South Connect | "We will guard Sabarimala till next hearing," says Rahul Easwar

Late Union Minister Ananth Kumar was cremated with State Honours on Tuesday. Senior BJP leaders had gathered to pay their final tributes to Union Minister Ananth Kumar who passed away on Monday. Journalist Santosh Thammaiah who was arrested by the Karnataka Police for derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad was granted bail on Tuesday evening. Santosh is the editor of the right-leaning magazine Aseema. Speaking at an event organized to protest the state govt's Tipu Jayanti celebrations, he allegedly made derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed. Ayyappa Dharma Sena chief Rahul Easwar said that the organization will guard the temple until next hearing. The Supreme Court decided to hear the review petitions against Sabarimala Judgment in open Court on January 22, 2019. The latest bulletin from the Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Authority (TN SDMA) reads that Cyclone Gaja will make landfall around Thursday evening, a little later than what was predicted on Tuesday. The man who attacked YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy did not have security clearance to access sensitive parts of the Vishakhapatnam airport. An RTI reply by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security revealed. Soon after the Congress released their candidate list for Telangana, the Telugu Desam Party released their first list of candidates, consisting of names of people contesting from nine constituencies on Tuesday.