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Chennai jewellery shop worker linked to illegal transfer of gold appears b
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A Chennai-based jewellery shop worker, Kalpesh, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Kochi for interrogation on Tuesday.
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Madras HC Judge Justice GR Swaminathan lights Deepathoon look-alike lamp a
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Madras HC Judge Justice GR Swaminathan, whose judgement to light lamps on the "Deepathoon" in Tirupparankundram temple sparked a controversy in Tamil Nadu, on Saturday, lit a look-alike lamp at the Dhara Divine Awards in Chennai.
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Kerala Crime Branch arrests 13th accused, Tantri Kandharar Rajeevar in Sab
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Crime Branch has arrested Thantri Kandharar Rajeevar (66), the 13th accused, in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case.
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SIT arrests former Travancore Devaswom Board member Vijayakumar in connect
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The Special Investigation Team probing the Sabarimala gold theft case on Monday made another arrest, taking former Travancore Devaswom Board member Vijayakumar into custody from Thiruvananthapuram.
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Sabarimala gold theft case: Ramesh Chennithala says 30.5 kg gold replaced
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Earlier, on November 26, the SIT took into custody A. Padmakumar, former Sabarimala Executive Committee president and CPI(M) Pathanamthitta district committee member, following court approval. Former Thiruvabharanam temple commissioner K.S. Baiju was arrested on November 7, while Unnikris
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Sabarimala gold plating row: Travancore Devaswom Board will take action af
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Travancore Devaswom Board President PS Prashanth informed on Wednesday that the board's vigilance wing will submit its report on the investigation into the alleged theft of gold offerings made to the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple on October 10. He added that the Board will take appropriate ac
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"Something really fishy": Shashi Tharoor demands Kerala government's "acco
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Earlier on Monday, the Kerala High Court ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged theft of gold from Sabarimala temple, while also directing that the investigation be confidential and no information be leaked.
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"Retract your blasphemous comment": TMC slams BJP's Sukunta Majumdar over
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Jagannath Temple in Digha, West Bengal, became center of another controversy as the Trinamool Congress slammed Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar over his recent comments on West Bengal government's administration of the temple.
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BJD's Debi Prasad Mishra defends Jagannath Dham, responds to Digha temple
Updated : 1 year ago IST
BJD VP Debi Prasad Mishra defends Jagannath Dham's sanctity, clarifies Darubrahma wood issue, and addresses party's new team formation. BJP's Manmohan Samal and CM Mamata Banerjee also weigh in on the Digha Jagannath Temple naming controversy.
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"Not right to call this temple as 'Dham'": Shankaracharya Avimukteshwarana
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Tuesday spoke about the naming of the newly built Digha temple as 'Jagannath Dham and stated that a 'Dham' can only be in one place, and it would not be right to call this temple as 'Dham'.
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"Writing Dham does not make it a Dham," says historian Anil Dhir on Jagann
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Historian Anil Dhir has downplayed the controversy surrounding the newly constructed Jagannath temple in Digha, calling it an issue that is being unnecessarily exaggerated and clarified calling a place a 'Dham' does not grant it religious status equivalent to the traditional four Dhams.
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"CM Mamata must clarify, this is Jagannath Temple, not Jagannath Dham," sa
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Padma Shri awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has objected to naming a newly built Jagannath temple in Digha as 'Jagannath Dham,' saying it undermines the sanctity of Puri's Jagannath Dham and called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clarify the state's stand.
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