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Sabarimala, Jan 4: Confusion prevailed over the entry of a 46-year old Sri Lankan Tamil woman into the Lord Ayyappa temple here late Thursday night with the woman denying it and official sources claiming otherwise. While the woman, Sasikala, said she was not allowed to undertake the trek to the shrine and sent back by the police, official sources told news agency that she entered the sanctum

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4: The Sabarimala head priest should have quit if he was not ready to accept the Supreme Court verdict, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today, criticising the priest for conducting "purification" rituals after two women entered the temple. The priest, Kandararu Rajeevaru, closed the Lord Ayyappa temple and performed "purification" rituals on Wednesday after two

New Delhi, Jan 4: Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken Friday resigned as the party's Delhi unit chief citing health reasons, sources said on Friday. Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Congress party affairs in-charge P C Chacko and Maken held a meeting Thursday evening. Gandhi has accepted his resignation, they said. The 54-year-old leader had taken over as the Congress's Delhi unit chief four

New Delhi, Jan 3: The Supreme Court Thursday revived the government case in National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission(NCDRC) against Nestle IndiaNSE 1.56 %seeking damages of Rs 640 crore alleging unfair trade practices, false labelling and misleading advertisements. The top court had on December 16, 2015 stayed the proceedings before the NCDRC and directed the CFTRI (Central Food

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3: The Kerala Cabinet which met on Thursday has decided not to accept the Union Government's decision to handover the International Airport here to a Private Company. Briefing on the Cabinet decisions, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the issue related to Centre's decision to handover the International Airport here to a private company is not acceptable to Kerala. The

Kozhikode, Jan 3: The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS), in protest against the two women, below 50, entered the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala on Wednesday, disrupted normal life even as sporadic incidents of violence was reported in North Kerala. Blocking of the roads at various places and pelting of stones on vehicles, including police vehicles and KSRTC buses were

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Thursday lashed out at the BJP and the RSS over protests against the entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple, saying the violence unleashed by them will be dealt with strongly. Vijayan said the two women were not "airdropped" to Sabarimala but went as normal devotees and the other pilgrims did not protest. "Kanakadurga and

Bengaluru, Jan 2: The entry of two women into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, was possible only with the support of the Kerala Government, Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President B S Yeddyurappa, charged here today. In a statement, he said that “The State Government itself was involved in facilitating the breaking of the age-old

New Delhi, Jan 2: The government Wednesday approved the merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB) to make it a globally competitive lender. With the merger, BoB will become the third largest bank after State Bank of India and ICICI Bank. "There will be no impact on the service conditions of the employees and there will be no retrenchment following the merger," Union Law

Mumbai, Jan 2: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday charged that the claims of alleged middleman Christian Michel in AgustaWestland case were an attempt to corner Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Sena, an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, further alleged that the government machinery was being misused to nail political opponents. A Delhi