Pon Radhakrishnan harassed again in Sabarimala
6 years, 4 months ago

Pon Radhakrishnan harassed again in Sabarimala

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The Kerala police 'humiliated' Union Minister of State for Finance and Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan again on Thursday. While he was returning from Sabarimala after offering prayers at Lord Ayyappa temple, the Kerala police 'deliberately' blocked the Union Minister's vehicle several times, the party has alleged. The Minister, however, refused to discuss the incident involving the altercation between him and the police SP at Nilackal on Wednesday but said the Kerala government has engineered a master plan to "destroy the Lord Ayyappa Swamy temple." Muruganandam asserted that Kerala government’s growing hatred for Lord Ayyappa devotees only signalled the last days of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s government. The Kerala police have filed cases against 2,600 BJP members for protesting against the government decision to impose restrictions on Ayyappa devotees, Muruganandam said.

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Kerala: Sea of devotee thong Sabarimala temple
1 year, 3 months ago

Kerala: Sea of devotee thong Sabarimala temple

Hindustan Times  

Pathanamthitta, December 17 : A large number of devotees visited and offered prayers before Lord Ayyappa at the Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta on Sunday. Earlier, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy also wrote to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday, requesting him to deploy adequate personnel and staff at Sabarimala temple to reduce waiting time for devotees. The Union Minister …

Deploy adequate staff at Sabarimala temple to reduce waiting time for devotees, G Kishan Reddy requests Kerala CM
1 year, 3 months ago

Deploy adequate staff at Sabarimala temple to reduce waiting time for devotees, G Kishan Reddy requests Kerala CM

Hindustan Times  

Thiruvananthapuram, December 16 : Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has written to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday requesting him to deploy adequate personnel and staff at Sabarimala temple to reduce waiting time for devotees. Taking to his social media handle X, Reddy posted, "Wrote a letter to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to address issues and inconveniences being faced …

Hyderabad police cane protesting Ayyappa devotees, Bandi sees BRS downfall
2 years, 3 months ago

Hyderabad police cane protesting Ayyappa devotees, Bandi sees BRS downfall

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: When Bairi Naresh, accused of making derogatory remarks about Lord Ayyappa, was being transferred to the Parigi sub-jail in Vikarabad on Saturday, the police lathicharged a large number of devotees who were holding a protest against him at the venue. BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar condemned the lathicharge on the Ayyappa devotees and said the state government was …

Kerala: Communist govt registers complaint against 1,400 devotees for participating in ‘Ayyappa Jyoti’
6 years, 3 months ago

Kerala: Communist govt registers complaint against 1,400 devotees for participating in ‘Ayyappa Jyoti’

Op India  

As ‘Ayyappa Jyoti’ is becoming hugely successful across the state of Kerala, the Kerala Communist government seems to be worried as it has now unleashed the state police against 1,400 Hindus devotees for participating in the event, reported Times of India. The event is being conducted by Sabarimala Karma Samithi in association with the BJP to counter against the Kerala …

Sabarimala: Kerala’s communist government rewards police officers who arrested devotee KP Sasikala
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala: Kerala’s communist government rewards police officers who arrested devotee KP Sasikala

Op India  

The Communist Kerala government led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a controversial decision has rewarded cops who were involved in the arrest of the devotee and Hindu Aikya Vedi president KP Sasikala during her visit to Sabarimala shrine near Marakootam area on November 16, reported ANI. The massive protests in Kerala by Hindu devotees had come as a result …

BJP secy's threat against Yathishdc correspondent
6 years, 4 months ago

BJP secy's threat against Yathishdc correspondent

Deccan Chronicle  

Thrissur: BJP general secretary A.N. He was addressing a protest march against the commissioner for his alleged rude behaviour towards Union Minister of State for Shipping and Finance Pon Radhakrishnan the other day. He said that top police officers with a track record of courting controversies and showing brutality during public agitations were put on duty at Sabarimala by the …

Sabarimala Row: Heavy crowd at Lord Ayyappa shrine; CM Vijayan, Opposition trade barbs
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala Row: Heavy crowd at Lord Ayyappa shrine; CM Vijayan, Opposition trade barbs

India TV News  

The Lord Ayyappa shrine witnessed comparatively heavy crowd on Saturday, even as a war of words erupted over the government's handling of the Sabarimala issue. "Antony's statement that the violence witnessed in Sabarimala was due to inept handling of the issue by chief minister and the DGP was with ulterior motives," Vijayan said in a Facebook post. KERALA CM ACTING …

Kerala Police stops car from Pon Radhakrishnan's convoy heading to Sabarimala on suspicion of transporting protesters
6 years, 4 months ago

Kerala Police stops car from Pon Radhakrishnan's convoy heading to Sabarimala on suspicion of transporting protesters

Firstpost  

After dismissing reports that Pon Radhakrishnan’s car was stopped, the Kerala Police said another vehicle, part of his convoy, was stopped on suspicion that Sabarimala protesters were travelling in it. Pamba: Dismissing reports that Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan’s vehicle was intercepted when he was returning from Lord Ayyappa temple on Thursday, the Kerala Police said another vehicle, part of his …

Sabarimala Temple row Live Updates: Union Minister Radhakrishnan travels to Pamba, gets into war of words with police
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala Temple row Live Updates: Union Minister Radhakrishnan travels to Pamba, gets into war of words with police

Hindustan Times  

Court expresses concern Sabarimala Temple row Live Updates Court expresses concern over the decision of 100 odd pilgrims from Maharashtra who failed to trek the hilltop citing tension in the area. Devotees dependent on government buses If government vehicles can ply till Pamba why devotees are forced to depend only government buses, asks union minister Pon Radhakrishnan. Pon Radhakrishnan in …

Sabarimala: VHP warns Kerala government of Ayodhya-like movement to save Sabarimala and protect Hindu devotees
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala: VHP warns Kerala government of Ayodhya-like movement to save Sabarimala and protect Hindu devotees

Op India  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday pledged to initiate an Ayodhya-like movement across the country to protect the customs and traditions of the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. The VHP accused Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan of acting like Adil Shah after the Communist government in Kerala inflicted heavy atrocities on Hindu devotees present at Sabarimala. According to the reports, the Vishwa …

They weren’t Ayyappa devotees’: Kerala CM justifies police action in Sabarimala
6 years, 4 months ago

They weren’t Ayyappa devotees’: Kerala CM justifies police action in Sabarimala

Hindustan Times  

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan Monday justified police action in Sabarimala, saying those who tried to create trouble were arrested on Sunday night even as he accused the Sangh Parivar of implementing its agenda. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan Monday justified police action in Sabarimala, saying those who tried to create trouble were arrested on Sunday night. Asserting that his …

Sabarimala row: Kerala on boil, BJP observes 'protest day' against arrest of party leader K Surendran, govt creating terror-like situation in state, accuses Congress
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala row: Kerala on boil, BJP observes 'protest day' against arrest of party leader K Surendran, govt creating terror-like situation in state, accuses Congress

India TV News  

BJP workers in Kerala blocked highways on Sunday to protest the arrest of party general secretary K Surendran, who was taken into 14-day judicial custody on Saturday while on his way to the Lord Ayappa shrine. Addressing workers at Thiruvananthapuram, BJP leader M S Kumar said police had so far not succeeded in bringing even a single young woman to …

Sabarimala row: Kerala Police takes BJP general secretary K Surendran into preventive custody
6 years, 4 months ago

Sabarimala row: Kerala Police takes BJP general secretary K Surendran into preventive custody

Firstpost  

Surendran told the police he had come as a devotee and should be allowed to pray at the temple. Nilackal: BJP general secretary K Surendran was reportedly taken into preventive custody Saturday night and removed by police from Nilackal, the base camp, as he tried to leave for the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala. Surendran, who was carrying the “Irrumudikettu”, …

Ayyappa devotees organize ‘Namajapa Yatra’ in front of Trupti Desai’s home at Pune
6 years, 4 months ago

Ayyappa devotees organize ‘Namajapa Yatra’ in front of Trupti Desai’s home at Pune

Op India  

Ayyappa Karma Samiti organized a ‘Namajapa Yatra’ in front of Trupti Desai’s home in Pune on Friday. Nandkumar Nayar, president, Ayyappa Karma Samiti, told Hindustan Times, “We are gathered here to protest against move taken by Trupti Desai. It is wrong to use gender discrimination in terms of the Sabarimala temple because there are many temples in Kerala where men …

Days after Amit Shah said he stands with Sabarimala devotees, Rahul Gandhi takes the opposite stand
6 years, 5 months ago

Days after Amit Shah said he stands with Sabarimala devotees, Rahul Gandhi takes the opposite stand

Op India  

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday, said that all women should be allowed inside the Sabarimala temple. Gandhi’s statement comes on the day when hundreds of BJP workers staged a “hunger strike” in front of the state police chief’s office in Thiruvananthapuram protesting the LDF government’s decision to implement the Supreme Court order allowing the entry of women of all …

Sabarimala Row: Communist govt suppressing agitation by force, says Amit Shah; BJP chief's remarks unconstitutional, CM Pinaryi Vijayan hits back
6 years, 5 months ago

Sabarimala Row: Communist govt suppressing agitation by force, says Amit Shah; BJP chief's remarks unconstitutional, CM Pinaryi Vijayan hits back

India TV News  

Sabarimala Row: Communist govt suppressing agitation by force, says Amit Shah; BJP chief's remarks unconstitutional, CM Pinaryi Vijayan hits back Addressing party workers after inaugurating the district BJP office in Kannur, Shah said the state government was using police force to challenge the protest by devotees. BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday lashed out out the LDF government in Kerala, …

'BJP stands with Sabarimala devotees': Amit Shah on over 2000 arrests
6 years, 5 months ago

'BJP stands with Sabarimala devotees': Amit Shah on over 2000 arrests

Deccan Chronicle  

Kannur: Extending his party’s support to the people who held protests against the entry of women of menstruating age at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, BJP president Amit Shah today said, “BJP is standing like a rock with devotees, Left government be warned.” The BJP national president was addressing a rally at Kannur in Kerala after inaugurating a party office …

Massive crackdown by Kerala government on protesting Sabarimala devotees
6 years, 5 months ago

Massive crackdown by Kerala government on protesting Sabarimala devotees

Op India  

As per local newspaper Matrubhumi, over 1400 people have been arrested by the Kerala Police in connection with the protests preventing the entry of women between the age of 10 and 50 years of age at the Sabarimala Temple. Other media outlets have also reported mass arrests by the Kerala Police in a massive crackdown against devotees of Lord Ayyappa. …

Sabarimala temple row: Kerala Police gets flak for attempting to take two non-devotee women to shrine
6 years, 5 months ago

Sabarimala temple row: Kerala Police gets flak for attempting to take two non-devotee women to shrine

Firstpost  

BJP general secretary K Surendran alleged that the police was trying to implement the ruling Communist Party of India agenda to make Sabarimala a war zone. The attempt by Kerala Police to take two women from the banned age group to the Sabarimala hill shrine in the wake of the 28 September Supreme Court verdict permitting women of all ages …

Temple plan has 2 women jobless
6 years, 5 months ago

Temple plan has 2 women jobless

Deccan Chronicle  

Kozhikode: Two young women devotees of Lord Ayyappa have lost their jobs due to their ardent wish to worship him at Sabarimala. Reshma Nishanth, 32, of Irinavu in Kannur, who is on a 41-day ‘vrutha,’ has quit her teaching job in an unaided college in Kannur due to the mounting protest against her from various quarters. Hence I quit the …

Sabarimala live updates | Temple opens, prohibitory orders imposed for a day at Elavumkal, Pamba, Nilackal
6 years, 5 months ago

Sabarimala live updates | Temple opens, prohibitory orders imposed for a day at Elavumkal, Pamba, Nilackal

The Hindu  

The doors of the shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala, Kerala, opened on Wednesday evening for the first time after the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to worship in the temple. Mr. Surendran says he has reached Sabarimala not to facilitate or block women's entry but to take part in the regular annual review meeting of Devaswom …

Sabarimala row: Day before Lord Ayyappa pilgrimage, royal family, tantris demand review petition in SC
6 years, 5 months ago

Sabarimala row: Day before Lord Ayyappa pilgrimage, royal family, tantris demand review petition in SC

Firstpost  

A day before the Lord Ayyappa temple is thrown open to pilgrims for monthly ritual, tension looms large at Nilakkal — the main gateway to Sabarimala — as devotees on Tuesday stopped vehicles and prevented women of the “banned” age group from trekking to the holy hill. Kandararu Maheshwararu Tantri, chief priest of Sabarimala temple said that there would be …

Tamil Nadu BJP MP claims Naxal and Maoists have infiltrated state; AMMK, AIADMK rubbish allegations
6 years, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu BJP MP claims Naxal and Maoists have infiltrated state; AMMK, AIADMK rubbish allegations

Firstpost  

Union Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, who is the only BJP MP from Tamil Nadu has made serious allegations of Naxal and Maoist infiltration in Tamil Nadu. Union Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, who is the only BJP MP from Tamil Nadu, has made serious allegations of Naxal and Maoist infiltration in the state. “ Extremists …

“Tamil pilgrims, vehicles being attacked in Kerala”
13 years, 3 months ago

“Tamil pilgrims, vehicles being attacked in Kerala”

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to the people of Kerala not to succumb to machinations of “ill-wishers and unscrupulous mischief-mongers” in the matter relating to Mullaperiyar dam. She called upon the political class of Tamil Nadu to desist from making inflammatory speeches. Ms.Jayalalithaa said it had come to her notice that Ayyappa devotees …

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