December  

The controversy surrounding Sabarimala is ever increasing. On December 24, two women tried to enter Sabarimala. There is suspicion on whether one of the women, who is a professor, is linked to naxals. Here is what her students have to say. 

 

On December 1, the Ramanathapuram fishermen in Tamil Nadu held a one-day strike highlighting Sri Lankan Navy's abuse against them

On December 23, 11 of Tamil Nadu’s Manithi team’s women had to return following huge protests at Sabarimala. Now, two women wanted to enter the shrine despite huge protests at Chandranandan Road. The police and the Devaswom minister are trying to get the women back to a safe place.

Manithi team’s women, who moved towards the Sannidhanam on December 23 to have darshan at Sabarimala had returned after a massive protest by the devotees. The Manithi group from Tamil Nadu had to withdraw their decision to enter the famous shrine after protesters chanting Ayyappa mantra surrounded them
 

On December 11, the Supreme Court directed the government to not only frame necessary guidelines to remove child pornography, rape and gang rape content from technology platforms, but also implement them within two weeks

 Manithi leader Selvi had said to media that 50 women would enter Sabarimala temple on December 23 at any cost. A group of women under the women empowerment organisation Manithi, headquartered in Chennai, is all set to start their journey to Sabarimala temple on December 22 afternoon.

On December 19, a few producers protested against TFPC president Vishal and locked down his office. They claimed that he didn’t fulfill the promises made during the election in 2015. 

The Kerala high court granted Rahul Easwar bail on strict conditions. Rahul Easwar was arrested on December 17 from a government rest house in Palakkad.