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Shutdown, Politics As Hijab Row Breaks Out In Christian School In Kerala
A church-run school in Kerala's Ernakulam district has become mired in a political row after it denied entry last week to a Class 8 student in a hijab.
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Schools Shut, Deserted Roads In Kerala As Trade Unions Strike Over Anti-Labour Policies
Shops, offices and schools remained closed, public vehicles kept off streets and roads wore a deserted look in Kerala with the 24-hour nationwide general strike called by trade unions
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RSS Worker Killed In Kerala Clash, Say Police, 8 Arrested
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was killed in a clash between two groups in Kerala's Alappuzha district on Wednesday night, police said. The BJP has called for a 12-hour shutdown in the district after the incident.
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Kerala Won't Go Under Complete Lockdown For Now, Says Chief Minister
With an all-party meeting against another state-wide shutdown, the Kerala government has decided not to go in for a complete lockdown for now, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
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Not By Helicopter: Kerala Chief Minister On Women Who Entered Sabarimala
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today that the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple yesterday defying a traditional ban on women of menstrual age faced no opposition from devotees. The women's entry has led to massive protests across Kerala and a shutdown call by rightwing groups.
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Protester Dies After Clashes Over Sabarimala, Shutdown In Kerala Today
A dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Kerala, umbrella organisation of various right-wing groups to protest the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, saw violence and stone-throwing in various parts of the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayansaid that holding the shutdown over women's entry into the shrine was like a shutdown orhartal ...
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Sabarimala Highlights: Women Who Entered Faced No Opposition From Devotees, Says Pinarayi Vijayan
Protests have erupted across Kerala after two women below 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala before daybreak on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.
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Protesters Block Kerala Highway As BJP Calls It Day Of Sabarimala Protest
Kerala's hilltop shrine Sabarimala became the site of huge protests for the third day today. The BJP went on the warpath following the arrest of a leader, Congress leaders are on way to the hill shrine, saying they want to check the security arrangements, and a woman, who was forced to stop her journey midway last month, is making another attempt.
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CPI(M) Leader's Son, Daughter-In-Law Attacked In Kerala During Strike
A CPI(M) leaders son and his journalist daughter-in law were attacked allegedly by protesters trying to enforce a shutdown Saturday, the police said.
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Sabarimala Temple: Day After Sabarimala Opening, Hindu Groups Call For State-Wide Shutdown
The Sabarimala temple was re-opened to devotees late last evening in the midst of continuing protests in and around the hilltop shrine. Today, a group in Kerala has called for a state-wide shutdown over the arrest of Hindu Aikya Vedi KP Sasikala, amid protests over allowing women of menstruating age to enter the Sabarimala temple nestled in the Wes...
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Shutdown, Politics As Hijab Row Breaks Out In Christian School In Kerala
A church-run school in Kerala's Ernakulam district has become mired in a political row after it denied entry last week to a Class 8 student in a hijab.
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Schools Shut, Deserted Roads In Kerala As Trade Unions Strike Over Anti-Labour Policies
Shops, offices and schools remained closed, public vehicles kept off streets and roads wore a deserted look in Kerala with the 24-hour nationwide general strike called by trade unions
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RSS Worker Killed In Kerala Clash, Say Police, 8 Arrested
A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was killed in a clash between two groups in Kerala's Alappuzha district on Wednesday night, police said. The BJP has called for a 12-hour shutdown in the district after the incident.
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Kerala Won't Go Under Complete Lockdown For Now, Says Chief Minister
With an all-party meeting against another state-wide shutdown, the Kerala government has decided not to go in for a complete lockdown for now, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
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Not By Helicopter: Kerala Chief Minister On Women Who Entered Sabarimala
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today that the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple yesterday defying a traditional ban on women of menstrual age faced no opposition from devotees. The women's entry has led to massive protests across Kerala and a shutdown call by rightwing groups.
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Protester Dies After Clashes Over Sabarimala, Shutdown In Kerala Today
A dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Kerala, umbrella organisation of various right-wing groups to protest the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, saw violence and stone-throwing in various parts of the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayansaid that holding the shutdown over women's entry into the shrine was like a shutdown orhartal ...
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Sabarimala Highlights: Women Who Entered Faced No Opposition From Devotees, Says Pinarayi Vijayan
Protests have erupted across Kerala after two women below 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala before daybreak on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered the end of a decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.
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Protesters Block Kerala Highway As BJP Calls It Day Of Sabarimala Protest
Kerala's hilltop shrine Sabarimala became the site of huge protests for the third day today. The BJP went on the warpath following the arrest of a leader, Congress leaders are on way to the hill shrine, saying they want to check the security arrangements, and a woman, who was forced to stop her journey midway last month, is making another attempt.
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CPI(M) Leader's Son, Daughter-In-Law Attacked In Kerala During Strike
A CPI(M) leaders son and his journalist daughter-in law were attacked allegedly by protesters trying to enforce a shutdown Saturday, the police said.
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Sabarimala Temple: Day After Sabarimala Opening, Hindu Groups Call For State-Wide Shutdown
The Sabarimala temple was re-opened to devotees late last evening in the midst of continuing protests in and around the hilltop shrine. Today, a group in Kerala has called for a state-wide shutdown over the arrest of Hindu Aikya Vedi KP Sasikala, amid protests over allowing women of menstruating age to enter the Sabarimala temple nestled in the Wes...
