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 A protest rally by BJP-led NDA began from Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district and would end in front of the Secretariat here with a demonstration on October 15. BJP state president PS Sreedharan Pillai and Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) president Thushar Vellapally led the march.

Kannada activists protested against Sunny Leone's upcoming Tamil film Veeramahadevi and against her performance in Bengaluru, which is expected on November 3.

 

Participants in the campaign in Kerala say that they will not donate to the Sabarimala shrine anymore because Hindu places of worship are under Kerala government's control. Many deposit in the hundi paper slips with the message 'Neethi tharanam Ponnu Swamiye' (give justice, Lord Ayyappa)

Sunny Leone will perform at the event Kannada-Bali night titled 'Purity and Expression', at a hotel in Nagawara. Singer Raghu Dixit is also set to perform on the occasion.
 

Citing recent arrests of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case for their alleged links with the Maoists, Shah said that such elements wanted to "break the country".

Tickets for Sunny Leone event are selling fast and the organisers have asked for additional security to conduct the programme as they fear protests that will be staged by the Kannada activists.

The apex court pronounced a 2:1 verdict on a plea by historian Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of the five urban naxals

The five activists -- Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha-- are under arrest at their respective homes since August 29