Sabarimala is set to close down in few hours with its record number of woman below 50 being allowed in despite the Supreme Court ending the temple's ban on women of a menstrual age - 10 to 50 years. Due to the information of targeted attack on the media this Monday, journalists who were reporting from Pamba, which is one of the main access points to the hilltop shrine, were told by the police to leave the area. After the Supreme Court's landmark ruling, the temple was opened on October 18, for the first time. Rejecting the court order, the protesters did everything in their powe ... Read More

The evening was thick with excitement. The culmination of days of festivities was nearing. Ravan Effigy burning is the most expectant and extravagant event of the Dusshera celebrations. But the tragedy struck the innocent. The festival revellers were mowed down by Amritsar-Jalandhar passenger mail, taking 61 lives and injuring hundreds. The sheer magnitude of the negligence on everybody's part is mind-blogging. It was a tragedy waiting to happen. The images and videos of thousands people thronging the rail tracks to get closer look at the festivities and the train zipping past them, ... Read More

400 petrol pumps in Delhi will stay close today to challenge the Arvind Kejriwal-drove AAP government's refusal to bring down the Value Added Tax or VAT on oil and diesel. The strike could make burden suburbanites today, as oil pumps crosswise over Delhi will be closed for 23 hours. The dissent was called by the Delhi Petrol Dealers' Association on October 10, which was days after the middle chose to slice VAT for 13 states which are driven by the decision BJP. The affiliation said clients had been rushing to connecting conditions of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to gain admittance to l ... Read More

A high drama unfolded at the Sabarimala Temple on Friday where 2 women, a journalist and an activist were blocked from entering the temple and were forced to return from within 500 metres of the Sabarimala temple. The chief priest threatened to shut it down if they entered the shrine dedicated to Lord Ayyappa. Due to protests prayer services in the temple were disrupted and boycotted rituals for the first time. “It is a most painful day. I told everyone if women enter the holy steps. I will close the temple and I will go back to my house. I am with devotees. I can’t be a ... Read More

NDA led BJP is all set to form a group of the minister to look into the matter of sexual harassment at workplace. The group will include Women minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. The group will be headed by Union Finance Minister Rajnath Singh. The group will look into the Vishakha Guidelines which includes a set of procedural guidelines for use in India in cases of sexual harassment. They were promulgated by the Indian Supreme Court in 1997 and were superseded in 2 ... Read More

आधार के कारण 50 करोड़ लोगों के फोन बंद होने की खबरें आ रही हैं। इस पर टेलीकॉम विभाग और यूनिक आईडेंटिफिकेशन अथॉरिटी ऑफ इंडिया (यूआईडीएआई) ने गुरुवार को एक संयुक्त बयान जारी कर लोगों को आश्वस्त किया है कि आधार के कारण लोगों के फोन बंद न ... Read More