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Sabarimala: 52-yr-old woman enters after scuffle with protesters over age despite showing ID proof; media attacked at base camp
Fp Staff •Lalitha and a group of two other women (all aged 50 years or above) entered the temple premises and prayed.
'Hum bolega to bologe ki bolta hai': Smriti Irani takes on trolls over sanitary pad remark with amusing photo
•Smriti Irani seemingly responded to the trolling by posting a picture from her 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' days.
Sabarimala temple gates shut for October after protesters stall another woman's bid to enter shrine
•Valiant attempts by around a dozen women, including activists and journalists in the 10-50 years age group to script history came to nought as frenzied devotees of Lord Ayyappa, the eternally celibate deity, heckled and hassled them and forced them to retreat.
Sabarimala temple row: Travancore Devaswom Board asks if protesters will end agitation if it files review petition
Fp Staff •Amid the row over the entry of women into Sabarimala temple, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Thursday offered reconciliation to the protesters and said that it is willing to compromise on the issue.
Sabarimala temple protests: Female agitators assault women trainee journalists in Nilakkal for 'wearing black outfits'
Pratyushd •While hundreds of agitated women protesters were forcibly dragging devotees out of the vehicles, absence of women police officers at the scene aggravated the situation further.
Protests against SC's Sabarimala verdict stall women's entry into shrine; two outfits call for 24-hour shutdown
Fp Staff •Despite a Supreme Court order lifting the ban on entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into the famous hill temple, protesters on Wednesday forcibly turned back women on their way to visit the shrine.
Sabarimala temple updates: Security stepped up in Pamba, Nilakkal as two outfits call for 24-hr shutdown from midnight
Fp Staff •Sabarimala temple LIVE updates: Right wing outfit, 'Antharashtriya Hindu Parishad' led by Pravin Togadia and the 'Sabarimala Samrakshana Samithi', an outfit of devotees, have called a 24-hour-long hartal starting midnight.
Sabarimala temple opens today: Police evicts protesters in Kerala's Nilakkal amid protests, growing tension
•Tension prevailed Wednesday morning in Kerala's Nilackal, the main gateway to Sabarimala, after the police used force to disperse devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the hill shrine.
Sabarimala verdict Updates: Judgment gives choice to women instead of imposing tradition, says women panel chief
Fp Staff •Sabarimala verdict LIVE updates: From reading down Section 377 that criminalised consensual gay sex in adults, to scrapping the adultery law that treated a married woman as a property of her husband, the Supreme Court has championed the tenets of gender parity in its recent judgments
Aadhaar, Ram Mandir, Sabarimala: CJI Dipak Misra will preside over several key cases before he demits office in October
Fp Staff •The outgoing Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, who is set to retire in October, has some big judgments to look into before he demits his office.