Sabarimala protesters on Tuesday raged,  intimidated and sent back at least one woman from the age group of 10-50 years as they refused to break with tradition.


Women targeted by Sabarimala protesters


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South Korea First Lady Kim Jung-sook arrived in the state capital on Monday evening on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh. She was received at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Amausi by senior state government officials.


South Korea's First Lady arrives in Lucknow on two-day visit to UP


Popular Hindi bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal has been admitted in a critical condition to a private medical facility in Mathura after he complained of chest pain on Sunday, family sources said today.


Eminent bhajan singer Vinod Agarwal on ventilator


In his first outreach to the people of the state since May, ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday extended Diwali greetings through an audio clip played on FM radio.


Ailing Goa CM Parrikar extends Diwali greetings through audio clip


Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders, led by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal, courted arrest on Monday to protest against the alleged distortion of Sikh history in textbooks of the Punjab School Education Board.


Sukhbir Badal, others court arrest to protest 'distortion' of Sikh history


BJP MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday asked 'Zero' movie director Aanand L. Rai and actor Shah Rukh Khan to remove an "objectionable" scene from the movie and urged Delhi Police to lodge a complaint against the two for "hurting" the sentiments of Sikhs.


BJP MLA wants 'objectionable' scenes removed from 'Zero'


Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale on Monday said bringing ordinance for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya will not be right as the matter is sub judice.


Pushing for ordinance on Ram temple incorrect, should wait for SC order: Athawale


The Punjab Police have been put on high alert for the Diwali festival following intelligence inputs that Sikh hardliners were out to foment trouble in the border state.


Amid threat from radicals, Punjab on high alert for Diwali


The famous Chintpurni shrine in Himachal Pradesh's Una district will be developed with an outlay of Rs 50 crore with the facility of a helipad, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said on Monday.


Chintpurni shrine to have helipad: Himachal CM


The Sabarimala temple on Monday opened at 5 p.m. for a one-day special pilgrimage amid tight security.


Sabarimala temple opens amid protests


The CPI-M on Monday said that the RSS-BJP was raising the Ram temple issue just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections to deepn communal polaristion and hide the "all-round failure" of the Modi government.


Mandir pitch to hide Modi government's 'all-round failure': CPI-M


Keeping in tune with expectations, gold sales have notched a sharp fall of 40 per cent this year compared to 2017 Diwali owing to high prices and overall negative market sentiments, a leading retailers body said on Monday.


Gold sales average on 'dhanteras' in Mumbai


The BJP on Monday hit back at senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram for allegedly mocking efforts being made to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and the Statue of Unity dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat, saying his remarks were "utterly irresponsible and provocative".


Chidambaram's remarks against Ram temple, Patel provocative: BJP


Industrialist Mukesh Ambani on Monday visited the Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines in Uttarakhand and offered the wedding card of his daughter Isha Ambani to the deities.


Mukesh Ambani visits Kedarnath-Badrinath


Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday greeted people on the occasion of Dhanteras.


Modi, Rahul greet people on Dhanteras


Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday took a dig at the BJP for promising statues and temples ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, after failing to fulfil its earlier poll promises of development and jobs.


PM's development, job promises give way to temples, statues: Congress


Hours ahead of the one-day special pilgrimage of the Sabarimala temple, devotees facing Kerala Police's questions and checking protested on Monday.


Pilgrims protest in Sabarimala


A congregation of Hindu seers here on Sunday demanded the government bring an ordinance or a law for construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya, and added they would hold meetings across the country to rally public sentiments in the matter.


Hindu seers push for law on Ram temple, to hold meetings across nation


A congregation of Hindu seers here on Sunday demanded that the government bring an ordinance or a law for construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya, stressing that even the courts have to respect the "public sentiments".


Hindu seers push for ordinance or law on Ram temple


Yoga guru and retail entrepreneur Baba Ramdev on Sunday said that those who marry and have more than two children should be denied their voting rights.


Take away voting rights of people with over two kids: Ramdev


With the Lord Ayyappa shrine opening for a day on Monday, the temple town has been virtually taken over by some 2,300 Kerala Police personnel after protests marred the last pilgrimage season.

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