Padmaavat Row

Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, a prominent Rajput leader in Rajasthan, founded his own group in 2015 known as 'Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena'

Those responses encapsulate how quickly goal posts can shift around a cultural product if it fails to meet expectations of a narrowly defined political correctness

A time comes when one must rest the cause one is fighting for : SC

Many malls even put up notices proclaiming the movie was not being screened at its theatre

In another incident, a petrol bomb was allegedly hurled at a cinema hall in Kalyan city of Thane district on Saturday

No major damage was reported by the theatre owners

The police official dismissed social media reports that Muslim youths were detained or arrested

Gujarat, Haryana, MP, and Rajasthan refused to allow the film to run. They account for nearly 30% of a Bollywood film's collection

From regulation for agri produce to fair-price stores and exclusive garment & cattle markets, Khilji is credit with several forward-looking initiatives

Initially, the apex court had trashed several petitions seeking a stay on Padmaavat's release on various grounds

Various fringe groups including Rajput Karni Sena has gone on a rampage and are creating ruckus all over India demanding a ban on the film

During the sting operation, the BJP leader reportedly said that the party has no choice but to support the Karni Sena

Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the BJP after a school bus in Haryana's Gurugram was attacked by Karni Sena supporters over the release of Padmaavat

The schools that have decided to remain shut till Sunday include Pathways school, G D Goenka school, Shiv Nadar School, and Delhi Public School

Gurgaon witnessed one of the most shocking incidents, when a mob in its frenzy attacked a school bus

Even in the states where the film would be released, private security guards would be deployed outside cinema halls besides police

A group of people vandalised shops at a mall and a cinema hall in Ahmedabad even as cinema halls announced they would not screen the film

A recent report by ESP indicates that annually, companies spend close to Rs 1 billion on co-branded marketing media spends for Hindi films

Activists of Karni Sena, which is at the forefront of the anti-"Padmaavat" protests because they claim the movie shows medieval Rajput queen Padmavati in not so honorable light -- held demonstrations

Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for Viacom 18 the producers of the Deepika Padukone-starrer, opposed urgent hearing on any such interim applications