Delhi's infamous Bunty Chor, who committed over 500 burglaries across the country, has struck in Kerala, the police said on Wednesday. Devinder Singh, alias Bunty Chor, reportedly broke into a high security home with latest electronic surveillance devices in the early hours of January 21 and drove off with a brand new SUV worth Rs 28 lakh, a laptop and two mobile phones. ...
10:24 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after the CPM wanted the precious jewels and priceless assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple to be made a public possession, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said that it cannot be and the property belonged to the temple only. "This cannot be seen as a public property, instead it is the property of the temple and its devotees. The case is being heard in the apex...
03:33 PM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday will look into an expert committee report on the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala. The report seeks time till August 2013 to file a complete inventory report on the items recovered from inside the temple vaults. In July 2011 a Supreme Court committee found six vaults in the 16th century temple laden with treasure. The bullion in five of the vaults is...
08:20 AM, Nov 06, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Wednesday cleared a proposal for purchase of security gadgets worth Rs 23.61 crore to provide security to the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram, rated the richest temple in the world. In July 2011 a Supreme Court committee found six vaults in the 16th century temple laden with treasure. The bullion in five of the vaults is estimated to be worth Rs 1 lakh crore. One...
12:49 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The Supreme Court-appointed expert panel that met here on Friday decided that no women members will enter any of the chambers at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple for scientific evaluation of the temple treasure. The documentation of wealth at the temple was temporarily suspended on Thursday after temple authorities opposed the entry of a woman archaeological expert into the A chamber. The evaluation process resumed soon after the expert panel...
12:04 PM, Sep 22, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The C vault of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here would be opened on Monday for scientific documentation of articles. As per the plan, the documentation process would begin in the presence of expert committee members from 11 a m and would continue till 5 p m.It is learnt that on Monday, the documentation of articles from only C vault would take place and the documentation of articles from E...
08:53 AM, Feb 27, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: It was an eventful year for Kerala as the Congress-led UDF voted out the LDF while discovery of treasures in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple drew worldwide attention to 'God's own country' even as tension with Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam escalated. A gruesome stampede at Pulmedu near Sabarimala hill shrine on Makarsankranthi day claimed lives of 102 pilgrims, most of them from neighbouring Tamil...
12:14 PM, Dec 20, 2011
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: Liz Mathews, appearing for the State of Kerala in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case told an apex court bench that an affidavit regarding the security to be provided for the temple had been filed on behalf of the state, adding that the state had its own apprehensions and reservations. However, the expert committee feels otherwise, she said, asking the court to consider reducing the expenditure on security. Justice...
08:27 AM, Sep 17, 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
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
Thiruvananthapuram: Astrologers in Kerala says that God does not want the treasure found at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple to be taken out of the premises in Thiruvananthapuram. They claim that the treasures discovered at the temple must not be moved, or the wrath of the gods will be unleashed. The astrologers are conducting devaprasnom, a three-day ritual they say will help them understand the will of the temple god. "It ...
10:41 AM, Aug 11, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government has no proposal before it to evict people residing around the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, where priceless articles were found during an inventory of its cellars, on grounds of security, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday. "There is no move to relocate the people from their respective residences on ground of security," Chandy told reporters after a cabinet meeting. State-of-art security system could be installed in the...
07:27 PM, Aug 03, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The expert committee set up by the Supreme Court to evaluate the treasures hid in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple will have its first meeting on Monday to evolve an action plan on how to go about the sensitive task. The committee, headed by senior bureaucrat and Director General of National Museum CV Ananda Bose, has as its members one representative each from the RBI, the...
02:07 PM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a five-member committee to supervise the unearthing and preservation of assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The committee will be headed by Director General of National Museum CV Anand Bose and will consist of representatives of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The committee has been given the task to ascertain whether the six vaults should ...
11:14 AM, Jul 21, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a five-member committee to supervise the unearthing and preservation of assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The committee will be headed by Director General of National Museum CV Anand Bose and will consist of representatives of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The committee has been given the task to ascertain whether the six vaults should...
11:14 AM, Jul 21, 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
