{"id":307726,"date":"2019-01-03T08:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T08:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=307726"},"modified":"2019-01-03T08:39:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T08:39:45","slug":"sabarimala-row-widespread-protests-across-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sabarimala-row-widespread-protests-across-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabarimala row: Widespread Protests across Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-307728 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sabarimala-protest-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/sabarimala-protest-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/sabarimala-protest-324x160.jpg 324w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/sabarimala-protest-533x261.jpg 533w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/sabarimala-protest.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Widespread Protests have erupted across Kerala on Thursday after two women under the age group of 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered last year to end the decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The ruling BJP and other groups have called for shutdown. The Congress-led United Democratic Front said it would observe a &#8220;black day&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A Karma Samiti worker who was injured on Wednesday in clash in Pandalam succumbed to his injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-307729 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/protest-sabarimala-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/protest-sabarimala-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/protest-sabarimala.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, over 100 persons were injured in today\u2019s violence. Several party offices and houses were also attacked throughout the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Bindhu and Kanakadurga, who entered Sabarimala temple on Wednesday were given protection after they sought security to visit shrine, said chief minister.\u2007<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many university examinations which were scheduled for Thursday have been postponed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All educational institutions in the state are also closed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ambulances are being used today to help stranded passengers at Thiruvananthapuram Central as bus services are affected in the area due to strike called by organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Supreme Court declines urgent hearing on Sabarimala contempt petition. The apex court said that the review petition is already listed on January 22.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Widespread Protests have erupted across Kerala on Thursday after two women under the age group of 50 walked into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on Wednesday, becoming the first to do so since the Supreme Court ordered last year to end the decades-old ban on women of menstrual age entering the shrine. The ruling BJP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":307728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2196,2072,2014],"tags":[466,3926],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307730,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307726\/revisions\/307730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/307728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}