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TopicTirupati

Topic: Tirupati

How TTD plans to avoid Tirupati laddu row repeat: affidavit from ghee suppliers, audits & lab

On Monday, TTD, on CM Naidu’s directions, held an elaborate purification ritual called ‘shanti-homam’, inside temple, to ward-off ‘doshas’, & to shield devotees from any harm

India’s 8th Cleanest City: Tirupati’s Waste Management Marvel

The city also has 6 decentralised waste processing facilities that work at 3 major markets and 3 gardens, which helps in reducing the burden on centralized plants.

‘Strengthening Sanatana Dharma’ — 3-day national level Hindu dharma conclave begins at Tirupati

Conclave could help YSRCP project a pro-Hindu face to stave off Opposition’s criticism of 'Christian CM'. It comes soon after consecration ceremony in Ayodhya in an election year.

Not just laddus at Tirumala, devotees walking to shrine get lathis to scare off wild animals

10,000 lathis procured for pilgrims who walk to shrine. This is after increasing leopard sightings & two attacks on children on 11 km footpath passing through hilly, jungle terrain.

Reach for the moon: ISRO scientists pray at Tirupati with mini Chandrayaan-3 ahead of launch

If everything goes to plan, India will become only the fourth country in the world to soft-land a rover on the moon’s surface after the US, China and former Soviet Russia.

Heavy rains flood Tirupati, flights hit, hundreds of pilgrims stranded

Heavy downpour under the influence of a depression in Bay of Bengal battered the temple-town Tirupati and many parts of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

Tirupati temple board gives TTD audit responsibility to CAG, Swamy says ‘task complete’

The Andhra Pradesh State Audit Department used to handle the audit reports of the Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala. Now the CAG will audit the temple.

Andhra police report blames Tirupati temple reopening for Covid spread, seeks its closure

The report by Tirupati’s assistant superintendent of police says 158 temple staff, including 21 priests, have tested positive for Covid so far.

Barbers in PPE at Tirupati, Tiruppur garment units bounce back and KCR’s messy Covid battle

A recap of some of some of the best on-ground reporting of the Covid-19 pandemic from ThePrint’s reporters & photojournalists.

Tirupati temple opens after almost 80 days with temperature checks, masks, social distancing

Reopening after nearly three months, the Tirupati temple has put a cap on the number of devotees who can visit daily.

On Camera

India has a solid defence structure on paper. But it lacks a national security vision

After Operation Sindoor, there is a realisation that the Indian Air Force has been good but needs to be better both in quality and quantity.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Agni’ on the move—India successfully test-fires Agni-Prime nuclear missile from a train

With the latest test, India has the capability to launch a nuclear missile from under the sea, surface, air, and now from a railway network.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.