Sabarimala Controversy

In an apparent dig at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who courted controversy for browsing his mobile phone during the President's address, BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav Friday said there were "kids" in parliament and yoga will help those with "kiddish temperament".

The controversy over the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple will help the BJP make inroads into Kerala, says the party's candidate K Rajasekharan while stressing that the disconnect between the people and the governments of the Congress and Left is an ever widening one.

A mother of two from a conservative family in southern India, Kanakadurga was told over and over again by her relatives how a good wife should behave.

Malayalam Actor Kollam Thulasi, who courted controversy over his anti women provocative remark during the sabarimala protest, surrendered before police on Tuesday in chavara in Kollam district.

Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde, who is not new to courting controversy with his bizarre takes on sensitive issues, waded into the territory of wild theories on Sunday with comments from who built the Taj Mahal to how to keep "Hindu girls" safe.

National award winning director Priyanandan was attacked by suspected right-wing activists early on Friday following his social media post on the Sabarimala issue, police said.

A controversy erupted in Kerala after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Sunday backed out of a program organised in Kochi to "celebrate menstruation" in a bid to end the stigma associated with the biological process.

More than 1,000 women formed a human chain in Mumbai to express solidarity with the 'Women's Wall' formed in Kerala as part of an initiative to promote gender equality amid row over entry of women in the Sabarimala temple.

As the debate over the controversial Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala continues to rage, a prominent religious body today asked women of menstrual age to refrain from undertaking pilgrimages to the Lord Ayyappa Temple in the larger interests of security and societal harmony.

The Kerala High Court today granted bail to Ayyappa Dharma Sena leader Rahul Easwar, who was arrested earlier this week for defying the bail conditions imposed in a case related to violent protests at Sabarimala in October.

The Kerala High Court Friday granted conditional bail to social activist Rehana Fathima, who was arrested for allegedly posting controversial remarks on Lord Ayyappa devotees and Sabarimala on social media.

As the pilgrimage season is set to start at the Sabarimala Temple, the Kerala government will meet with all the political parties today to discuss the controversy over entry of women of menstruating age.

The Kerala police have registered a case against the BJP's top leader in the state for his controversial speech in which he boasted about the Sabarimala temple protests and said the head-priest consulted him on keeping women of menstrual age out of the hill shrine even if it meant defying the Supreme Court order.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined early hearing on petitions seeking review of its September 28 verdict allowing women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, and said they have been already listed for hearing.

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan today refused to be drawn into the Sabarimala controversy, saying it won't be proper to seek an opinion from him on the matter.

In an apparent dig at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who courted controversy for browsing his mobile phone during the President's address, BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav Friday said there were "kids" in parliament and yoga will help those with "kiddish temperament".

The controversy over the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple will help the BJP make inroads into Kerala, says the party's candidate K Rajasekharan while stressing that the disconnect between the people and the governments of the Congress and Left is an ever widening one.

A mother of two from a conservative family in southern India, Kanakadurga was told over and over again by her relatives how a good wife should behave.

Malayalam Actor Kollam Thulasi, who courted controversy over his anti women provocative remark during the sabarimala protest, surrendered before police on Tuesday in chavara in Kollam district.

Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde, who is not new to courting controversy with his bizarre takes on sensitive issues, waded into the territory of wild theories on Sunday with comments from who built the Taj Mahal to how to keep "Hindu girls" safe.

National award winning director Priyanandan was attacked by suspected right-wing activists early on Friday following his social media post on the Sabarimala issue, police said.

A controversy erupted in Kerala after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Sunday backed out of a program organised in Kochi to "celebrate menstruation" in a bid to end the stigma associated with the biological process.

More than 1,000 women formed a human chain in Mumbai to express solidarity with the 'Women's Wall' formed in Kerala as part of an initiative to promote gender equality amid row over entry of women in the Sabarimala temple.

As the debate over the controversial Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala continues to rage, a prominent religious body today asked women of menstrual age to refrain from undertaking pilgrimages to the Lord Ayyappa Temple in the larger interests of security and societal harmony.

The Kerala High Court today granted bail to Ayyappa Dharma Sena leader Rahul Easwar, who was arrested earlier this week for defying the bail conditions imposed in a case related to violent protests at Sabarimala in October.

The Kerala High Court Friday granted conditional bail to social activist Rehana Fathima, who was arrested for allegedly posting controversial remarks on Lord Ayyappa devotees and Sabarimala on social media.

As the pilgrimage season is set to start at the Sabarimala Temple, the Kerala government will meet with all the political parties today to discuss the controversy over entry of women of menstruating age.

The Kerala police have registered a case against the BJP's top leader in the state for his controversial speech in which he boasted about the Sabarimala temple protests and said the head-priest consulted him on keeping women of menstrual age out of the hill shrine even if it meant defying the Supreme Court order.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined early hearing on petitions seeking review of its September 28 verdict allowing women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, and said they have been already listed for hearing.

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan today refused to be drawn into the Sabarimala controversy, saying it won't be proper to seek an opinion from him on the matter.