Women Journalists Heckled

A man, who was allegedly part of the mob that heckled the NDTV team during protests at Sabarimala, has been appointed as the joint convener of a committee formed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to supervise the human chain of a million women being organised on January 1 in the state.

Several organisations in Kerala agitating against entry of women of menstrual age into the famous Sabarimala temple have urged media outlets not to depute women journalists to cover the issue as the Lord Ayyappa temple is set to open Monday for a special puja.

Two journalists of the New York Times, who managed to climb up the pathway to reach the famed Sabarimala temple in Kerala this morning, were forced to abort their trek and turn back following a massive protest by those who are trying to enforce the centuries-old ban on the entry of women of reproductive age in the temple, which was scrapped by the ...

Armed, masked mobs today targeted women mediapersons who had gone to cover the protests near Kerala's Sabarimala temple. Four media organisations were targeted -- in some cases in presence of the police. Republic TV's Pooja Prasanna was beaten with sticks, Saritha S Balan from The News Minute was kicked on the spine. Midway through live telecast, N...

Bengaluru is safe, asserted the state's Home Minister G Parameshwara, faced with an angry city after several women were allegedly molested and heckled on the famous MG Road on New Year's Eve, even as cops struggled to control thousands of revelers who had poured out on the streets at midnight. The Home Minister said there were enough policemen and ...

A man, who was allegedly part of the mob that heckled the NDTV team during protests at Sabarimala, has been appointed as the joint convener of a committee formed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to supervise the human chain of a million women being organised on January 1 in the state.

Several organisations in Kerala agitating against entry of women of menstrual age into the famous Sabarimala temple have urged media outlets not to depute women journalists to cover the issue as the Lord Ayyappa temple is set to open Monday for a special puja.

Two journalists of the New York Times, who managed to climb up the pathway to reach the famed Sabarimala temple in Kerala this morning, were forced to abort their trek and turn back following a massive protest by those who are trying to enforce the centuries-old ban on the entry of women of reproductive age in the temple, which was scrapped by the ...

Armed, masked mobs today targeted women mediapersons who had gone to cover the protests near Kerala's Sabarimala temple. Four media organisations were targeted -- in some cases in presence of the police. Republic TV's Pooja Prasanna was beaten with sticks, Saritha S Balan from The News Minute was kicked on the spine. Midway through live telecast, N...

Bengaluru is safe, asserted the state's Home Minister G Parameshwara, faced with an angry city after several women were allegedly molested and heckled on the famous MG Road on New Year's Eve, even as cops struggled to control thousands of revelers who had poured out on the streets at midnight. The Home Minister said there were enough policemen and ...