Evening Walk Banned For Women

A 40-year-old woman and her family were heckled and intimidated on Wednesday as they walked towards the Sabarimala temple, which opens this evening for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age -- 10 to 50 years -- entering the shrine. Madhavi, who is from Andhra Pradesh, began the climb to t...

The village of Asaara in Baghpat is tense because of the camera crews and reporters that have lined up to talk to residents after their panchayat decided on Thursday to ban cellphones for women, along with unescorted walks in the evening.

Militants linked to terror outfit Al-Qaeda have banned "unrelated" Somalian men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, said a media report. The militants said people who break the rules could be imprisoned, whipped or even executed, the Daily Mail reported. They have already banned women in the country from working in...

A 40-year-old woman and her family were heckled and intimidated on Wednesday as they walked towards the Sabarimala temple, which opens this evening for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned a centuries-old ban on women of menstruating age -- 10 to 50 years -- entering the shrine. Madhavi, who is from Andhra Pradesh, began the climb to t...

The village of Asaara in Baghpat is tense because of the camera crews and reporters that have lined up to talk to residents after their panchayat decided on Thursday to ban cellphones for women, along with unescorted walks in the evening.

Militants linked to terror outfit Al-Qaeda have banned "unrelated" Somalian men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, said a media report. The militants said people who break the rules could be imprisoned, whipped or even executed, the Daily Mail reported. They have already banned women in the country from working in...