Vedi

A day after the hilltop temple of Sabarimala was re-opened for devotees on November 16, the state president of Hindu Aikya Vedi, KP Sasikala, was taken into "preventive custody" by women police officials for trying to create a law and order problem. Today, the women cops were rewarded for their efforts -- a sum of up to Rs 1,000.

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...

Amid tight security and a shutdown call by a right-wing group following the arrest of its Kerala chief, thousands of devotees trekked to Sabarimala and offered prayers to Lord Ayyappa. The hill-top shrine opened for the third time on Friday since the Supreme Court order for 62-day-long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage. Lakhs of devotees...

Exclusive excerpts from Dhirendra K. Jha's book Shadow Armies: Fringe Organisations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva

Trained volunteers will visit each quarry and upload its exact location, images, ownership details and so on to a common database using GPS and a particular app.

A senior doctor of Delhi's premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS hospital has been arrested after his wife, a fellow doctor, allegedly committed suicide on Saturday, accusing him for "immense mental torture."

A senior doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi has been arrested on abetment to suicide charges after the body of his wife was found at a hotel in the city on Saturday.

Desheeya Malayala Vedi, an organisation to promote Malayalam language, has submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy demanding immediate steps to establish the proposed Malayalam university in Thiruvananthapuram.

Five persons were injured, two of them seriously, when some firecrackers kept at a temporary shed near Vellayani Devi temple accidentally caught fire and exploded, police said.

For those who thought working in Bollywood is a cake walk Sameera Reddy has something else to say.

Ending all speculation, actor-director and ace choreographer Prabhu Deva has confirmed his wedding to actress Nayanthara.

Sai Jayalakshmy has upset second seed Aureli Vedy of France to enter the singles semis of the ITF women's tennis event.

A day after the hilltop temple of Sabarimala was re-opened for devotees on November 16, the state president of Hindu Aikya Vedi, KP Sasikala, was taken into "preventive custody" by women police officials for trying to create a law and order problem. Today, the women cops were rewarded for their efforts -- a sum of up to Rs 1,000.

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...

Amid tight security and a shutdown call by a right-wing group following the arrest of its Kerala chief, thousands of devotees trekked to Sabarimala and offered prayers to Lord Ayyappa. The hill-top shrine opened for the third time on Friday since the Supreme Court order for 62-day-long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage. Lakhs of devotees...

Exclusive excerpts from Dhirendra K. Jha's book Shadow Armies: Fringe Organisations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva

Trained volunteers will visit each quarry and upload its exact location, images, ownership details and so on to a common database using GPS and a particular app.

A senior doctor of Delhi's premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS hospital has been arrested after his wife, a fellow doctor, allegedly committed suicide on Saturday, accusing him for "immense mental torture."

A senior doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi has been arrested on abetment to suicide charges after the body of his wife was found at a hotel in the city on Saturday.

Desheeya Malayala Vedi, an organisation to promote Malayalam language, has submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Oommen Chandy demanding immediate steps to establish the proposed Malayalam university in Thiruvananthapuram.

Five persons were injured, two of them seriously, when some firecrackers kept at a temporary shed near Vellayani Devi temple accidentally caught fire and exploded, police said.

For those who thought working in Bollywood is a cake walk Sameera Reddy has something else to say.

Ending all speculation, actor-director and ace choreographer Prabhu Deva has confirmed his wedding to actress Nayanthara.

Sai Jayalakshmy has upset second seed Aureli Vedy of France to enter the singles semis of the ITF women's tennis event.