Shutdown in Kerala after police detain right-wing activist near Sabarimala

Amid tight security, thousands of pilgrims offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa shrine on Saturday, the first day of Malayalam month Vrischikom, even as a hartal against preventive detention of a......

Sabarimala temple board to seek more time to implement SC order

The Sabarimala temple in Kerala opened on Friday for the two-month-long pilgrimage season amid a tense standoff involving social activist Trupti Desai in Kochi and a move by its administrator to......