Vote-bases of CPI(M), Cong 'collapsed' due to appeasement of extremist elements: JavadekarKerala's ruling CPI(M) and opposition Congress have collapsed due to appeasement politics pursued by these parties to win over extremist el...
12 Apr, 2024, 11.05 AM IST
Remove Muslims, Xians from ST list: RSS affiliateNext month, the manch is planning to organise at least four rallies in ST dominated Narmada, Valsad and Bharuch districts of Gujarat, and 1...
21 Jun, 2022, 12.40 AM IST
Acclaimed Manipuri actress Bishesh Huirem opens up about being transgender, says it is not a choiceThe actress recently won the best actor trophy by the Manipur State Film Awards for her role 'Apaiba Leichil'.
25 Apr, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
View: Imperative to zap the cancer of religious radicalism to save the body politicTo zap a cancerous tumour with radiation is not to attack the body in which the tumour has grown, but to save it. Attempts to apply painful...
19 Oct, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
View: India may well be on the cusp of a new independence"We may well be on the cusp of a new independence reflected in the throaty slogans of “Azaadi”. The very words and sentiments purportedly m...
21 Dec, 2019, 10.40 PM IST
VHP reiterates demand to repeal articles 370 and 35-AThe VHP meet also strongly raised the demand of the deportation of Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims from the state, said the outfit's natio...
30 Jun, 2019, 06.52 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear plea of 2 women seeking security after they entered Sabarimala templeSenior advocate Indira Jaising listed the matter before a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices L N Rao and S K Kaul.
17 Jan, 2019, 01.59 PM IST
Sabarimala protests: More than 2000 arrested, Nair Service Society calls it 'unethical'An alert by newsagency ANI on Friday afternnon put the number of arrests across the state at 2061 and the total number of cases at 452.
26 Oct, 2018, 04.27 PM IST
From Jainsem to phanek: Here are some of the ethnic dresses of eight Indian statesRecently, the Delhi Golf Club asked Tailin Lyngdoh, who was wearing the traditional Khasi attire jainsem, to leave the premises.
02 Jul, 2017, 11.49 AM IST
Golf Club incident clear case of racial discrimination: Kiren RijijuSondhi said Lyngdoh, who was wearing a jainsem, a traditional Khasi outfit, was asked to leave by two staffers "who told her she looked lik...
27 Jun, 2017, 05.28 PM IST
The new-age Dalits are unapologetic, unashamed of their identityThe Dalit born after the 1991 economic reforms are wearing the Dalit tag as a badge of honour and needs more than the tokenism of temple en...
01 Aug, 2016, 05.47 AM IST
Shani Shingnapur temple now says it won't stop women from entering sanctum sanctorumShani Shingnapur temple trust announced it won't stop women from entering the sanctum sanctorum to worship there.
08 Apr, 2016, 03.28 PM IST
Trupti Desai vows to take gender equality fight to other templesBhumata Ranragini Brigade chief today welcomed the Bombay High Court's ruling that women can no longer be barred from entering temples in M...
01 Apr, 2016, 08.53 PM IST
RSS bats for women’s right to enter templesIn its annual report, RSS puts its weight behind a "lofty tradition", saying men and women are equal partners in religious and spiritual ma...
13 Mar, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Bhoomata Brigade submits memorandum to Devendra Fadnavis on Shani Shingnapur temple issueCongress backed the campaign, saying that it is the "pious duty" of whole society to support such a move.
27 Jan, 2016, 06.45 PM IST
Anti-PK protests spread, film director Rajkumar Hirani saddenedHirani said he had no intention to hurt anyone's sentiments & maintained that Aamir Khan-starrer upholds true spirit of religion while cond...
30 Dec, 2014, 07.30 PM IST
- MNS chief Raj Thackeray 'clears' TV show featuring Pakistani artistes
After threatening to disrupt a TV reality show featuring Pakistani artistes, MNS chief Raj Thackeray today gave "green signal" for its tele...
06 Sep, 2012, 04.38 PM IST