free, fair polls
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, NEW DELHI/KERALA/PUNJAB/UTTARAKHAND/RAJASTHAN
UPDATED ON MAR 11, 2019 11:56 PM IST
Provisions of the model code of conduct, which came into effect on Sunday also bar candidates from invoking religion to seek votes; making speeches that can cause differences or tension between different castes and communities, religious or linguistic groups
Sabarimala temple to open for annual 10-day festival from March 11
By Press Trust of India | Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON MAR 10, 2019 05:08 PM IST
A release issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which administers the shrine, said that head priest Kandararu Rajeevaru would preside over the temple opening ceremony.
Kummanam Rajasekharan quits as Mizoram governor, may fight Lok Sabha polls against Shashi Tharoor
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2019 10:40 PM IST
Rajasekharan’s resignation comes in the wake of the BJP’s Kerala unit asking the party leadership to recall him and make him a candidate from the Thiruvananthapuram against Congress’s Shashi Tharoor.
Non-believers have no right to dictate terms to believers, Amit Shah warns CPI(M) on Sabarimala
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Palakkad
UPDATED ON FEB 22, 2019 07:57 PM IST
BJP president Amit Shah tore into the CPI(M) in Kerala, alleging that the Pinarayi Vijayan government had sent DYFI cadre posing as policemen to control Hindu devotees in Sabarimala temple premises.
Sabarimala temple opens for 5-day puja, fearing violence pilgrims stay away
By HT Correspondent | HIndustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON FEB 12, 2019 05:51 PM IST
Though the police had requested the district administration to impose section 144 CRPC in the area, the prohibitory order has not been enforced as yet.
U-turn in Supreme Court leads to differences within Sabarimala board
By Ramesh Babu | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2019 07:46 AM IST
A Padmakumar, the president of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) that runs the temple, expressed displeasure that he had not been kept in the loop about the latest position taken by the board.
Sabarimala temple trust changes its stand on entry of women
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2019 11:45 PM IST
The Kerala government’s counsel, while opposing the review of the Supreme Court’s order on Sabarimala, said that the “essential practice of a religion and the essential practice of a temple cannot be confused.”
‘Faith can be irrational, Sabarimala not science museum’: Supreme Court told
By Bhadra Sinha | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2019 01:31 PM IST
A five-judge Supreme Court bench that started hearing over 50 petitions on entry of women into Kerala’s Sabarimala temple has been told that the constitutional bar on discrimination does not apply to religious places.
Hope to see my kids: Ostracised for entering Sabarimala, woman returns home
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Malappuram, Kerala
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2019 11:54 AM IST
Kanaka Durga, one of the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple on January 2, said she hopes to see her kids soon. She has been allowed to stay at her husband’s house by a local court.
Sabarimala Highlights| Supreme Court reserves verdict on Sabarimala review pleas
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2019 05:03 PM IST
Five judges of the Supreme Court began hearing petitions challenging its verdict that opened the doors of Sabarimala temple to women, setting off massive street protests in Kerala by traditionalists and triggering a political slugfest between the CPI(M) and the BJP.Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi is heading a five-judge constitution bench that is hearing the case which was scheduled to be heard on January 22 but had to be postponed as Justice Indu Malhotra was on medical leave.The top court’s verdict last September had sparked major protests by devotees of Lord Ayyappa against the entry of women and girls between the ages of 10 and 50 years on grounds that women of reproductive age should not be allowed into the temple dedicated to the celibate god.Here are the highlights:
Four months after landmark verdict, Supreme Court begins hearing on Sabarimala review petitions
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 06, 2019 10:54 AM IST
The top court last September had given a ruling ending the traditional ban on the entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age to the Sabarimala shrine.
Woman who defied Sabarimala ban allowed to enter house, to be given security
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON FEB 05, 2019 07:08 PM IST
A village court directed her husband and other relatives not to block her entry and ordered them not to dispose their house till further orders.
Sabarimala, Ram temple in focus at VHP’s Dharam Sansad
By Pawan Dixit, Kenneth John and K Sandeep Kumar | Hindustan Times, Prayagraj
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 10:35 PM IST
Rashtriya Swayamsevak chief Mohan Bhagwat equated the Sabarimala temple issue in Kerala with the Ram temple issue in Ayodhya and termed the agitation a movement of the Hindus.
Kerala budget allots over Rs 700 crore for Sabarimala after protests hit revenue
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Prayagraj
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 07:07 PM IST
Kerala’s Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led government on Thursday earmarked Rs 739 crore for the development of Sabarimala temple that has seen widespread protests.
SC to hear pleas challenging women entry to Sabarimala temple on Feb 6
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 05:51 PM IST
Kerala has witnessed a string of protests in Kerala after the Supreme Court in its order in September last year lifted restrictions on the entry of women between the age of 10 and 50.
Supreme Court didn’t consider emotions of Hindus: Mohan Bhagwat on Sabarimala verdict
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 03:36 PM IST
The leaders and several saints, including yoga guru Ramdev, were speaking at the Dharam Sansad organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which started on Thursday at the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.
‘Sabarimala violence second disaster after floods’: Kerala FM Thomas Isaac in Budget speech
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2019 12:12 PM IST
Kerala finance minister has described the Sabarimala violence as a disaster and compared it with the massive floods that the state faced in 2018.
Rahul Gandhi in Kerala LIVE: Manohar Parrikar said he had nothing to do with new Rafale deal, says Congress chief
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 29, 2019 05:44 PM IST
Congress president Rahul Gandhi kicked off the United Democratic Front’s election campaign in Kochi today. He will address a convention of party booth presidents and vice-presidents in the evening and meet leaders of alliance partners. He is also expected to reply to some of the charges made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had addressed two rallies in Kerala in two weeks. Some Lok Sabha constituencies in the state are likely face a stiff three-cornered contest this time against the background of the controversy over the entry of women into the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. Out of the 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state the Congress-led UDF won 12 and CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front bagged eight in the 2014 general elections.The Congress had come under flak after Rahul Gandhi said he backed the stand of Kerala unit of the party opposing the entry of women in the 10 to 50 age group in the Sabarimala temple even though he personally held a contrary view. Here are the live updates: