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Activist Trupti Desai Ditches Sabarimala Plan After Being Denied Security
Ending an over 12-hour-long standoff with devotees opposing the entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple, a team of gender rights activists led by Trupti Desai on Tuesday night called off their decision to visit the hill shrine.
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Police Decline Protection To Activist For Sabarimala Visit
Activist Rehana Fathima has been refused security cover by police to enter the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala in line with the Kerala government's stand it would not provide protection to women in the traditionally barred age group unless they get a court order.
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Kerala Government Working Against Women: Trupti Desai On Sabarimala Row
Women's rights activist Trupti Desai on Saturday said that the Kerala government has refused to provide security to women of menstruating age visiting Sabarimala Temple and blamed the state government for working ''completely against'' women.
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Sabarimala Temple Opens Amid Row Over Women Of All Ages Visiting Shrine
The Sabarimala temple opened at 5 pm today for the 41-day annual pilgrimage season, hours after 10 women from Andhra Pradesh were sent back from the hill shrine in Kerala this afternoon. The state government on Friday said the shrine is "no place for activism" and activists hoping to make a statement by going on the pilgrimage will not be given pol...
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No Protection For "Activists" Making Sabarimala Pilgrimage, Warns Kerala
While the Supreme Court has allowed women of all ages to continue visiting the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, the Kerala government on Friday clarified that activists hoping to make a statement by taking up the pilgrimage will not be given police protection. "This is not a place for activism. This is not a place for activists like Trupti Desai ...
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All-Women Entry In Sabarimala Temple Continues, Activist Trupti Desai Welcomes Decision
Sabarimala case: Women rights activist Trupti Desai had made an unsuccessful attempt to enter the temple in November last year, weeks after the Supreme Court lifted the ban that stopped women and girls between the age of 10 and 50 from entering the famous Ayyappa shrine in Kerala.
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36-Year-Old Dyes Hair Grey, Claims To Have Entered Sabarimala Temple
A 36-year-old activist from Kerala has claimed she entered the Sabarimala temple on Tuesday. A Facebook group called 'Renaissance Kerala Towards Sabarimala' has posted a series of videos and photos of the activist, Manju, to prove the claim.
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1,369 Arrested, 717 Detained In Sabarimala Flare-Up So Far
The Kerala police had arrested 1,369 protesters and took 717 into preventive custody until Friday morning in the wake of violence that erupted over the entry of two middle-aged women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. This number includes a couple of CPI(M) workers who were arrested earlier today in connection with the death of a right-win...
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Social Activist Trupti Desai Hails Young Women's Entry At Sabarimala
Social activist Trupti Desai Wednesday hailed the entry of two women in their mid forties into the Lord Aayyappa hill shrine in Kerala's Sabarimala, saying it is a "victory of equality".
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Clashes After 2 Women Enter Sabarimala, Stun Grenades, Tear Gas Used
Youth activists of the BJP clashed with Leftist cadres in front of the Kerala secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, hours after two women sneaked into the Sabarimala temple early this morning. Police used stun grenades, tear gas shells and water cannons to disperse the protesters.
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Lakhs Of Women To Form 620 Km Long 'Women's Wall' In Kerala Today
Lakhs of women from across Kerala are expected to form a 620 km state sponsored 'Women's Wall today to uphold gender equality and renaissance values, in the backdrop of frenzied protests in Sabarimala.
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"Didn't Come To Create Problems": Trupti Desai May Ditch Sabarimala Plan
Activist Trupti Desai has told NDTV that she may reconsider her visit to the Sabarimala hill shrine in view of law-and-order concerns in the area. "The police are concerned about situation here. They have asked us to return, but promised to help us the next time we decide to come," she said over the phone from Kochi airport, which has been picketed...
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Activist Trupti Desai Drops Sabarimala Visit Plan Amid Protests: 10 Facts
Activist Trupti Desai has called off her plan to visit the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order, and is returning to Pune. Although the seven-member group led by the Pune-based activist arrived at the Kochi airport this morning, she was unable to leave the building or even hail a taxi because of the protesters outside. Ms Tru...
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No Bail For Activist Rehana Fathima Who Almost Made History At Sabarimala
Kerala High Court on Friday denied anticipatory bail to model and activist Rehana Fathima who had almost made it to the Sabarimala temple in October after the Supreme Court ruling lifted a ban on women of menstruating age entering the hill shrine.
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"Trupti Desai An RSS Activist": Kerala Minister On Her Sabarimala Plan
A Kerala minister on Friday said women rights activist Trupti Desai who has been blocked at Kochi airport is an RSS activist and she is being used by the BJP to further its political agenda in the state in the name of Lord Ayyappa, the deity at Sabarimala temple.
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Activist Trupti Desai Ditches Sabarimala Plan After Being Denied Security
Ending an over 12-hour-long standoff with devotees opposing the entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple, a team of gender rights activists led by Trupti Desai on Tuesday night called off their decision to visit the hill shrine.
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Police Decline Protection To Activist For Sabarimala Visit
Activist Rehana Fathima has been refused security cover by police to enter the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala in line with the Kerala government's stand it would not provide protection to women in the traditionally barred age group unless they get a court order.
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Kerala Government Working Against Women: Trupti Desai On Sabarimala Row
Women's rights activist Trupti Desai on Saturday said that the Kerala government has refused to provide security to women of menstruating age visiting Sabarimala Temple and blamed the state government for working ''completely against'' women.
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Sabarimala Temple Opens Amid Row Over Women Of All Ages Visiting Shrine
The Sabarimala temple opened at 5 pm today for the 41-day annual pilgrimage season, hours after 10 women from Andhra Pradesh were sent back from the hill shrine in Kerala this afternoon. The state government on Friday said the shrine is "no place for activism" and activists hoping to make a statement by going on the pilgrimage will not be given pol...
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No Protection For "Activists" Making Sabarimala Pilgrimage, Warns Kerala
While the Supreme Court has allowed women of all ages to continue visiting the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, the Kerala government on Friday clarified that activists hoping to make a statement by taking up the pilgrimage will not be given police protection. "This is not a place for activism. This is not a place for activists like Trupti Desai ...
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All-Women Entry In Sabarimala Temple Continues, Activist Trupti Desai Welcomes Decision
Sabarimala case: Women rights activist Trupti Desai had made an unsuccessful attempt to enter the temple in November last year, weeks after the Supreme Court lifted the ban that stopped women and girls between the age of 10 and 50 from entering the famous Ayyappa shrine in Kerala.
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36-Year-Old Dyes Hair Grey, Claims To Have Entered Sabarimala Temple
A 36-year-old activist from Kerala has claimed she entered the Sabarimala temple on Tuesday. A Facebook group called 'Renaissance Kerala Towards Sabarimala' has posted a series of videos and photos of the activist, Manju, to prove the claim.
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1,369 Arrested, 717 Detained In Sabarimala Flare-Up So Far
The Kerala police had arrested 1,369 protesters and took 717 into preventive custody until Friday morning in the wake of violence that erupted over the entry of two middle-aged women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. This number includes a couple of CPI(M) workers who were arrested earlier today in connection with the death of a right-win...
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Social Activist Trupti Desai Hails Young Women's Entry At Sabarimala
Social activist Trupti Desai Wednesday hailed the entry of two women in their mid forties into the Lord Aayyappa hill shrine in Kerala's Sabarimala, saying it is a "victory of equality".
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Clashes After 2 Women Enter Sabarimala, Stun Grenades, Tear Gas Used
Youth activists of the BJP clashed with Leftist cadres in front of the Kerala secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, hours after two women sneaked into the Sabarimala temple early this morning. Police used stun grenades, tear gas shells and water cannons to disperse the protesters.
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Lakhs Of Women To Form 620 Km Long 'Women's Wall' In Kerala Today
Lakhs of women from across Kerala are expected to form a 620 km state sponsored 'Women's Wall today to uphold gender equality and renaissance values, in the backdrop of frenzied protests in Sabarimala.
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"Didn't Come To Create Problems": Trupti Desai May Ditch Sabarimala Plan
Activist Trupti Desai has told NDTV that she may reconsider her visit to the Sabarimala hill shrine in view of law-and-order concerns in the area. "The police are concerned about situation here. They have asked us to return, but promised to help us the next time we decide to come," she said over the phone from Kochi airport, which has been picketed...
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Activist Trupti Desai Drops Sabarimala Visit Plan Amid Protests: 10 Facts
Activist Trupti Desai has called off her plan to visit the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order, and is returning to Pune. Although the seven-member group led by the Pune-based activist arrived at the Kochi airport this morning, she was unable to leave the building or even hail a taxi because of the protesters outside. Ms Tru...
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No Bail For Activist Rehana Fathima Who Almost Made History At Sabarimala
Kerala High Court on Friday denied anticipatory bail to model and activist Rehana Fathima who had almost made it to the Sabarimala temple in October after the Supreme Court ruling lifted a ban on women of menstruating age entering the hill shrine.
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"Trupti Desai An RSS Activist": Kerala Minister On Her Sabarimala Plan
A Kerala minister on Friday said women rights activist Trupti Desai who has been blocked at Kochi airport is an RSS activist and she is being used by the BJP to further its political agenda in the state in the name of Lord Ayyappa, the deity at Sabarimala temple.
