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08:06 PM, Mar 17, 2013
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08:49 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Los Angeles: The Sin City has hit a jackpot! Prince Harry's naked pictures gave Las Vegas a whopping $23 million worth of free publicity, as the images were seen by 154 million people. The 28-year-old royal caused controversy when nude photographs of him playing strip billiards with a bevy of beauties were published online in August. Though Harry is yet to recover his dignity from images of his now-infamous game...
02:37 PM, Oct 12, 2012
London: Four days of nationwide celebrations during which millions of people have turned out to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne conclude on Tuesday with a church service and carriage procession through central London. The 86-year-old British monarch will cut a lonely figure as the Diamond Jubilee draws to a close, however, after her husband of 64 years, Prince Philip, was taken to hospital on Monday with a...
08:14 AM, Jun 05, 2012
London: After the deluge during the Thames pageant yesterday, a musical extravaganza featuring the great and the good is scheduled for Queen Elizabeth outside Buckingham Palace this evening as part of Diamond Jubilee events to celebrate 60 years of her reign. On the stage will be the pop royalty, such as Sir Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Sir Paul McCartney, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams. The event will also attract...
04:39 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government has given approval to a five-tier security system for the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple which has huge treasures locked up in its vaults. The hi-tech security system, approved by a high-level meeting of officials and experts called by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday, took into account all possible dangers to the shrine including theft, sabotage and natural disasters, official sources said. The committee comprises experts from ISRO,...
02:14 PM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave it's verdict in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case and said the vault B of the temple will not be opened till an integrated and multi-layered security cover is provided. The apex court also said they are satisfied with the State Government's assurance to provide security cover for the temple. "The expert committee should go ahead with the preservation and conservation of other...
11:11 AM, Sep 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its order on opening of Vault B of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram till September 21. The court assured the expert committee that tradition would be respected but impractical and superstition will not be taken into account. The expert committee told the Supreme Court on Friday that Vault B of the temple should not be opened till security measures were not in...
02:00 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Vault B of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram may now be opened following a Supreme Court order. CNN-IBN accessed an interim report by an expert committee to the Supreme Court. In its report dated August 23, the committee has given three reasons to open the vault. The reasons are: to ascertain the quantity and quality of valuables for inventory management, to ascertain the condition and structure of the...
08:42 AM, Sep 16, 2011
New Delhi: The panel set up by the Supreme Court on the Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasure in Kerala has said in its report that the temple's secret vault should be opened and the value of the treasure inside be ascertained. In the report of the Supreme Court appointed expert committee accessed by CNN-IBN, the panel has insisted on opening the vault due to security concerns and to evaluate the treasure. The...
09:15 AM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed surprise over the fact that the decision to open the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram was taken by the head priest. The decision should have been taken by the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee instead, the court said. The apex court was hearing the plea filed by the Travancore royal family, based on the findings of the Devaprasnam (an astrological...
12:17 PM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: Former BJP MP and former Maharaja of Bharatpur Vishvendra Singh and his wife Divya escaped gun fire from an unidentified assailant at Laxmi Vilas Hotel on Thursday. Singh along with his wife Divya and 200 other supporters were protesting outside the hotel whose owner had written a book allegedly criticising the royals, police said. The supporters ransacked the hotel following which some one from inside the building fired...
12:55 PM, Sep 01, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: After his controversial comment on the head of Travancore royal family, CPI(M) leader VS Achuthanandan has deplored the adoration of erstwhile princes and princesses six decades after Independence. "Even politicians and ministers speak in a ceremonial language of respect and fear when they address royal family members. This shows their slave mentality," he said. He was addressing a seminar on 'Democratic Kerala and treasures of the Padmanabhaswamy temple' organised...
05:10 PM, Aug 28, 2011
New York: Britain's Prince Harry can add comic book character to his list of accolades as a new comic based on his life is set to be released in August, publisher Bluewater Productions said on Thursday. "The Royals: Prince Harry" is the latest release from Bluewater's 'Royals series' that was launched at the same time as Prince William's royal marriage to Kate Middleton in April and houses titles like "The...
11:10 AM, Jul 29, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: TP Sunderarajan, who approached the Supreme Court requesting a stock taking of the gold and jewels stored in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple near Thiruvananthapuram, passed away on Sunday. He was 70. He was suffering from fever for the past two days and was at his home near the temple when he died, a source close to him said. His funeral will take place later in the day, he added....
09:16 AM, Jul 17, 2011
Marthanda Varma, the eldest member of the Travancore royal family spoke to CNN-IBN in an exclusive interview on all the treasure that was unearthed at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. He feels it should not become such a huge topic of discussion. Dakshina Muraleedharan: Our country has a long history about invasions and then later how we were plundered by these invaders. Do you believe that the rulers in South India...
07:26 AM, Jul 12, 2011
A seven-member Supreme Court-appointed team is taking stock at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram.
11:54 AM, Jul 07, 2011
Kanchipuram: The huge treasures found in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram were the 'exclusive property' of Travancore royal family that dedicated their kingdom to the presiding deity of the temple, Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi said on Monday. "For long the erstwhile royal family was the custodian of the temple and they dedicted their kingdom to Lord Sree Padmanabhaswamy.The treasures were offerings made by erstwhile rulers to the temple, hence the...
12:37 PM, Jul 05, 2011
Ottawa: Newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton's upcoming visit to Canada, their first official tour abroad, is attracting strong interest from around the world. The Canadian government said on Tuesday that journalists from China, Japan, India and Qatar are among the 241 foreign media representatives who have been accredited to cover the June 30-July 8 visit of Prince William and Kate, now known officially as the Duke and Duchess of...
01:24 AM, Jun 22, 2011
