Eiffel Tower to reopen after protest over removing women staff

The operating company that runs the Paris landmark said a Hindu religious delegation had requested that ‘interactions with women’ be limited during its visit.Published On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026The Eiffel Tower is set to reopen after staff walked out over the removal of women staff during a weekend visit by a Hindu religious delegation.The operating company that runs the Paris landmark, SETE, acknowledged that the group had requested the Saturday visit be organised to limit “interactions with women” and said “these conditions should not have been accepted.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Protests as India’s Hindu nationalists take centre stage in New Yorklist 2 of 3RSS chief’s visit to US denounced as ‘goodwill tour’ for Hindu nationalismlist 3 of 3Oneness or Hindu supremacy? RSS chief Bhagwat’s secretive New York hostsend of listIt said the landmark was set to reopen Tuesday following a meeting the previous day between staff and management over the incident, which has also drawn criticism from French politicians.The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) spiritual movement apologised for “any pain or inconvenience caused” by their visit.“To the best...