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Topic: TTD

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.

Tirupathi temple board to build temple, spiritual centre in J&K, gets land lease for 40 years

J&K administration spokesperson says the nearly 25 hectares of land will have a pilgrim amenities complex, a 'vedapatasala', a meditation centre, an office and residential quarters.

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.

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

After losing no.2 carmaker spot, Hyundai is betting big on the new Venue

Indian car buyers are just as tech-obsessed as their Chinese counterparts, and that obsession has taken precedence over handling and performance.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.