Hyderabad: Already battling corruption cases, YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy now finds himself in a new controversy as the authorities in the Tirupati temple say he has violated norms. Jagan is a practising Christian but did not sign a mandatory declaration that Non-Hindus have to sign before entering the shrine. The YSR Congress chief visited the temple on Wednesday while campaigning for upcoming bypolls in Andhra Pradesh. According to the...
01:32 PM, May 03, 2012
TIRUMALA: YSR Congress Party president and Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy landed in a controversy when he went in for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala without signing the formal declaration of his faith in the Lord as required by temple rules for non-Hindus.Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is a practising Christian, is learnt to have refused to sign the form despite being told repeatedly by TTD staff about...
08:44 AM, May 03, 2012
TIRUMALA: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board has decided to withdraw the intervention of government department official machinery to conduct Kalyanamasthu programme in the state. They have decided to conduct Nitya Kalyanamasthu at only 11 important temples including Srisailam, Yadagirigutta, Basara, Vemulavada, Dwaraka Tirumala, Mangalagiri, Arasavelli, Annavaram, Kanaka Durga temple and in Tirumala in association with the endowments ministry.Briefing newsmen about the deliberations of the board meeting which met...
09:38 AM, Apr 04, 2012
Tirupati: Apparently, with an eye on the by-election to the prestigious Tirupati assembly seat, the ruling Congress government has cleared several new projects and also fast tracked many other projects in Tirupati before election notification takes places. Many of these projects had either slowed down or come to a halt for lack of money.Disclosing the slew of schemes in the pipeline, municipal corporation commissioner T Prasad said that Rs 125...
11:05 AM, Apr 02, 2012
hyderabad: The richest Temple board of the country Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams just got richer. It has recorded its highest Hundi (offering box) collection ever on a single day of Rs 5.73 crores on Sunday, April 1. Its previous record was Rs 4.2 crore collected on January 1, 2012. Temple officials say while they did have a pilgrim rush of about 70,000 on Sunday, the fact that one of the devotees...
10:09 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam has started the exercise to win the next round of by-elections which will be held in the state for 18 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat. Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu has started consulting party seniors from the constituencies for where the by-elections are due following the disqualification or acceptance of the resignations of pro-Jagan MLAs/MP. According to party sources, Naidu is taking care to...
01:49 PM, Mar 25, 2012
This 2.5 ft diamond studded golden crown, worth Rs 45 crore, was offered at Lord Vekateswara Temple by former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy in Tirupati on June 11, 2009. Reddy was arrested by the CBI in connection with illegal mining case. (PTI Photo) ...
02:44 PM, Sep 08, 2011
Hyderabad: Tirupati MLA K Chiranjeevi and pro-Telangana leader M Kodandaram on Monday extended their support to anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare's fight against corruption. "Whoever fights against corruption should be commended," said Chiranjeevi, who is set to join the Congress on August 20. Though it might practically not be possible to bring the Prime Minister and judiciary under the ambit of Lokpal, there is need for a wider discussion on the...
10:03 PM, Aug 15, 2011
Hyderabad: TCS and Wipro are among three companies vying to bag the prestigious Sri Seva Project of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) to provide IT solutions that will help devotees. Currently TTD offers four main e-services such as e-seva, e-accommodation, e-sudarshanam and e-hundi to the devotees and the Sri Seva project would help the administration in offering services like providing rooms, 'laddus' as well as in tonsuring. There are as...
09:00 AM, Jul 27, 2011
Bangalore: A freewheeling darshan - that's what a Bangalore company is promising pilgrims at the famed Tirupati temple in a few months from now. No, it doesn't mean an end to the long queues at the temple that sees about 70,000 pilgrims per day but it'll at least mean a darshan devoid of pushing and jostling in the final leg of the temple's aisle, where crowd control has always been ...
06:54 AM, May 12, 2011
Bangalore: A freewheeling darshan - that's what a Bangalore company is promising pilgrims at the famed Tirupati temple in a few months from now. No, it doesn't mean an end to the long queues at the temple that sees about 70,000 pilgrims per day but it'll at least mean a darshan devoid of pushing and jostling in the final leg of the temple's aisle, where crowd control has always been...
06:54 AM, May 12, 2011
New Delhi: Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam (TTD) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has shelved the controversial decision on gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati, the world's richest temple. The decision to reconsider the move was taken in deference to the sentiments expressed by thousands of devotees and the Andhra Pradesh High Court's judgement quashing the earlier resolution passed by the...
05:47 PM, May 10, 2011
Tirupati: A Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) official committed suicide on Friday after reports of alleged harassment by a senior TTD official. The employees' union said V.M. Suresh was being forced by Dharma Reddy to become a witness in the multi-crore ticketing scam, a charge dismissed by him. The victim was working as a senior assistant in TTD and had previously worked as a camp clerk in Reddy's office. This is...
11:12 AM, Aug 28, 2010
Going green seems to be the mantra of the day and now even temples seem to have joined the group. ...
10:23 AM, Jun 05, 2010
Born in a Maharashtrian family, Rajini was as a bus conductor in Bangalore. ...
06:21 PM, Dec 12, 2009
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