Trupti Desai Haji Ali

At around 6 am on Thursday, activist Trupti Desai led a group of women into the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, where she was denied permission to enter two weeks ago. There was tight security and policemen followed her where she went.

Rights activist Trupti Desai's efforts to enter Mumbai's Haji Ali dargah were foiled by policemen and locals this evening. The activist -- who had successfully campaigned against the ban on women entering the Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple -- had planned to enter the dargah, one of the foremost Muslim shrines, which does not allow women in i...

The Shiv Sena today distanced itself from its senior leader, Haji Arafat Shaikh, who threatened to "welcome with slippers" prominent woman activist Trupti Desai if she dared to enter the tomb of the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai next Thursday.

At around 6 am on Thursday, activist Trupti Desai led a group of women into the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, where she was denied permission to enter two weeks ago. There was tight security and policemen followed her where she went.

Rights activist Trupti Desai's efforts to enter Mumbai's Haji Ali dargah were foiled by policemen and locals this evening. The activist -- who had successfully campaigned against the ban on women entering the Maharashtra's Shani Shingnapur temple -- had planned to enter the dargah, one of the foremost Muslim shrines, which does not allow women in i...

The Shiv Sena today distanced itself from its senior leader, Haji Arafat Shaikh, who threatened to "welcome with slippers" prominent woman activist Trupti Desai if she dared to enter the tomb of the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai next Thursday.