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Topic: Tirupathi temple

SC raps Chandrababu over ‘animal fat in Tirupati laddu’ claim, asks why go public without proof

Top court was hearing set of 4 petitions demanding independent probe into controversy. It directed solicitor general to give suggestions on whether independent body should probe issue.

In ‘1 nation, 1 election’, Urdu press sees quest for convenience that risks silencing local voices

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Ingredients of Tirupati laddu row—Christian Jagan, Hindu temple, and beef panic

A humble laddu shook politics this week. Add India’s richest Hindu temple and beef panic to the mix, and things quickly became inflammatory. And Andhra Pradesh...

Why Subramanian Swamy, Sadhguru want to ‘liberate’ Tirupati’s Lord Balaji from state control

Tirupati temple, among richest in the world, is governed by TTD Board, but controversies & allegations of financial irregularities are seeing a tussle over who should control it.

Masked pilgrims, barbers in PPE and shorter queues as Tirupati temple reopens after 80 days

The crowds were noticeably thinner as the famous Tirupati shrine, the world’s richest temple, reopened with Covid-related precautions in place.

Tirupati temple trust is training SC/ST priests, but won’t let them serve in its own temples

Dalit rights activists say that the programme serves no purpose if the trained priests can't perform rituals in the temples associated with one of the richest temple trusts in the world.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.