A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrived in Tirupati on Friday to investigate the adulteration of ghee used in the sacred Tirumala Srivari Laddu Prasadam.
Ahead of the assembly election results in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde on Friday morning visited Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Temple to offer his prayers. Shinde, son of the current Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, represents the Kalyan Lok Sabha constituency.
A woman sustained severe injuries after a fire broke out on early evening on Thursday at a restaurant near the Nandakam Guest House in Tirumala area in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, according to fire officials.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) passed a resolution on Tuesday asking the Andhra Pradesh government to cancel the allotment of 20 acres of land given to Mumtaz Hotel in the Alipiri area in Tirupati district.
BJP MP and Andhra Pradesh BJP President Daggubati Purandeswari on Tuesday on Tuesday welcomed the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board resolution to remove non-Hindu staff from the temple, terming it "a very good decision."
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) chairman BR Naidu on Tuesday said that they have identified non-Hindu employees in the TTD and will request them either to take voluntary retirement or shift them to other government departments like revenue, municipality or corporations.
Additionally, the board has decided to write to the Andhra Pradesh Government, requesting appropriate action regarding non-Hindu employees working in Tirumala. The TTD Trust Board has also resolved to use enhanced quality ghee in preparing the iconic Srivari Laddu.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday paid tribute to his brother, Nara Ramamurthy Naidu, who died at the age of 72 in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness.
Former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal visited Lord Venkateswara in Andhra Pradesh's Tirumala during the VIP break on Thursday morning. This was his first visit to Tirumala.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate from Worli Assembly seat Aaditya Thackeray visited the Tirupati Balaji Temple in Worli on Wednesday.